Re: hull extension in progress with picks
Re: hull extension in progress with picks
ok.....another bowling alley update ! (my buddies alley is right down the street from the shopand thats where i have been doing the up dates form)
i took half the day off today.
the carb is off.....waiting to be re jetted. the plumbing for the heater is 3/4 the way in.....i ran out of rubber hangers....hangers are expencive puppies ! about a buck each ! i need another 15. each heater hose is 20 feet long....they must be secured every 18 inches or they will rattle around.
i took the feed from the water pump....as an "input" to the heater......then i had to use a "t" where the temp sensor uasually is on the intake manifold.....on one half of the "t" is the sensor....the other half is the discharge from the heater.
i hate this set up....
the reason why i hate it, is because the sensor will allways read the temp coming out of the heater...this is esentially a "radiator"
what that will do, is make my temp gauge "lie" to me. (one of my pet peeves is a bad gauge or a clock set wrong.....instruments MUST read the truth )!
unfourtunatly.......i wanted to use the heater as another radiator....that means the discharge must go into the block....if i used a block drain as a discharge input....there would be a restriction....so that is out of the question.
the only two passages to the block, are off the water pump (input) and the intake manifold temp sensor location (discharge).
so it is the old boating standard "trade off" so i have to use the "t" that shoots the water from the heater/radiator straight at the temp sensor then into the block......i just have to be aware of the fact that the gauge will read half of what the temp really is.......so if it reads 180....shut the puppie down !
ok.....so the glass guys were suppose to show up with a template today and do the final measurement for the glass for the wing windows.
they didnt show.
i think im going to insure the trailer and drive the boat to them and drop it off for the day......i want it done for the weekend.....we have been working for three days now since i asked the glass company to come measure/cut the glass......in my opinion....this is a 3 hour job ...MAX.
....heck.....i can cut sheet of plywood to spec in a fraction of that time. the glass company is dropping the ball and im getting "miffed".
the glass wings are crutial to the water systems test.
the entire hull must be checked for vibration, stress, flex. one of the big indicators is the glass!....if the glass cracks....there is a problem in the hull or the frame of the glass.....i could just go with plexi and cut it myself....but that wont tell me anything during water tryals, as pelxi flexes.
water tryals are very crutial.
im not just going to look to see if the boat floats correctly or moves forward in the water......it is a test for the major/minor systems and structure.
for rattles.....noise, vibration....and a bazillion other things.
one of my many worries.....is that the boat (after the flywheel was changed) had that gentile "rock" that a good cam gives a car.
im hoping i wont feel that on the water.
im sure the "fault list" will be long after sea tryals.
lots of minor things to be addressed.
any how.....they need the puter back.
more tommorow.
cheers
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