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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
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<blockquote data-quote="BoatDawg4120" data-source="post: 300881" data-attributes="member: 9832"><p>Water tested the boat for the first time last Tuesday. A minor leak at the drain plug plate on the bottom of the boat. No big deal. After an hour on the water it only had about 2 cups of water in the back. That was also the first real test for My grandpas little 1955 Evinrude 7.5hp Fleetwin Aquasonic that I have been bringing back to life. It did ok but only got 2.79 mph out of it and it wouldnt plane off the boat. Got it back to the house and did some investigating and found the exhaust bypass plate gaskets were bad and that my buddy had gapped the points at the wrong spot on the cam. Partially my fault on the point gaps. Re-gapped them and made new gaskets for the exhaust plate. Decarbed the pistons and cylinders and sealed it all back up. Took it out again this past sunday and got it to 8mph with an extra person in the boat this time and managed to get it to plane off when i had him move to the bow of the boat. Looks like a full wood deck up front is gonna be the only way i can get enough weight on the bow to plane it off when im alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoatDawg4120, post: 300881, member: 9832"] Water tested the boat for the first time last Tuesday. A minor leak at the drain plug plate on the bottom of the boat. No big deal. After an hour on the water it only had about 2 cups of water in the back. That was also the first real test for My grandpas little 1955 Evinrude 7.5hp Fleetwin Aquasonic that I have been bringing back to life. It did ok but only got 2.79 mph out of it and it wouldnt plane off the boat. Got it back to the house and did some investigating and found the exhaust bypass plate gaskets were bad and that my buddy had gapped the points at the wrong spot on the cam. Partially my fault on the point gaps. Re-gapped them and made new gaskets for the exhaust plate. Decarbed the pistons and cylinders and sealed it all back up. Took it out again this past sunday and got it to 8mph with an extra person in the boat this time and managed to get it to plane off when i had him move to the bow of the boat. Looks like a full wood deck up front is gonna be the only way i can get enough weight on the bow to plane it off when im alone. [/QUOTE]
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