1990 BFN
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Printed Date: March-04-2025 at 9:05pm
Topic: 1990 BFN
Posted By: phatsat67
Subject: 1990 BFN
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 2:41pm
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Hey Fellas, just getting time to post our latest ride. This fall a local guy (knew him from my N3 Days and the river) had for sale a brochure color scheme 90 BFN. The boat has been maintained mechanically pretty well other than a junk Dizzy and dirty neutral. Structurally and interior wise it's in great shape just needing the observers seat base and drivers seat base replaced. Winter plans include a transmission rebuild/trailer refurb for function/wet sand buff and decals. I will update this thread as we make progress but here are some photos from when we picked it up. Sorry they aren't the best. The motor runs exceptionally well despite having a locked distributor timing mechanism. It went 50.0 on GPS with the tach showing around 4950.00 running Tim's spare 430. GPS confirmed speed by a Garmin Etrex not an I phone app. Mid range and hole shot are so good I would be reluctant to step up to a 1598 for an extra mph up top.   
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Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 2:51pm
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Hello Fella. Nice guide pole. How many phone books to drive? |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 2:59pm
| 3 and one extra I ripped in half. |
Posted By: jimsport93
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 3:03pm
 ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2798 - 93 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 4:36pm
| Very nice boat Zach! Great colors. Looks to be in really nice condition. |
Posted By: Air206
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 4:40pm
Gotta love a BFN - well done Zach!  ------------- https://tinyurl.com/y6t5e3bu" rel="nofollow - 04 Air206 http://tinyurl.com/9urzgls" rel="nofollow - 91 Barefoot 78 SkiTiq |
Posted By: Duane in Indy
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 5:32pm
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Have you done a transmission yet?? If needed I can assist. ( I only do a partial rebuild cause I don't know what a full one is yet, still waiting ) Duane ------------- Keep it as original as YOU want it 1978 Mustang (modified) |
Posted By: illiniball2000
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 5:52pm
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Cool! i personally dig the color scheme as well. ------------- Beer is my friend 87 Dominique Had 67 Starflite |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 6:20pm
Ah.......................A trip down memory lane Duane 
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Duane in Indy wrote:Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 6:22pm
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Sha-weeet. I want one... ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 6:30pm
Duane, I thought we covered it but maybe you missed it. I sure miss things a lot probably due to my ADD!!! Beyond clutch packs, bearings and seals, the only other thing I feel is needed is checking the health of the pump. There are specs on pressure but the trans needs to be assembled and turning to use that. I know Eric used to chuck his rebuilds up in his lathe to check. The only other way is to check pump clearances and I have yet to find Velvet specs on them. I do know with a geared hydraulic pump .0005 at the teeth and the same between the gears and housing is a rule of thumb. Zach, Nice!! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: samudj01
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 6:33pm
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Sweet boat Zach. Will look forward to updates and a ride in 2018! ------------- 78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409 Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 7:23pm
I hook mine to an old riding mower with a horizontal shaft and an electric clutch. A splined hub from an old damper plate welded to a pulley and a v belt make things go round. Depending on where I mount the transmission, I can do righty's and lefty's. Due to the "hackish" nature of this setup I usually do it in the backyard under a shadetree at night But.................it works
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Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 7:42pm
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Ken - Do you get the pulley lined up within .003? ------------- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Ben Franklin |
Posted By: tryathlete
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 8:02pm
| I am looking forward to seeing that boat up here on Deep Lake sometime. Ought to be looking like brand new with your experience and connections! |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 8:27pm
