It's Here!

[alvinsmith75]

Ordered this boat in October. I line near New Orleans so I say "I can run all winter", when I look outside and say"What is this white stuff falling from the sky and on the ground?". First snow in 4 years and it happens on the day I get my new boat, go figure.





Looks great for the most part. Should only need some minor tweaking. My main objective is to quiet down the driveline and to find out why the teflon liner spins with the flex cable.

[Darin Jordan]

Right ON!

Did the big stickers come on the boat, or did you have to apply them??

[alvinsmith75]

The stickers come attached already. I'll let you know later how difficult they were to remove.

[Grimracer]

Alvin,

Remove and redo the cable greese.. The greese they use is very sticky.. (not a great choice of words)..

Grim

[alvinsmith75]

Darin the stickers come off SOOOO easy. Just lift the corner with your finger nail then it comes off in one piece.
Thanks Grim, I am already past that point and now I need to know how to install a new stuffing tube
The flex cable was not very quiet so I began to disassemble. I found that it was too long so I removed it and shortened it about 1/4 inch. (no problem) I then made myself a gauge for setting the strut depth to 1 and 1/16th inch as Brian said he had done when he ran his. When you push the strut down to 1and a 16th you have some serious down angle. Next I attempted to curve the brass tube to take out some of the negative, and I kinked it. I removed the stuffing tube (which wasn't hard), and I guess now I'm gonna replace the flex, stuffing tube, and strut.
You live and learn.
When I rebuild should the brass tube go into the strut or should I stop it a little short to allow for easier adjustment?
This is my first Hydro so I am sorry if I sound ignorant. I am thankful for the expert advise we have on this forum.
Alvin

[Rex R]

nice to see that some one has theirs...my lhs ordered a white one for me some time back...today they checked and saw late january! so apparently I get to sit around and wait untill feb/march before I get mine.

[ice329]

I am a fan of clean, I really like how clean the water lines look and run. Hats off Grim.. G/L with the boat

[planezero]

Rex according to the webshop Steve has 6 yellow 1 white 5 red 3 orange left in stock. I suppose you could have yours quick if you really wanted...

Bet Dutch customs will hold mine for two or three weeks before I receive it

Alvin what a mess I'd try to 'unkink' the tubing as best I could in a vice and run it anyway snow or no snow (probably very bad advice) Good Luck

[Rex R]

could have done like others and ordered from steven or tower...if I wasn't trying to a) encourage the lhs to carry more boat stuff or b) support my lhs (something ac has said they would like to encourage). thing is my lhs gets their ac stuff from tower...and they have yet to get any confirmation of their orders. guess this is the thanks I get for trying to be nice to the lhs...thanks ac/tower.

[line6]

Looks nice Can you measure how long the battery tray is from the motor mount up thanks.

[planezero]

Sorry to hear that, I buy from Tower as a last resort (stuff Steve doesnt carry).

I'm all for supporting ones LHS, but waiting an extra month or more would be pushing it for me...

Moreover I have little choice here, at my LHS they still charge 400 EUR for an SV27 (somerwhere around $500) which I find slightly ridiculous even considering overseas shipping etc Mention a UL-1 and they won't have a clue what Im talking about...
So I basically just get tools and building supplies from them (man...I buy a lot of that stuff )

[planezero]

Looks nice Can you measure how long the battery tray is from the motor mount up thanks.

The Neu XP4900 are 158mm long, seeing that they fit with a little room to spare Id say thats about it

[egneg]

I ordered my UL1 from tower and it is scheduled (UPS) to be here tomorrow. But then it goes under the tree - so 2 more weeks at least for me.

[planezero]

WOW what self control ... you must be a Saint !

[Grimracer]

Darin the stickers come off SOOOO easy. Just lift the corner with your finger nail then it comes off in one piece.
Thanks Grim, I am already past that point and now I need to know how to install a new stuffing tube
The flex cable was not very quiet so I began to disassemble. I found that it was too long so I removed it and shortened it about 1/4 inch. (no problem) I then made myself a gauge for setting the strut depth to 1 and 1/16th inch as Brian said he had done when he ran his. When you push the strut down to 1and a 16th you have some serious down angle. Next I attempted to curve the brass tube to take out some of the negative, and I kinked it. I removed the stuffing tube (which wasn't hard), and I guess now I'm gonna replace the flex, stuffing tube, and strut.
You live and learn.
When I rebuild should the brass tube go into the strut or should I stop it a little short to allow for easier adjustment?
This is my first Hydro so I am sorry if I sound ignorant. I am thankful for the expert advise we have on this forum.
Alvin

What???????? to long.. I dont undersand..

Change the strut??? are you going to SAW the boat????

You are yanking the stuffing tube????

O boy....

Grim