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miro
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Username: miro

Post Number: 919
Registered: 11-2001


Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2017 - 07:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Pictures of the old boat in the water
After 18 years of (not ) non-stop work on it

When I think about it, I started this project while I was still using dial up, when I had not met my friends in Pennsylvania, in Louisiana, in upstate New York, in New England, or in Mystic. Had not enjoyed Cajun food and hospitality.
In those years I designed and built a house, started up , grew and sold a high tech business, bought and sold country cottages, and retired from my profession all the while being married to the same gal.

miro

boat 1

boat2

You can see the gas tank - temporary - the final one will be in the bow. Also the muffler
and the 2 cylinder ignition in one box.

boat3

boat4

The floor and the seating is all temporary so I can get the boat seaworthy.

boat5

Once the boat is "fettled" it will be put up on blocks in the boathouse till next May.
It will then be put on a trailer,and transported to the wood working shop where all of my woodworking stuff is located. The boathouse is about 120 yards away from the shop ( 1 way trip) -
too far to shlep the wood back and forth.

miro
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jb_castagnos
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Username: jb_castagnos

Post Number: 1324
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2017 - 09:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks great Miro. One question, what's the round thing between the manifold and the hull? :-)
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miro
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Username: miro

Post Number: 920
Registered: 11-2001


Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2017 - 09:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That is the muffler (they were used on DisPro's that had St Lawrence engines mounted in them).
That particular one came with the engine so I used it.

You know - the kind of thing that ain't "legal" on authentic bateaux.

I have to add - it doesn't muffler very much so, maybe - I'm just trying to emulate the rich heritage of sounds of Louisiana up here in the Great White North :=}

miro
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giii
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Username: giii

Post Number: 31
Registered: 04-2010
Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2017 - 10:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Very nice!
Miro, you are so far ahead of me and my projects, only 18 years!

George
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miro
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Username: miro

Post Number: 921
Registered: 11-2001


Posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 08:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here's the video of the first run on the water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncZ0dvgy3DM&feature=em-comments

I'm still learning - and this "learning experience" ( unlike so may others) will be fun.

miro
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raa
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Username: raa

Post Number: 164
Registered: 02-2007


Posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 07:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mirro

JB and the guys stopped by the house to pick up a couple of JB's engines and the passed the test by identifying the 3 round things on the floor as mufflers! I think were are making progress!

Dick



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thomas
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Username: thomas

Post Number: 361
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 07:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I did not realize how strict the La. state rules were about inboard mufflers
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miro
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Username: miro

Post Number: 925
Registered: 11-2001


Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 06:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here's a video I made in the boat with the motor running

https://youtu.be/1aBtLjD9v2A

miro
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jb_castagnos
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Username: jb_castagnos

Post Number: 1327
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 10:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thomas, a lot of the bateaus that run around down here run a dry straight pipe like they did in the old days. They are loud. I ran mine through the transom and I dump the discharge water into the exhaust, it's quieter. When I go to the wooden boat festival in Madisonville I insert a baffle in the exhaust to further quiet it, passing by once or twice is bearable, back and forth all day would be aggravating.
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spring
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Username: spring

Post Number: 14
Registered: 06-2018
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2018 - 09:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Miro. What grease do you use in the cups? How often and how far do you tweak them? I noticed the Adams has grease cups that are packed with what perhaps may be a wheel bearing grease. I did not investigate too thoroughly but it appeared to be a fibre grease.

Cheers!
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miro
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Username: miro

Post Number: 985
Registered: 11-2001


Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2018 - 09:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I use an NLG 3 grease .
The usual stuff you find at Cdn Tire is NLG 2 which is thinner than NLG 3.
I usually turn the grease cup until I feel resistance, and if I am keen on that day, I'll rotate the flywheel to get the grease to smear on the bearing. Turning the grease cups while the engine is running is a good idea except that it is quite awkward physically in my boat.

Running a gas:oil mix of 20:1 or 25:1 helps lube the bearings because of the positive pressure inside the crankcase - it's typically about 5 PSI.

I've seen a boat recently with flex tubes brought out to the operator's seat terminated with grease zerks and a small hand held grease gun carefully hidden under the seat.

I also check to see that there are small black specks of grease on the inside of the hull which indicates that grease is exiting the bearings - I wipe up the specks from time to time, so I recognize the new ones.

Miro
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spring
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Post Number: 17
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Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2018 - 08:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Just getting to this now. Thanks Miro.

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