1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

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You need a kicker in case that happens again.Then you don't have to call for a tow,just paly off as tho you are trolling.LOL
 
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Deck, great!:D

Outdrive, not so great.:mad:

Skied the Ohio once. Boated it once after, other then just the once for thunder......

Logs, shut the front door, whole trees & root-ball stumps the size of a VW Bug:eek:

Hope it's less painful then you expect. And quicker too.... Hoping you get a speedy return to the water.

Can't have you commuting to work in a car or truck like the common folk:facepalm:
 
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sorry to hear about the drive.
what drive system you have? (too lazy to go back a read)
i have a spare v8 pre-alpha drive if you want to borrow it, i wont need it this year
 
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That stinks man.
I had a sound like that when I lost a blade of my prop a month ago, also a similar sound when the upper unjointed went in my alpha. Either. Way you gotta get er on da trailer if for nothing else but to get the water outa your lower unit before it rusts.
It sucks but worse case you can make the switch to the alpha that you been thinken about.
Hope you get it back in order soon
and the dock looks great
 
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So sorry to hear about the drive - but I thought this boat was powered by lights?

Man, it stinks to have such an immaculate rig that's now having some trouble under the hood.

You've got an OMC on that thing, right? You going to try and replace or re-power? (I guess it depends on the extent of the problem)...

If you've got to repower, I would look at some donor rigs... I got my 350/alpha (gen ii) out of a donor boat, and pretty happy with the score... I don't think you would have to do a lot of transom work, since you have the cobra.

I know you will get it figured out soon enough... Again, sorry for the misfortunate..
 
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ben2go said:
You need a kicker in case that happens again.Then you don't have to call for a tow,just paly off as tho you are trolling.LOL
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I would have a kicker if I was off shore, but being that I am usually not more than a mile or two from land the cell phone or vhf does the job. We have about 8 boats in the family so atleast I can get free towing,lol It will get fixed and hopefully be good for a while. Its aboat!
jbcurt00 said:
Deck, great!:D

Outdrive, not so great.:mad:

Skied the Ohio once. Boated it once after, other then just the once for thunder......

Logs, shut the front door, whole trees & root-ball stumps the size of a VW Bug:eek:

Hope it's less painful then you expect. And quicker too.... Hoping you get a speedy return to the water.

Can't have you commuting to work in a car or truck like the common folk:facepalm:
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Yup and sometimes even an actual vw bug,lol I'm pretty sure that the log I hit probably broke something or misaligned something. Will be pulling the boat tomarrow to clean her up and get her over to the mechanics asap.

mrdjflores said:
sorry to hear about the drive.
what drive system you have? (too lazy to go back a read)
i have a spare v8 pre-alpha drive if you want to borrow it, i wont need it this year
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I have a mercruiser motor with a cobra omc outdrive, don't ask, long story. Thanks for the offer but don't think it would work.

lil buggy said:
That stinks man.
I had a sound like that when I lost a blade of my prop a month ago, also a similar sound when the upper unjointed went in my alpha. Either. Way you gotta get er on da trailer if for nothing else but to get the water outa your lower unit before it rusts.
It sucks but worse case you can make the switch to the alpha that you been thinken about.
Hope you get it back in order soon
and the dock looks great
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Probably will be a ssei conversion or a mercruiser outdrive if it is the outdrive. The old omc was bound to break eventually, its the weak link at this point. I think 325 hp motor compared to old 260 hp motor might have had something to do with it also. Hopefully will know atleast what the problem is soon. I know it won't be good with the sounds it was making. The prop does spin freely if that says anything.

Pmccraney said:
So sorry to hear about the drive - but I thought this boat was powered by lights?

Man, it stinks to have such an immaculate rig that's now having some trouble under the hood.

You've got an OMC on that thing, right? You going to try and replace or re-power? (I guess it depends on the extent of the problem)...

If you've got to repower, I would look at some donor rigs... I got my 350/alpha (gen ii) out of a donor boat, and pretty happy with the score... I don't think you would have to do a lot of transom work, since you have the cobra.

