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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
12ft Sunray shallow v
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<blockquote data-quote="FatChad" data-source="post: 468328" data-attributes="member: 17903"><p>I haven't updated this in 3/4 of a year. This spring I picked up a 78 Evinrude 15hp longshaft from a friend. We did a little trading and I ended up getting a good deal on it. The first thing I did was pull the lower unit, cleaned it up a bit and replaced the water pump. Took the driveshaft to a friend up a friend and had him use his lathe to cut a section out of the middle and machined it to a peg and socket essentially before welding it back together at short shaft length. I took a hacksaw to the shift linkage to shorten that and cut the slot for the retention screw. Bolted all that up and finished by replacing the thermostat, which happened to be stuck open. Boat runs 22mph by myself with 3 gallons of fuel and a group 27 battery</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FatChad, post: 468328, member: 17903"] I haven't updated this in 3/4 of a year. This spring I picked up a 78 Evinrude 15hp longshaft from a friend. We did a little trading and I ended up getting a good deal on it. The first thing I did was pull the lower unit, cleaned it up a bit and replaced the water pump. Took the driveshaft to a friend up a friend and had him use his lathe to cut a section out of the middle and machined it to a peg and socket essentially before welding it back together at short shaft length. I took a hacksaw to the shift linkage to shorten that and cut the slot for the retention screw. Bolted all that up and finished by replacing the thermostat, which happened to be stuck open. Boat runs 22mph by myself with 3 gallons of fuel and a group 27 battery [/QUOTE]
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