75 separator rebuild

Hi Eric! a couple answers for ya! yes on the round seal on transom, yes on the new gimble[ no grease fitting] new coupeling, with antisieze, and the cabels look like new. the out drive only had a few hrs on it when purchased. tree took out boat it was on. should i 5200 out drive on transom? or is round seal good enough. why silent choice? im not 50 yet people around here like the noise, only cause thay leave the lake when the sep comes out

Very nice work; I can the attention to detail from here!

The donar boat came from MI in the beginning, then divorce came and boat went to FL after tree? back to MI been cheaper if thay divorced in MI for me. would have saved shipping

no on the 5200, merc uses bellow glue to hold it in,
the silent choice gives you the option, idling down the river its nice and quiet at night when people get pissed off, with the flip of a switch you can go right out the thru hull...at times the noise is annoying and fumes for the guy out back....do some reading on it, it gives you the option of going down thru the outdrive or thru the hull at the flip of a switch
plus when your side by side with someone with them going thru the drive and hit that switch its like turbo boost, goes from quiet to loud and you pull away lol, it was just a thought because ive had some loud boats (thru hull not baffled by water) and the passengers at times will make comments, negative

Eric Sorry! out drive exh already gone going with HI Tek stainless headers. no river cruising here, just lakes. And Pete! not that original anymore promise the next sep will be done to exact original self!

no problem here, just a suggestion, they are much louder higher up on the transom, unlike the guy's that run no mufflers near the waterline

i went south with the hi-teks when i found out they are subbung them to the nips

eric lavine wrote: i went south with the hi-teks when i found out they are subbung them to the nips

Laughed out loud at that one.

man was i fcn pissed, special order, salesman told me because it was special order it had to be made so it took 2 months to get......that translates to, its stuck on a fcn rickshaw in the middle of the pacific ocean somewhere

Pics of fake block as template to make motor mounts, also new flooring came today. nautolex [shark] in color marine grade vinyl

Eric! not quit picking up on what ya mean on the last post. lets talk in person 269 506 1249 jeff

Gotcha! thx

DrCC wrote: The seat on the right, is the exact same as the pair that came in my old 66 Mustang. I use to think that they were not original, but now I'm thinking that they were not only original but also kind of rare.

I bet your first thought was correct... no way were those seats original in a '66. Ive seen a bunch of 60's boats with 70's style CC seats in them- no doubt because it took 5-10 years before the original wood framed seats rotted, and the dealer who did the repair replaced with modern seats (of the time).

Those wrap around buckets seemed to have been used very shortly in the mid 70's in Separator/Torinos, M17's and some of the larger boats.

Some pics of new pieces of interior. some have been cpes<d and some are waiting in line. im using gorila glue and stainless nails to hold the seat base then 2 coats of cpes. then will be off to get covered next week! still cant make my mind up on color white or black seats.