1985 2001 help

I bought this boat for literally nothing the guy was using it to catfish in the river. The hull and underside components are in great shape. I cannot believe he was running the river and never hit anything. Anyway the motor has a couple burnt valves but runs. So my engine builder is taking care of that. There is no bilge pump in the boat. I got that figured out. The blower is on top of the fuel tank and no hoses run anywhere. Where is the blower supposed to be and how are the hoses supposed to run. I had a glastron before and understand where they should go. but not sure on a 2001 exactly how they are supposed to be run to be correct. The floor and stringers were done by the owner before last. I couldn't beflieve he had his family out with no bilge pump and no blower. Just lucky I guess

ok so the blower is mounted over the fuel tank? Did it have a y split to get two ducts down the floor to the engine compartment?

The hose on the left in Ken's picture above is not connected to the blower - it terminates at the vent box. So only one of the vent hoses is connected to the blower.

You didn't ask about the front ventilation hoses that take air from the front scoop and direct it to the bilge, but your ventilation system takes that fresh air in from the front and it goes to the bilge area.

My 1995 SN Blower mounts on the driver side of the engine down by the starter.  Works fine and the blower sound is muted by the engine cover.  

captian kilroy wrote: Yes I have to redo all of the hoses. I am assuming the bilge pumps out the hole in front of the drivers cockpit.   Do you guys run a manual bilge or an automatic bilge pump?

You can back the packing nut off but the actual packing will not loosen, if you over torque it on install it must be replaced.  At least in my experience having done that.   You should be able to grab your prop with one hand and move it.  It is designed to be water lubricated so wet the strut bushing to feel a decent test.

I was pulling the motor and tranny and couldn't turn the shaft to turn to take the bolts out of the hub. But I have been doing as much study on these boats as I can. And the boat is a basket case and has been out of the water since november. I didn't realize the bearing had rubber in it. So i will spray some water on it and see if it slides and turns.

captian kilroy wrote: I was pulling the motor and tranny and couldn't turn the shaft to turn to take the bolts out of the hub.

Does anyone know where to find the plastic pieces that go into your vent hose at the rear vent. The black part of the plastic is fine. The white part that goes inside has completely deteriorated?     And by the way thanks to everyone for the help.

Well found out why I couldn't turn it by hand. The strut is ben all to hell. So now I am taking the shaft, prop and strut to the prop shop and go from there. I appreciate all the advice. My engine builder is building a sweet little power plant for this ride. I will post some pics of a before and after. This has been a real interesting project.