Deposit on another 86

C-Bass wrote: Eric...is that by hand or with a DA sander? Looks great so far! Love the reverse gels, especially that blue. Probably my favorite 2001 color combo. One other question...how do you manage to go around the decals, or do you just go right over them with the sanding?

I've only been doing the bottom blue section with wetsanding. Which I've been doing by hand. For this boat I'll be sticking with by hand. The next project I'll invest in one of those water enducing DA sanders to see how it works.

The plan for the stripe and upper blue is just a series of compounds and wax. They're pretty good. I'll leave the decals on and buff over them slowly. Hopefully they hold together.

I appreciate the compliments guys. Should be done sanding by end of next week with an after work session each day.

Eric,
Some don't appreciate the work it takes to bring old glass back to life but most here do. Keep up the good work!

Looks awesome Eric, can't wait to see it at Green Lake in a few weeks

In my dreams Chris!

Brian- lower the nose of the trailer to the ground. Block the rear at that point with the as$ as high as possible. Then bring the nose of the trailer up as high as possible. Block the nose and bring the trailer back down. Inch it out till you hit a crossbeam then lift the nose with a bottle jack and re block appropriately till it's out.

Pain in the butt but as you saw I needed a trailer to pick up that barracuda in ct

By the way, I might have missed the post, but did you run your boat around the lake? Any concerns with engine/transmission performance? Ken

Wow

Great effort. Looks great.

Donald

Update, with a few questions

Done wetsanding, boat came out great. I took the boat out yesterday and it ran exactly what it should, a little faster than I expected. With just me in the boat and a 1/4 tank of fuel I bounced it to 46.8 on iPhone gps speedometer. Consistently ran 46.

Here's what I have for questions. I have a weird rubber burning smell/puff of smoke when I open up the motorbox after going around the lake at any speed above 1500 Rpms. It has nothing to do with the belts, It appears to be predominantly coming from cylinder 8 area. I brough my infared temp gun out with me yesterday and the topside of the "header" part of the manifold is getting to about 330+ - a few degrees.

When I say top side of the "header", I'm shooting the laser temp gun down between the gap between the valve cover and the manifold at the part of the manifold before any water gets to it.

To me 330 doesn't seem like that much, but it seems to be 80-100 degrees hotter than any other part of the manifold at any other cylinder.

Is 330 enough to be melting the exhaust manifold gasket?

I do hear a slight tick on that side of the motor that I dint hear on the other side of the motor. But it's not loud enough that I'm definitively thinking manifold gasket.

Thanks guys
Eric

Check which spark plugs are in it, all of them. Some new owners on here have reported buying a boat with progressively hotter plugs toward the rear to burn the richer fuel mixture, seems hokey to me but something worth quicking checking.

Hollywood wrote: Check which spark plugs are in it, all of them. Some new owners on here have reported buying a boat with progressively hotter plugs toward the rear to burn the richer fuel mixture, seems hokey to me but something worth quicking checking.

HW- All new champion 401s in there. Had the NGK equivalent in there before and was doing the same thing.

Tim- I'll get my PB blaster ready and swap the gasket.

Tighten the manifolds bolts back there and go wakeboarding already, you wont hear or smell it from the end of the rope.

Eric, post it in the For Sale section. You will probably get the interest of a CCFan there.

Ken

Here are more pictures of the boat down here in SC while we are on vacation. Boats running great!

That last photo is really nice. In my opinion, she looks worth more than what you paid. I'm guessing based on the photos low six range for a quick sale. Tough to say without seeing the interior in detail. The reverse gel will appeal to many folks.

Enjoy your vacation, Eric. I'd enjoy the 2001 the rest of the summer if I were you.

Glad this worked out for you Eric. I had been kind of toying with the idea of upsizing to a 2001 and really like the looks of your boat, but now just isnt the right time, so I have to pass, but it sure is tempting, its a good looking boat.

wakeboardin2k4 wrote: Larry- I'll be on the hunt for another one if this guy buys the current 86 and hopefully if it's the right time we can get you into a 2001!

Sounds like a plan, but keep in mind, it has to be a reverse gel or an 86 silver