Pulled her, have a project to work on….

aero3113

I picked up the new heads today and painted them. Hopefully installing them tomorrow.

aero3113

When I was wiping them down before painting, I noticed a hole that I didn’t remember. I looked back at pictures and sure enough it had a plug in it. I looked in my fitting drawer and luckily I had two!

aero3113

I noticed I tapped off the exhaust gasket area wrong. So painted the area that needed paint. 

LaRea

Beautiful!

aero3113

I cleaned the paint off of the mating surface for the head bolts by the exhaust ports.

aero3113

LaRea said:

Beautiful!

Thanks @LaRea ! ⚓️

YYZRC

I hope mine look that good when done…

aero3113

@YYZRC , how did your cylinders look? Are you rebuilding the motors or cleaning up?

captkevin

New heads look amazing

YYZRC

aero3113 said:

@YYZRC , how did your cylinders look? Are you rebuilding the motors or cleaning up?

Full rebuild for both 

aero3113

Nice!! 👍🏻 

YYZRC

Bored 030 over, the shop claims I will pick up a few HP. 

aero3113

Nice!

aero3113

rasbury

PickleRick said:

rasbury said:

I don't understand. I'd quit poking holes with a screwdriver if that caused the problem. Just kidding...but why did the metal fail to a screwdriver?

Same reason there are so many muffler shops are around tampa and Daytona....rust!!!  

My 06 f 150 , 300k, same mufflers!

rasbury

@aero3113 my top priority,  with no particular knowledge of boat cooling systems either way, was fresh water cooled. I knew most of my boating would be fresh but probably would be coming out of salt. I think Tikki sent me down that wormhole. Wonder what happened to him? He was super involved on the site and went poof!

PickleRick

rasbury said:

PickleRick said:

rasbury said:

I don't understand. I'd quit poking holes with a screwdriver if that caused the problem. Just kidding...but why did the metal fail to a screwdriver?

Same reason there are so many muffler shops are around tampa and Daytona....rust!!!  

My 06 f 150 , 300k, same mufflers!

You're closer to Mickey and Goofy than salt water lol

aero3113

I got the heads installed today, adjusted the valves and installed the starboard side exhaust flappers. I’m having trouble aligning 2 out of the 3 bolts on the front bracket of the port manifold. I almost think I’ll have to drill the holes on the bracket a little larger. I loosened everything up but still no luck. They’re so close to aligning! I  got frustrated and gave up for the day. I was hoping to get the manifolds and risers on also but I ran out of time. I made sure I got the spark plugs in without the exhaust manifolds on! Lower intake manifold and new injector O-rings arrived. Hopefully I can put that all together tonight.

captkevin

looking amazing

aero3113

Thanks @captkevin ,
My daughter’s cheer practice is later tonight so I was able to put the intake together. @YYZRC , the GM O-rings were no good. The blue fit but the brown were loose on the injectors and in the manifold. I didn’t trust them so lubed up the old ones and installed them.

aero3113

She’s all back together. Going to let the sealant cure and I’ll run and leak check her tomorrow. The bolts that were giving me an issue yesterday, went right in today! lol 🤷🏻‍♂️. If anyone pulls their intake off, make yourself some alignment pins. So helpful with aligning the heavy intake.

captkevin

Looks great 

Rich_

Quick turnaround. Now we just have to get through this little storm

aero3113

Yes @Rich_ !!

aero3113

She sounds like a sewing machine!
I had small leak on the port side riser when I first started her. Retorqued and all was good. 👍🏻 ⚓️

captkevin

Good luck to everyone 

aero3113

It doesn’t seem like it going to be as bad as they originally said. It’s the surge that might be the issue.

rasbury

The surge is actually always the issue...living in Florida most of my life....only costal when I was very young..Coco Beach..hurricane Donna I belive it was....but the rest I would take over tornados, flooding we see every year on the news in other areas of the mid west etc. I did do a few years in ND, also middle east . We did have a tornado through our town here in Florida killing a couple people so we do see it- my first in now almost 70 years and that was 20 years ago...it is that storm surge that takes homes off their foundations so depending on where, when it hits as far as high/low tide and how homes are constructed..these areas have been there before and hope are all OK!

aero3113

Full moon tomorrow also….

Rich_

Wind is not the real issue per se. Wind blowing the water into a funnel and the tide not draining out is a problem.