Probably within 3 inches anyways. Pete would be proud of my alignment job Rubber belt with a little twist of sorts, it's a good thing I don't have to run it very long to check pressures. Transmission angle is a little funny too, to get things lined up pretty close. I keep saying I'm going to build a better bracket but I don't use it very often |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 9:04pm
Chris, Here's Ken's guide to his 3" alignment.  ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 9:21pm
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I think every one of my boats has some degree of parallel misalignment. I'm a failure, but at least I carry a spare belt with me! Ken, that setup you describe is awesome! ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 9:23pm
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And more importantly, congrats Zach! The frozen timing in the distributor - how it is running that strong without a decent amount of advance? Surprises me. ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 9:46pm
David, The way Zach worded the timing problem threw me too. After reading it a couple times, I have a feeling the distributor is frozen in the block rather than the advance mechanism being frozen??? ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 9:55pm
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I don't think it's frozen in the block "locked distributor timing mechanism" I think it's either stuck in full advance or it's stuck in the opposite ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 9:56pm
Nope, I'd say it's the advance that's frozen. ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 9:58pm
Or maybe Zach sits in a jump seat with the motor box off and manually rotates the distributor to get max speed?  ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 10:31pm
It's a combination of all 3 of those pictures And the pulleys are fairly ugly and rusty too |
Posted By: Donald80SN
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 10:34pm
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Nice Find. I love the color scheme. Does also seem to be in great shape. Donald ------------- 1980 Ski Nautique SOLD Back to Cypress Gardens 2002 Sport Nautique, GT-40, FCT2, Cover Sports, Tower Bimini, Inc., Wet Sounds Audio System, Star Gazer Wake Edition S. 1968 Ski Nautique, Project. |
Posted By: NCH20SKIER
Date Posted: December-22-2017 at 11:34pm
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Well done ------------- '05 206 Limited '88 BFN |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: December-23-2017 at 1:22am
"pics or it didn't happen" john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: Smithfamily
Date Posted: December-23-2017 at 9:10am
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Posted By: Duane in Indy
Date Posted: December-23-2017 at 11:17am
Spec sheet would be nice but like you, I have not been able to come up with any. Future thought: If Zach decides to install a new pump we would be able to check new dim's against used pump dim's. Pumps are really not that expensive. I did do a visual on my pump components and could see no wear marks on gears or housing. ( FWIW). It would be nice to set up a pressure test fixture to check the relief valve also. ------------- Keep it as original as YOU want it 1978 Mustang (modified) |
Posted By: Frankenotter
Date Posted: December-23-2017 at 12:22pm
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She's a beauty Clark. I want one. ------------- 1999 Ski Nautique 196 |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: December-23-2017 at 2:32pm
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Thanks dudes. Pete/Duane/Ken. The trans operates wonderfully aside from the dirty neutral. Planning on just clutch/plate replacement and associated seals. It has around 850 hours. Silky smooth with the acme on it. Will be picking up and Angola cover and a 430 of my own. Motor had a recent carb build by a very reputable shop in Indy. Thanks to Brad Harper I have an awesome Mallory dizzy to drop in until I spend cash on a DUI setup. Trailer is decent but needs things like carpet/steps/tires/lights etc. It’s got a few chips and scratches I think I can handle with sanding and some patch paste. |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: December-23-2017 at 4:01pm
Marinetex and good to go. 
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Posted By: JDD33
Date Posted: December-23-2017 at 10:38pm
 That's a great looking BFN! This is the one I picked up in the spring. Still working out a few bugs but she pulls hard! I think we need to have a BFN reunion!  ------------- Old school goin back to school! |
Posted By: Jay SE IN.
Date Posted: December-24-2017 at 3:09pm
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My half arsed tranny "rebuild" is doing fine! Im too dumb to test the pump with a lawnmower, tho..... ------------- "THESE are the good old days" ( thanks, Dad!) |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: December-24-2017 at 6:07pm
You got that wrong It's really "you're not dumb enough to test it with a lawnmower" The original reason for the lawn mower test rig was to test a used transmission that was said to be good when I got it. Turned out it was good |
Posted By: Donald80SN
Date Posted: December-26-2017 at 12:56am
