Koditten random project/boat build thread.

Todays project.

Bud has a Jon boat with a small outboard. the motor has no tilt/trim feature and there was no factory version available for such a small engine.

Fortunately the aftermarket industry has a solution.

These panther lifts work great and they take up little room.

I just started the install.

 

Today's project:

New plugs on a '16 TT FISO. Owner says getting misfires under WOT load.

Plug gap is to be .027-.033.

These were all .037-.040.

New plugs and the misfire is gone.

I have to say, even though the truck is a Fuc, er, ah a Ford, the maintenance was fairly straightforward.

The owners previous truck was one of those monumental pieces of shit Triton motors. I was worried the job was gonna be a 2 day nightmare.

 

Nice, what motor was in it?

 

3.5 twin turbo Ecoboost.

 

lol

 

Nice, always wondered if those would be a pia or not. Actually a fun motor when I’ve driven them.

 

A little boat progress.

Tack welding on the gunnel tubing. Takes a bit of clamp work to make the tubing follow the hull shape.

 

just about got it lined up.

 

This gets bent to the shape of the hull.

 

1st side gunnel tacked into place. Adding this part really makit rigid.

 

Both gunnels tacked into place.

Notice the green strap. When I tacked the left side in place, hull twisted ever so slightly. Was able to flex the right side down a smidge, the tack the gunnel in place.

Boat is straight and rigid now.

It is pretty stiff at this point, but will be getting more structural members that will make it even more rigid.

 

Aluminum MIG spool gun welding will never look as good as TIG welding, but I think my welds look pretty decent.

Spool gun welding is amazingly fast. It took me about 45 minutes to make 35+ foot of welding.

 

3.5. Twin turbo.

Not sure why I had this quote on my que. No biggie. I can answer it again.

 

Needed my work bench, so just hoisted the boat to the ceiling.

 

Looks a bit sketch.

 

If you go into your phone settings you can remove the watermark from your photos.. just don't do it standing under your boat.

 

Lol. I know exactly where the settings for that are. I wanted to do a date stamp, but ended up with what you see.

I figured I destroy a phone every 2 years, I can get a rough estimate by what phone watermark is present.

 

Fabbing up the gunnel reinforcement. This step really makes the boat rigid. It also helps with tree collisions.

 

pic of the welds before the soot is removed. It's not TIG welding pretty, but it's not bad for blow and go spool gun MIG welding. It's getting painted, so who gives a shit?

 

Starting to weld in the gunnel reinforcement.

It's starting to look like a McKenzie drift boat.