Re: Fitz 21 CC Transom Stringer Sole R&R
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:09 pm
Fitz,
You really rocked once you got back to it! That whole boat looks amazing! The leaning post looks very natural right where it is -- I have no idea if that was intentional or accident but it is perfect. The paint job really turned out nice. The sanding and grinding and fairing really made all of the difference. I will be picking your brain once I get closer to that point -- later this year -- I am committed to finishing and splashing this year.
I will copy your idea of putting the console in the air to rig it -- I had thought about turning it upside down or some such nonsense but you have the right idea. Those transom boxes look good -- I may have missed it but what did you do on the inside of them? Shelves? Maybe you haven't gotten that far yet.
The only thing I saw that I wonder about was in your wiring -- it looked good but I remember reading on some site somewhere about making a "drop loop" with wires so that water can't run down a wire and into your fuse panel/terminals, etc. Sounds like a good idea, but the way your console, etc. is mounted, there may be less of a chance of water getting in -- just a thought and probably not a big deal -- everything else that I see makes me hope I can attain that level when mine hits the water again.
So stay after it. How about that engine -- any news on it? Compression, etc.? Looks really sharp! I read something about them, too where someone made a comment about the shifting rod not being stainless on some earlier models -- like in the 90's that sometimes was a problem, but I haven't heard any complaints along those lines about 2000 and up. What I have heard is very much like Shine said -- they are bullet proof.
Hang in there and get it wet.
Doug
You really rocked once you got back to it! That whole boat looks amazing! The leaning post looks very natural right where it is -- I have no idea if that was intentional or accident but it is perfect. The paint job really turned out nice. The sanding and grinding and fairing really made all of the difference. I will be picking your brain once I get closer to that point -- later this year -- I am committed to finishing and splashing this year.
I will copy your idea of putting the console in the air to rig it -- I had thought about turning it upside down or some such nonsense but you have the right idea. Those transom boxes look good -- I may have missed it but what did you do on the inside of them? Shelves? Maybe you haven't gotten that far yet.
The only thing I saw that I wonder about was in your wiring -- it looked good but I remember reading on some site somewhere about making a "drop loop" with wires so that water can't run down a wire and into your fuse panel/terminals, etc. Sounds like a good idea, but the way your console, etc. is mounted, there may be less of a chance of water getting in -- just a thought and probably not a big deal -- everything else that I see makes me hope I can attain that level when mine hits the water again.
So stay after it. How about that engine -- any news on it? Compression, etc.? Looks really sharp! I read something about them, too where someone made a comment about the shifting rod not being stainless on some earlier models -- like in the 90's that sometimes was a problem, but I haven't heard any complaints along those lines about 2000 and up. What I have heard is very much like Shine said -- they are bullet proof.
Hang in there and get it wet.
Doug