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John, (JDD33) , That is a great looking boat you picked up last spring. Very Nice. Donald ------------- 1980 Ski Nautique SOLD Back to Cypress Gardens 2002 Sport Nautique, GT-40, FCT2, Cover Sports, Tower Bimini, Inc., Wet Sounds Audio System, Star Gazer Wake Edition S. 1968 Ski Nautique, Project. |
Posted By: bwinn
Date Posted: December-27-2017 at 12:13pm
| John, that turd is beautiful! I'm sure Zach is jealous also. Going to need a pull behind that one please! |
Posted By: JDD33
Date Posted: December-28-2017 at 10:54am
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Thanks guys! It will be ready to play hard this summer! I think I was was the phone call right before Zach and secured it! ------------- Old school goin back to school! |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: December-28-2017 at 11:03am
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Ha,, that was totally on my Radar. Little far from me and just about a month too early. Honestly, I didn't even consider myself in then market for a BFN for about 2 more years but when nice BFN pops up locally you sort of have to make it work. |
Posted By: Toeboat
Date Posted: December-28-2017 at 3:08pm
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Zach, nice find! You'll enjoy it for sure. A side question, did that BFN you guys had at N3 ever get the 409 swap a few years back? If so how'd it turn out? ------------- Toeboat 89 BFN w/454 bought new and still love it. 06 Ski Nautique w/ZR6 72 Promo |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: December-28-2017 at 4:23pm
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It turned out very nice from what I saw if you like that style. Colors looked great. It was stupid fast, Turned a 668 5600 rpms at 56 mph on the rev limiter and got there in a hurry. If there were a prop with just a little more pitch I would guess it would be a 58 mph boat or so. Really good engine selection for that hull. |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 1:47pm
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OK guys, here with the virus/working from home I thought I would take a little time to update the BFN project. While it was a very nice starting point the Gel was in much worse shape than originally thought. We spent this winter sanding and buffing rubrail down to the chines. Photos below of before and after stuff. We took it down to many aggressive 320 passes to get all the yellowing out of the blue. Some still on the stbd but you can't really see it in natural light. Would have continued on but I found a thin spot in the blue on the port and didn't want to continue sanding aggressively. Since it was the "Brochure" scheme for 1990 we stuck with the grey/white decal theme. I was able to get the colors of the pin stripes matched exactly and got a company to do a run of the proper sized pinstripe although it cost me. The transmission had very dirty neutral but otherwise operated flawlessly. The plan was to throw in clutches and seals but I happened upon a supposed new old stock 72c locally. Cool story behind it. The owner (now 85 years old) was building California style V drive boats back in the mid to late 70s. He never built the last boat that someone had ordered and the transmission was never installed or painted etc. I cleaned it up and swapped the pump for RH rotation. We just fired it up this weekend with no dirty neutral and it goes out of gear perfectly fine. A test drive will tell the full story but it sounds good as is! Despite the looks and the transmission condition we put somewhere around 80-100 hours on it last season so it is getting some good use. Matter of fact, the brown 85 didn't even touch the water last season. Anywho, check out then progress photos below.           |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 1:48pm
Photos are a struggle using my girlfriend's chrome book. I don't know how these things can be qualified as a functional computer.  
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Posted By: tryathlete
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 2:10pm
| Love the pic with the Before and after gel. When you talk about thin spots that’s a sign of resolve. Maybe a time to get a waterline cover if you’re gonna leave it outside at all. Can’t wait to see the photos with new decals and pinstripe. This site is like one of those reality TV restoration shows except we don’t have to wait for the big finish—we get to see all of the wonder that goes on beforehand. |
Posted By: davidg
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 2:25pm
Zach....Nice looking old barefoot. You got it looking good. If not mistaken, I "think" that the original brochure from back in the day "may" have been done with some Indiana Correct Craft royalty. I "think" that was one of the O'Malia boys (Randy??), and his crew in that boat. Any chance your boat IS that boat? I "think" O'Malia was the guy that opened Morse Lake Inboards in up Cicero in the '80's which was a CC dealer. Morse Lake also produced a local "boy wonder" skiing and tubing champeen in the mid/late 60's behind his dads 14' Chryzler w/110 Merc Tower on it. I forget his name now.
