TOPIC: New Project - Starcraft Lumie

I haven't been around here in a dog's age. All is well though. This week I was given a 1988 Johnson GT100 and I remembered an old Starcraft I saw last April. Well, it appears we're going to move forward on this project. First order of business, a new transom as the wood in this is totally shot. Will be a little while before I get it home and get started on it, but I'm excited about this one.

Brian

Welcome back Brian, looking forward to watching you work on another project here! Your PowerCat came up in conversation the other day, and I believe you were working on a couple woody projects last we heard?

The Powercat boat has been a great rebuild. I have struggled with the twin 1962 Lark IV however. The port engine was a dream; starts, runs, cools. The stbd engine has been a saga of constant issues from carbs to cooling. But I think at this point we're good. The carb was replaced with a second rebuild. Today I spent 5 hours on the cooling and finally got it working. The impellor and housing were damaged by sand. I think i sucked that into the intake while working on the carb problem. Anyway, I rebuilt the stbd lower unit twice today as the first time I had no cooling yet again. The second time I was fine. I either missed the keyway on the impellor or I missed the insertion of one of the cooling tubes in the bright sun. Any way, we can start both engines quickly, they both cool well and we should be good to go to the 1000 Islands Friday.

My next project is an early Starcraft rebuild with Johnson GT100 for power.

Good to see you Brian. This is the first time I've been here in a long time too. Just lurking a bit. Hope you're doing well.
Doug