I know you will get it figured out soon enough... Again, sorry for the misfortunate..
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We will see, I do still have the omc on there. probably opt for conversion instead of donor boat. Speaking of lights,lol
 
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Since the boat will probably be down for month or so, I decided to go ahead and start the fabrication model of the led underwater lights. The housing is basically made, now to install some leds in them. These will be more refined once I figure out what size, how many lights, etc etc etc. this is basically a demo model. these will be rgb underwater lights. ;) You will be able to control them as you would your interior rgbs.:)

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My mechanic n I were just discussing the Sei drive
he has a customer that's shipped it back lke 4 times for repairs all garuntee work
anyway that's the pita behind the 10 year garuntee , shipping.

Cant wait to see the rgb underwaters
 
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lil buggy said:
My mechanic n I were just discussing the Sei drive
he has a customer that's shipped it back lke 4 times for repairs all garuntee work
anyway that's the pita behind the 10 year garuntee , shipping.

Cant wait to see the rgb underwaters
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I have heard nothing but good things about them. But I might have to go mercruiser. Only thing is, I am pretty sure the keyhole for the cobra will not work with a mercruiser and also think the sei will be cheaper. I could be completely wroong thoug as mechanical work is not my thing. :facepalm:
 
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i think the keyholes are pretty close...i believe they actually made an adapter to go crom the cobra drive to a merc, for awhile anyways...

BTW, your docks look fantastic....if i end up buying my friends lot up in westport, i know who i'll be calling for a dock
 
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Really nice work! I will use some of your ideas on my boat for sure. I just wish I had the energy and time to get it as clean too.
 
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I have been following along for a while, You have yourself a nice boat. Sorry about the drive problem. As stated above I have heard nothing but good things about the SEI drives and they make a conversion kit that will allow you to bolt Alpha Gen 2 (I believe) or their drive to your OMC cobra transom assembly. Check it out on their web site. Good luck

Mike
 
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mrdjflores said:
i think the keyholes are pretty close...i believe they actually made an adapter to go crom the cobra drive to a merc, for awhile anyways...

BTW, your docks look fantastic....if i end up buying my friends lot up in westport, i know who i'll be calling for a dock
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Yeah they have a conversion for omc and merc. Thanks, and I'd be happy to travel to build anywhere.

trophy boat said:
Really nice work! I will use some of your ideas on my boat for sure. I just wish I had the energy and time to get it as clean too.
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Thanks man, keeping her clean is definately a job. But I hate to see it dirty for long.

mr300z87 said:
I have been following along for a while, You have yourself a nice boat. Sorry about the drive problem. As stated above I have heard nothing but good things about the SEI drives and they make a conversion kit that will allow you to bolt Alpha Gen 2 (I believe) or their drive to your OMC cobra transom assembly. Check it out on their web site. Good luck

Mike
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Thanks man, and welcome to the thread. I kinda knew when I put the new motor in, the outdrive would be next. I'm probably looking at a couple grand to do it right, maybe even more, but then I should have a good reliable boat mechanically for a while. Pulling it out today to clean up and get it down to the mechanic. Looking at the sei conversion for now.



mrdjflores said:
here:
http://www.sterndrive.cc/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=9D-116&Category_Code=Cobra
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Thanks.
 
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Here is the light housing with 145 leds installed behind glass. These are one color lights just for testing. I will make a longer version also with 300 leds in them. Think this will work out well, we shall see. Still alot of fab work and modifications probably, but its getting there. everything will be soldiered and the material I am using will act as its own heat sink.

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uh...you forgot to turn them on so we can all see!!!
 
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mrdjflores said:
uh...you forgot to turn them on so we can all see!!!
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Soon enough, underwater test in a couple weeks. These are one color for testing, and still have to be soldiered up and sealed. Basically just a mock up. ;)
 
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I suppose blinded by the light fish, taste just as good as them seeing kind:eek:
 
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how big is that light panel??
 
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