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Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 2:57pm
| Either way you must bring the mustache back to complete the restoration. |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 3:04pm
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Thanks Dave, I have heard of those guys but never actually met them. Used to foot a ton back in the day. This boat was rumored to be that boat in the photos but the build number pretty much kills that chance. It was originally owned by a local guy named Steve Howey. Growing out my corona beard and will shave into mustache when finished with the BFN. |
Posted By: davidg
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 3:15pm
I just remembered I had the 1990 CC brochure in my collection of car, truck, motorcycle, and boat "stuff". I also just remembered seeing a quote from Randy O'Malia on this boat in that brochure. I can't remember what I had for breakfast, but, I can remember seeing quotes from 30 year old brochures. :)   |
Posted By: MrMcD
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 5:12pm
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The Boat is looking very nice, remind me not to race you if we see you on the water. I know it would be a 454 but what HP rating is your engine? Sounds like it is really strong. Mark ------------- |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 5:20pm
Great looking work Zach,it sure is a surprise when your trying to sand the black spec off and it keeps getting bigger. You have a long way to go with the stash though Hollywood been working a long time on his  Dave you old timer do you remember the Correct Craft Dealer in Cary? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 5:58pm
| Looking really nice, Zach. Trailer looks really nice, too. So you are a believer in flaps? I'd like to hear more. |
Posted By: davidg
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 6:42pm
What's that now young man??? What'd he say??  Gary....I know there was one here back in the day, but, I never was there. Was it Foxfire Marine? |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 7:19pm
| I think that was the one in Fox Lake |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 7:49pm
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Yea that's it Dave. It was in the Quonset hut just north of Kitchen Wholesalers that was torn down a few years ago. His name is Mike Doherty not sure on spelling though. His brother and him live a few houses apart across from the Cary Country Club. They are the 2 with Nautiques if you ever happen to go by. About 1988 when they opened, rumor had it they did it to get themselfs good deals on boats. My friend who got me into CC's worked the summer for them the first year as their mechanic. He grew up in the family gas station business and at the time was the Johnsburg HS auto shop teacher. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: 75 Tique
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 7:51pm
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This was kind of an old thread, so I went back and read the whole thing to refresh. In the intervening years, Ken sent me a video clip of his transmission testing set up. Pretty clever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGeiEI6ywmg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGeiEI6ywmg ------------- _____________ “So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
Posted By: davidg
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 8:34pm
That was Cramer Marine. |
Posted By: davidg
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 8:43pm
Gary....I know that area down by the Cary CC. I have seen several Correct Craft's down in that area. Weren't they more of a service/repair dealership? Also, didn't they also try their hand with MasterCraft after the CC deal?? I may be crossing up my wires, but, I seem to recall talking to one of the brothers, or mabye someone else about it. I always like seeing some dude flying up the river in that area in a flashy red/white Nautique Super Sport. I bet the wake would be real nice for skiing behind that boat!!
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Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 9:22pm
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I know that guy. He says last year he wished he just threw 100 bucks in the river instead of buying the permit sticker maybe someone who really needed it could have found it. With the mother in law in and out of the hospital and the river being closed,2 hours were put on the boat last year. Don't know about the Mastercraft stuff or about their service/repair. The couple of times I was there my friend had not started helping them yet,they had no one there to do any of that ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: 63 Skier
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 9:47pm
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(I'm expecting the next post from either David or Gary to be, "do you remember just down the road from the filling station was that lady Aunt B, and that nice young boy Opie that lived with her and her nephew Andy?") ------------- '63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 9:48pm
Alright Larry, your pickin' on my mower driven test rig has forced me to post a picture of my new semi modern transmission test rig.   It runs on some of that magic modern stuff called electricity An old 220 volt 3 HP motor and a couple of pulleys that turn the transmission at roughly 850 rpm. (3 HP is way overkill, but it's what I had) Slap it onto a mount that angles the motor the same as the transmission, use some unistrut for the transmission mounts to slide on and the belt alignment and tension adjustment is a piece of cake. The mounts are some unistrut pieces and angle iron welded together. It's all on a piece of plywood mounted on a Harbor Freight dolly It can test that a transmission goes into Neutral,Forward and Reverse and check operating pressures too. It can run a righty or a lefty transmission by swapping a couple of wires on the motor. It's got clear nylon reinforced hose so I can watch the oil circulate Being really quiet with the electric motor running it, you also hear the noises that the planetary gears make in Reverse And................I can keep my simple mind occupied for hours on end watching the pulleys go round and round and round and ............well you get it Comes in pretty handy to be sure it works before going back in a boat or to see if that used treasure actually works. Can't really test for slippage but if the pressures are good it's most likely gonna be OK. Myself, I think it's a marvel of "backyard hackery" Pete might even agree with the backyard hackery part |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 10:18pm
