Fish Nautique- Messer

Good thing that was an older HO GT engine. the newer ones had the fuel pump eccentric omitted from the cam gear.

Had a customer go through two fuel pumps on a carb converted newer GT engine..... pumps would not prime LOL. he kept telling me the pumps were bad?? I had to ask what engine he had. long story i explained the eccentric omit to him..wound up utilizing the electric pump and original mount bracket..

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Here is a couple pics of my 87. Deck heights were lower in the earlier years. Some also had fuel tanks in the stern. Mine has a removable deck in the back of boat to access fuel tank. I think spicing transducer wires is frowned upon. 

Yes sir, KENO was right (I can't ever recall him not being right...) It is the wrong prop. After he mentioned the inability to get the taper on, I, just coincidence, have the shaft and prop in my garage. I went and checked, and sure enough, the prop will not go on backwards. The tapered end will not go past the threads at all. ...I was sure it was on backwards, it made sense. I got so excited that I spent a few hours cleaning it and the rudder. I've got brasso and white vinegar everywhere.

Johnnie's pictures in the linked thread seem to have disappeared 

Can we confirm that the prop was not on backwards, that it's a RH prop that for some strange reason was installed?  Like Ken said I don't think you could force a tapered prop on backwards far enough to thread on the nut, but unlike Ken I've never tried.  Of all the aspects of the project this is a small once since you just need to find the correct prop.

Looking good with the cleanup!  If it was me I'd go straight pipe too, only question on that would be if you plan to fish the boat, trolling a lot, if you think the noise would get to you.  Do you plan on ocean or lake use?

The newer engine has 3.5" exhaust so I think I am going to source 3.5in exhaust tips.

I don't have mufflers for the 3.5in, but I think I want to go straight pipe anyway. I enjoy the loud pipes.

Gonna get this cleaned up

Does the L cup not mean Left rotation. Or did I make a big assumption?

Propeller status- got the prop off, with a lot of persuasion.

And, if you can believe it, it was on backwards. 

Now that I have gotten up close and personal under the hull, I realize the prop was further back with the castle nut, no pin. I don't think the PO hammered it on, but he tightened the heck out of it.

Pix show- 14 x 11 x 1-1/8 Lcup

The shaft looks ok, but I would love to hear from the experts.

....Image upload has become too troublesome. Am I the only person that is having this issue? They were working at one point. 

Rudder- so the Fish Nautique has a 1.5" ruder shaft. I just watched Ron Tanis on a video rebuilding one in an American Skier. However, he doesn't sell 1.5" seals. Any idea where I can get a rudder rebuild kit for the Fish Nautique?