79 Nautique rebuild?

I got some time in on the boat yesterday. While watching the bilge paint dry I thought I would clean up the rudder port and get it ready for reassembly after scraping and wire brushing the sealant off of the parts.
I saw a washer sitting in the driveway. It is the one in the last picture in the center. My guess is it would go on the rudder shaft between the packing nut and the steering arm. It may have been stuck to the packing nut and came off when I was cleaning it. If anybody knows please help.
Thanks, Monty

Not much left to do now Monty,looking great, that washer may fit inside the packing nut ontop of the packing.

Roger.

Thanks Everyone. Now if this paint will ever dry. Fas drying my ass its been two days and still tacky.
I may be in contention for the longest ever stringer job!!!
           Monty

Well after the trip to Green Lake and Pete's Excellent Alignment 101 class. I decided to tackle the strut alignment. The first picture shows where the shaft was in the bottom corner of the log to turn freely. I dropped the strut and shimmed with stainless steel washers. After dry fitting it the shaft was centered in the log so it got 5200 and tightened.






Here is my old log hose next to the new one.




Cleaned up the Rudder


And got it mounted with new gortex also ran new speedo tubing



Now I am getting ready to start on the carpet. I was thinking of doing the sides first then the floor. Any Suggestions? Monty

Monty,your on the last leg of the rebuild,time to look out for another CC, I'm sure the the other half won't mind.
It was great to meet you both at GL

Roger.

I need some help.

I am trying to hook up my new steering cable at the helm and can't remember if the cable attaches to the top connection and the plastic tube to the bottom or vice versa.

Thanks
Thats what I did after asking the question.

Should the steering cable be secured to the stringer or lay in the bilge?

   

Man you guys amaze me, I hope I can do one tenth of the job some of ya'll do.

You should be able to find a better looking 1-1/4" to 1" adapter at home depot.

Yes on both questions! boat looks great,you have an eye for detail. nice job.

Thanks Guys!

Roger sure enjoyed the beers in the evenings at Green Lake.
Glad to hear your engine parts made it back in your luggage.
That might have been hard to claim if they lost your suitcase.


Does anybody have any ideas where I can get a gasket for this thermostat housing????     1979 commander 351

Thanks, Pete
I'll go to Autozone and try and get some gasket material and silicone it down. HA HA HA

I thought thats what I may have to do when I couldn't find a match on any of the popular sites. Glad you told what thickness to look for. Monty

After a long cold winter I got the boat registered and headed for the lake. After purchasing a new set of trailer tires finally made it to the ramp. Was pleased with the way it ran but needed work at idling in gear.My plan was to get a idea of how she ran before I messed with trying to change the distributor. I had bought a new distributor on eBay but it had the wrong gear on it. Pulled old and took them to a machine shop to have my gear pressed on new dist. When he was tapping the roll pin back in the top of my gear cracked off.So I Bought the electronic one Jody had for sale.
Question 1. Will I need to change coil going to electronic ignition?
          2. I don't have a ballast resistor now. Will I need one?

Been working on putting a stereo in the boat Since the previous owner cut a hole in the dash. The old stereo that was in the boat was ruined by water. I don't want that to happen to the new one. I bought a splash proof cover for radio but the hole was cut so high in the dash it wont fit because of the q in the ski nautique emblem and also the dash has a angle right there. Any ideas????





I am making a bulkhead to fit on top of the airbox for front speaker and to help keep boating gear up front. I made a cardboard template and cut out of plywood. cpes and some epoxy and tape.I Will carpet it next.

Once again I want to thank everyone for all help and great ideas that come from this site. Monty

Mike I had never planned on going back with foam so glass over foam was never really in the picture for me. Well I did use foam for the air box and actually reglassed some of the original back down. I also foamed around the battery box but it has plywood floor. While replacing the stringers I had planned fol a plywood floor and tried to make it level across. What gaps I ended up having I used Biax cut to strips and epoxied to the tops of the stringer. Then used thickened epoxy along the stringers to bed the floor down. One thing I think Roger UK79 suggested was attach scraps to the bottom of the floor where the seat bases screw down.

Great work Monty, good here your back on the water, post a picture of her on the water for us to enjoy