1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

[Pmccraney]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Winterize in TX

Can't you just give it some hot coco or something?

I'm a couple states to the starboard side of Texas, but not much difference...yeah, maybe I'll just give her a blanket.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

I'm a couple states to the starboard side of Texas, but not much difference...yeah, maybe I'll just give her a blanket.

Well I don't know why the heck I wrote TX




Listen kids, paint chips are not like potato chips. Leave em be! There are lasting effects:facepalm:

 

[dozerII]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Thanks mccraney! Well, I pretty much decided that sea trial and maiden voyage would be one in the same.

Though, this weekend is supposed to be beautiful, sunny and 50s. If all the minimum pieces are in place, and my life supervisor happens to be looking the other way - all bets are offWinterize in TX

Can't you just give it some hot coco or something?

So maybe two splashes this week, WOW, go for it Jason.
Glen

 

[lakelover]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Though, this weekend is supposed to be beautiful, sunny and 50s. If all the minimum pieces are in place, and my life supervisor happens to be looking the other way - all bets are off

Put in a leave slip.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

So maybe two splashes this week, WOW, go for it Jason.
Glen

Yah Glen, my main issue is my life supervisor is always looking

Leave of absence slip eh lake? Not a bad idea! I have seen her DENIED stamper in her drawer though. Maybe I could hide it

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OK, morning progress...

I got the bow side rod holders painted up and installed. Check it out...

I used SS screws to mount to the alum brackets. You'll see that I squeezed in some 5200 at the notch and at the top where the rod holder meets the gunwale. I mentioned before these are more than just rod holders. See, now there is a connection between the hull and the gunwale. Going this route should make for good structure and firm up those gunwales even more. I'll come back when the 5200 is cured and hit it with a little paint, so it looks good.

Here is the starboard side...

This side will also be used as part of the mounting for the controls backer.

I know rod holders seem silly to work on when I want to get this thing launched (you guys want to get this thing launched too). But, you can see I had to do this in order eh

Up next is working the backer plate for the controls.

It's Friday!

 

[lakelover]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

See, now there is a connection between the hull and the gunwale. Going this route should make for good structure and firm up those gunwales even more.

So is somebody going to be doing a balance beam act on those gunwales? By the time you get done, they will be able to. My plan in not reinstalling the step pads was just to tell people not to step on the gunwales. Takes much less time and effort!

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

My plan in not reinstalling the step pads was just to tell people not to step on the gunwales.

I have a pair of GIGANTIC step pads going in. Stay tuned for that



Hey! You should be loading gear into your JET! Now get going!!!

 

[ezmobee]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

My plan in not reinstalling the step pads was just to tell people not to step on the gunwales. Takes much less time and effort!

I have found people will step anywhere and everywhere so if you think it could be damaged, you best reinforce the s&%t out of it.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Yah, I have 4 feet of "step pad" going in on each side

 

[Teamster]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Yah, I have 4 feet of "step pad" going in on each side

Do they look anything like Bert's Tracks???

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Do they look anything like Bert's Tracks???

 

[erwinner]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Well I don't know why the heck I wrote TX

Thinkin' of me?
My winterizing consists of parking the boat with the OB down... Don't even treat the gas since I'll be taking her out at least once a month throughout the whole winter!
Good job on the rod holders/gunwale supports. Should hold your secret tracks securely.

 

[lakelover]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Yah, I have 4 feet of "step pad" going in on each side

I thought you were trying to keep the weight down!!!

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

since I'll be taking her out at least once a month throughout the whole winter!

Nope, oh yah! I'll be shoveling snow off my boat cover all winter! Whats up now!!

Oh, yah. Uh, never mind.

I thought you were trying to keep the weight down!!!

Yah, they are alum so purdy light. Hope you are enjoying the water right now



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OK guys, so I have been thinking a little on tach, check my logic here...

(especially since GA called it "farkle")

I think I'll skip putting one in, for now anyway. Run the OB, if everything seems okeedokee, well then, okeedokee!

If something doesn't seem to be performing quite right on the OB, then, install the tach and go from there.

I guess I'm thinking that the tach helps identify problems. IF the OB seems to be running fine then I guess I don't need to know it's running fine. Like one of the other guys said, I'm not pushing the limits of the rig for speed and fine tuning the prop and all that biz.

Right? Does that make any sense?

 

[ezmobee]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

You don't need one to run it. However, I think you should eventually install one. It will tell you if you're propped correctly which is pretty important. It has the added benefit of letting you know your charging system is working since it reads the stator pulses.

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

I'm being quoted out of context (Is politics in my future? Deny everything). The "farkle" reference was in regards to getting the Jet wet, nothing more. In the long run, as EZ says, it is for performance and reliability monitoring. At that point a tach is a tool.

See what I mean, Jellybean?

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Cool. If I should have one in regardless I'll cut to the chase and go ahead with install now rather than later.

Thanks doods and have a great weekend!

 

[mr300z87]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Just a thought. I recently purchased a complete set of gauges still in the instrument panel on ebay for less than $25.00 + shipping. Two reasons I went this way, first being cost, the other being I wanted something that looked to be the correct vintage for my 1989 boat. Hope to see the Jet on the water soon.

 

[Golden Arrow II]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

Four foot of track seems to be a little excessive to me on a 15" boat. How many people do you plan on taking out on that little guy? I would think that three would be the max, which would be 9 rods total. Just buy some 4 pole rod trees and track from MAD dock systems in Harrison, you can rig the whole boat for less than what you have into just the berts tracks. I would save the good stuff for the islander. Thats gonna be your show off piece anyways, right?

 

[lakelover]

Re: 1968 15' Starcraft Jet Star Rebuild

I guess I'm thinking that the tach helps identify problems. IF the OB seems to be running fine then I guess I don't need to know it's running fine. Like one of the other guys said, I'm not pushing the limits of the rig for speed and fine tuning the prop and all that biz.

Right? Does that make any sense?

It seems to me it would be pretty helpful in the overall life expectancy of your motor. F'rinstance if I had no tach, to my ears, my motor would have sounded fine to me today, but the tach told me that at WOT I'm running 500-700 rpm over the max recommendation. That can't be good long term I wouldn't think. Also lets you know if you're in the range at idle speed too, could come in pretty handy if you do have problems.

Anyway, that's this amateur's way of thinking. One of my goals was to not have to tear into things again any time soon in the future, I wanted to get it right the first time.