Another BFN Rebuild

Tim is getting it done. Tandem will look legit/period correct with his resto plans. I jumped on the under gunnel light bandwagon too.

Nice work, can't wait to get it all wet at the buckethead.

Nice work. Look forward to riding in it again

Incredibly cool, what a boat!

Hollywood wrote: I DON'T LIKE THE WINDSHIELD

I AGREE! It needs a walk through.

I was inspired by one of Tim's "Functional upgrades"

Not sure if you are talking to me or Tim, but here is what I used.



They come with a sticky back, but I wouldnt trust it to adhere to the rough fiberglass under the gunnel, (sorry Pete, "gunwale") so what I did was support a 1/2 inch pvc pipe frame above some supports under the gunnel, with elbows for the cross piece under the deck, and trusted the sticky stuff to hold to the pipe. The night time photography exaggerates the effect a bit, but you get the idea. In real life, its not quite that intense.

Yeah, Im prepared for that. Have a fist full of zip-ties ready to go if the goo starts to give.

15 years after the wake boarders started installing them, CCFers are catching on....   

Slow but steady progress as of late. Primed the oil system, adjusted the valvetrain. Built a new accessory bracket and had it bent. Starting to hang things on it now.





New oil cooler is half mounted as well.



New pylon modified (with flange) and installed- no more interference between the SDBM and gullwing observer.



Cooling lines are close to being done, fuel lines are all run now (to pump). Still have some final engine assembly and the engine wiring to do. Hopefully only a few weeks away.

Ha I know right? Wish there was more room to mount it cleanly- but I couldn't find anyplace that was accessible. A fuel leak is a bad bad thing in any case, so it'll be business as usual in making sure connections are tight and leak free.

Oil leaks were related to front seal issues, possibly due to excess crank movement? Or rough sealing surface? All rebuilt now, should be good. I had already added some improved pvc/breather/baffle set ups a few years ago that cleaned up the air flow/oil mist issue.

I wish there was more room at the front of the engine for the fuel filter like the later BFN's. We already moved the pylon 2" forward relative to its original location, and I moved the engine back an inch this year to fit the PCM RWP (would have hit the floor). With the new PCM alt/bracket location I anticipate being able to reach the drain plug from the front of the engine, which will be a welcome improvement.

Engine is wired up as of last night, crank test went well after bypassing the NSS. New one is on order. Just a few more water plumbing details, then it's time to make up some AN hose assemblies. Getting close.

New transmission from a newer BFN, hoses and cooler are from the previous set up. Lines are NPT on one end and some sort of flare on the other (looks like a single flare but only mates to a double/inverted flare). Had one bad mate from the original assembly and had to go shopping for adapters- all the lines/cooler from the other set up were an hour away. Got it sorted.

I assume you meant the trans cooler plumbing snafu and not the engine oil cooler plumbing (custom AN lines required).

75 Tique wrote: I was inspired by one of Tim's "Functional upgrades"

I just found out that Tim did yet another LED upgrade:

Good to hear you're seeing light at the end of the tunnel.