Thanks Bruce ! Trailer is functionally great but black paint hides a lot of stuff. It’s next on the list as I acquired a lift and canopy for our open spot last fall. It’s still sporting the original nautical rubber flaps so why not. Ken, very envious of your test rig. I was dreaming up something like that with all my thoughts on If this 40 year old unused transmission was going to work ha. |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 10:22pm
Looks like you put them back on after you took them off. Some I know would have thrown them in the trash. We always had them back in the day. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 10:25pm
If you do make one up like Kens, be careful not to run it for very long. There's no bearing at the front end of the trans so it's not designed for any side loads on the input shaft. I would suggest coupling it directly to the motor. If you want variable speed, then use a 3 phase motor driven by a VFD. Eric always chucked them up in his engine lathe. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: March-30-2020 at 10:46pm
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Umm................ Pete What's that thing called in the center of the forward and reverse adapter that supports the input shaft? B/W calls it a needle bearing. There's a whole whopping maybe 2 1/2 inches of beefy shaft in front of that bearing. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-31-2020 at 7:48am
 Thanks for the correction. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: March-31-2020 at 8:06am
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Oh sure, wait till I've stayed up running this thing all night thinking about you and side loading my shaft to see what happens That just doesn't sound very good, I think Hollywood and Quinner will get all excited reading this |
Posted By: quinner
Date Posted: March-31-2020 at 11:18am
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Hah Gary, I remember Foxfire Marine & Mike D. Back in the day he did some work on my 77' in that old Quonset Hut. IIRC some years later he ended up at Skipper Buds/Chicago Sea Ray for a stint. Don't all tranny's still have shafts? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1143" rel="nofollow - Mi Bowt |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-31-2020 at 11:30am
Not if they have had a full rebuild. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: March-31-2020 at 12:54pm
I think that's called a lopitofomy
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Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: March-31-2020 at 1:45pm
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You’d have to do some sort of motor that had speeds available to direct couple. If I’m not incorrect most industrial motors (compressor wise anyhow) are either 1750 or 3250 rpm units. Slam that baby into gear. Quinner considered a full rebuilt at some point I bet. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: March-31-2020 at 2:09pm
VFD IE: "variable frequency drive" Besides speed control, another one of the parameters they all have is timed acceleration and deceleration. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: MrMcD
Date Posted: March-31-2020 at 2:30pm
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I like your test Mule Ken, sure beats installing the tranny bolting everything up and finding out it has a problem out on the water. Nice work.. Safer and quieter than a lawn mower engine. ------------- |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date Posted: August-21-2020 at 8:32am
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Little update on the 90 for anyone interested. Lots of work happened this winter. The gel was much worse than it looked and we needed to sand very aggressively down to 320 on the wet sand and the process of bringing it back from that took a while. All I can say is there is a ton more surface area on a BFN vs a 2001 when it comes to sanding. The finished product turned out excellent (Photos below). The graphics that went back on were to mimic the 1990 brochure. If the boat wouldn't have been put back to its headliner condition I likely would have darkened the main lettering up to match the charcoal secondary stripe. I had to bite the bullet and pay 120 bucks for double roll of the correct size pin for the bottom. Luckily, the company that I found that could do it for me used some really nice vinyl and the color match was a 100% match to original. The boat didn't need much on the inside so just a quick buff up on the deck to remove some haze. The NOS 72C has been a great success. I had my doubts about it sitting that long as far as seals and such go but the thing has performed flawlessly. We are around 80-85 hours for the season on it. It's had a big year so far. Its crowning achievement was pulling the Deep Rudders to our first legitimate Buckethead podium finish (3rd place) and our fastest time we've ever turned in for the race.    |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: August-21-2020 at 8:52am
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Zach, Very nice! Your man hours paid off. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: gun-driver
Date Posted: August-21-2020 at 10:17am
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Nice job and congratulations to the Rudders on their 3rd place. I’ve been to quite a few of the buckethead races and the competition is legit, there are some FAST teams that practice together all year. The Rudders come from all over the creation and may practice together maybe once or twice and to capture third place is one heck of an accomplishment. My hats off to you gents congrats again. Zach that clip of the beginning of the race shows how the ‘90 was hauling the mail that thing was smoked the field. Great job.
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Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: August-21-2020 at 10:56am
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Nice BFN. Well done. ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: fanofccfan
Date Posted: August-21-2020 at 11:50am
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Nice work on both the boat and the race! ------------- 2004 196 LE Ski 1969 Marauder 19 1978 Ski |
Posted By: illiniball2000
Date Posted: August-21-2020 at 12:02pm
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Looks great ! ------------- Beer is my friend 87 Dominique Had 67 Starflite |
Posted By: Fabcon
Date Posted: August-21-2020 at 2:55pm
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Great looking BFN ------------- 1976 Ski Nautique 351 Escort 1984 Barefoot Nautique (Parting Out) |
Posted By: samudj01
Date Posted: August-23-2020 at 8:14am
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Very nice lookin. ------------- 78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409 Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |