Transom assemblies and engine room makeover

aero3113

At least it’s an easy swap to the 5046 . Imagine if it used a different type of terminal or mounted in a different orientation!

aero3113

Maybe the number of terminals makes the difference??

LaRea

Neither one has an air-tight cover.  I don't understand how either could be certified.   

In retrospect, the 5051 is a better solution for me.  With the 5035, I needed external circuit breakers for the 40-amp DTS circuits.  The 5051 can handle 40-amp circuits, so I can put everything on a single panel with capacity to spare.  It's a little bigger, so I'll need to rearrange some things.  

Handymans342

Pics when your done!

rasbury

You can put the motor back in, just don't put any oil in it!

davidbrooks

you might want to buy a box of those little hospital booties to cover your shoes when you go back in.  Wouldn't want to get it dirty.

SimcoeRinker400

LeRea  Looks amazing I am doing the same thing right now but love how you pulled everything out to paint.  I am doing everything I can see and cleaning everything else to brand new white to match as my mechanic works to fats or I would of done the back of the boat.  I am moving wiring and doing the battery area next but I have to remove my exhaust pipe from my Genny and paint around it later this week. You can see the colour difference on the right which will match once its painted. But having the boat in heated storage is awesome to do work and the paint dries well.

LaRea

@SimcoeRinker342 - your starter cables go to a post on the stringer, and there's a short cable from the post to the starter?  Maybe I'll set up mine that way.  What size wire runs from the post to the starter?

Also, your big battery cables all run along the bulkhead.  I wish Rinker had built mine like that, rather than running them down in the bottom of the bilge.  I always hated it because I could never really clean the bilge.  Now mine are like yours. 

SimcoeRinker400

My boat neighbor has a 370 like yours but he got his with like 100hrs or something that low.  You guys are all in saltwater right noticed a lot more corrosion on your guy's boats. Do you have Volvos and had to replace the transom plates? I heard the Volvos plates never wear out?  My Mercs were toast 550 hrs 2.5 inches of movement left to right and leaking water I think for a while then also one of the Gear oil lines were leaking which made an awful mess of the bilge plus the moisture always down there made the back wall have this light black crap on it.. So lots of cleaning but like your boat worth every minute of work as I am a no water in the boat type guy my 342 never had a leak other than the vents letting rainwater in.  And yes the starter wires run from the back I can check the gauge tomorrow when I am working on the boat. Again your boat looks awesome the same way I do my engine bays in my classic cars super clean.  

LaRea

Sweet Grandmother's Spatula ... not gonna say my ER looks like that, but that's the standard to which I aspire!

Transom failure at 550 hours is early, but maybe not too far below normal.  Mine probably started leaking at 600-700 hours.  On my 342 it was probably around 600 hours. 

BTW I'm in fresh water.  Salt water will cause corrosion, but so will a steady 24-hour flow of fresh water.

oscar1

well, my transom was leaking from day one, but i didn't have the gut to remove my engine in a brand new boat, until 8 year later.

SimcoeRinker400

Mine are Mercs and my mechanic was telling me they had a bad batch from 2008 to 2013 or something and they fail out of warranty and Merc knew they had a problem and never did anything to help customers.  Basically, the Merc Defect was soft material issue.  Also, I think mine did not corrode because of the oil line leaks.    Anyway can't wait to have it all back together and back in the water in the spring.  At least everything will be new and sealed up.  Good way to start with a new boat.  My 342 had new drives on it as the owner before me got Volvo to cover some of the cost.  But those Ocean x Drives were a really nice setup and overkill for freshwater.

Handymans342

For what you guys spend on your boats I could travel around the globe for 3 years First class!! LOL

YYZRC

Travel is dirt cheap right now!

reneechris14

Its no fun traveling with out a boat.

SimcoeRinker400

To be honest I am not in to deep so far $8k Cad that be a trip to Mexico now total price minus what I made on the 342 I am still not too bad 😉

YYZRC

I paid about $4k CAD for transom assembly rebuild plus new hydraulic lines (parts and labour). Survey said bellows were toast and I got the boat late in the season so didn’t get to sea trial it.  I should have done whole new transom assemblies as I found out after that my pins leak 🙁

Grahamu

@SimcoeRinker342
Mine are Mercs and my mechanic was telling me they had a bad batch from 2008 to 2013 or something and they fail out of warranty and Merc knew they had a problem and never did anything to help customers.  Basically, the Merc Defect was soft material issue.  Also, I think mine did not corrode because of the oil line leaks. 
Mercury offers 2 pins one steel, one stainless, why I don't know. I just replaced mine with stainless for an extra $20 each along with new seals.

SimcoeRinker400

Yeah looked at that but I had to much play to use the bushing and pin kit elongated holes.  The aluminum around your quick fix will start to wear out around the stainless bushing then you will have to replace the transom plates at that point.  Either way, I got a good deal on the Rinker 400 so I am not complaining plus I got a chance to clean up the engine bay with the engines out.  YYRC I thought bellows also but it was the pins..  I Bought the boat in the water as it was sitting in New Liskeard and the Frenchman I bought it from could not get out there fast enough and then the boat came out of the water the next day. But like said I paid smaller boat money for this thing so I am happy.  When all said and done its all-new  

halifax212

@SimcoeRinker342 Started reading your comment but my eye was dragged down to that beautiful corvette. Fine car , one of my favourites. Would you swap it for a 04' 212  haha

SimcoeRinker400

Lol no I put a lot of work into that car and amazingly my wife loves the car which she has never liked anything classic I have owned. I am building a 1967 Nova SS (Oshawa Canada Car) right now which will probably be for sale in Summer and I can arrange to ship it out east if you like.  I have two costly hobbies boating and cars.    I Like fixing and clean them up.

Handymans342

I will take a 69 Dart with a 426 wedge

SimcoeRinker400

Yes ZL1 very fun car ... 69 Dart with a new hemi would be a fun build.

LaRea

OK, Handy, you wanted pix.  I finished replacing the fuse block today.  Here's the NON-ignition-protected 5035 ST blade fuse panel before I started tearing it out today:



The two breakers at the top are 40-amp breakers for the DTS modules up at the helm.  I used separate breakers because the fuse block can only do 30-amp circuits.  

The new 5051 breaker block is taller and wider, and it can handle 40-amp circuits, so everything is one one panel with room for four more circuits.  I decided to reroute most of the wires to match the conventional layout of supply on the left, load on the right.  That turned it into a 4-hour job, and I got my exercise for the day.  

Here it is before I closed up the wire trays:



And now with the covers on the trays.  I love working with those trays.  It looks much better, and will definitely be easier to maintain.  

LaRea

One more detail.  To rearrange the components in this new layout, I had to make the house battery bank hang slightly over the edge of the deck.  They are on a slab of Starboard that is screwed to the deck.  

RiverRat232

Looks like a brand new bote. Nice job.

LaRea

Thanks.  All I need now is transom assemblies (expected in a couple weeks) and enough warm weather to work on the engines. 

Handymans342

Wiring is not tight enough

LaRea

I'll try to bring it up to RV standards.

Handymans342

Tiara standards