Zodiac 733 rebuild

[clloyd]

My AC Cup grinder friend (nicknamed "The White Gorilla") pedals an 8"x8" full downhill triple crown fork bike as his uphill cross country setup for this reason.

[clloyd]

Speaking of weight...I believe my diesel setup is at least 1000lbs heavier than your single outboard.

1350lb Engine dry
100lbs oil, coolant, raw water, hoses et al.
200lbs outdrive
130lbs transmission and jackshaft

My water line is basically where your bottom paint ends. But that being said, it still takes off like a cut cat.

I also noticed that my waterline moved a good couple inches in freshwater compared to salt. If that photo was taken in fresh, you will be even higher in salt.

[Bigtalljv]

Doh, it's hardly going to touch water in saltwater.

I have a 600lbs engine and the outboard bracket floats about that so it's a push. I guess I float like and empty hull.

Jason

[Bigtalljv]

$17,800 for a new Suzuki 250. Guess I know why I rolled the dice on a used one. Anybody want to but a zodiac hull? Just needs a motor. (Kidding....sort of, mostly)

[jyasaki]

Yeah I do. I don't have any money though.

jky

[Bigtalljv]

Well, I bit the bullet today and bought a new Suzuki DF250AP. went with the electronic shift and throttle. Figured what the heck it's hopefully the last engine I buy for a very long time. My boat now costs twice as much as I had budgeted. I could have bought a working boat two years ago and been almost halfway done with the payments by now. What a stupid thing boats are!!!

[clloyd]

Get that thing running!

Don't feel bad on the budget, it could be worse. You could HAVE bought a working boat and still be in the same position like I was. You made out well. You will have a new engine which is worth a lot more than the piece that blew up on you.

You'll forget about it once you are doing 40kts and enjoying the summer.

Consider it an education. I know too much about these boats now.

[jyasaki]

Originally Posted by Bigtalljv

My boat now costs twice as much as I had budgeted.

Sounds normal to me...



jky

[Bigtalljv]

I know, I know, I know....better. I was just so close to getting away with it!! Thought I had made myself something valuable

[Bigtalljv]

well it only took a month and a half but my new Suzuki 250AP and all the accessories are here today!! Boat goes to boat man tomorrow. Perhaps it can be ready for the weekend so I can putter around in circles for 10 hours.

Jason

[ncp]

Originally Posted by Bigtalljv

well it only took a month and a half but my new Suzuki 250AP and all the accessories are here today!! Boat goes to boat man tomorrow. Perhaps it can be ready for the weekend so I can putter around in circles for 10 hours.

Some people would have said that you should have gotten an Etec - no break in period!!!!

(congrats - pictures to follow, I assume!)

[Bigtalljv]

Yeah the e-Tec's do have an advantage there. Wife doesn't like two stroke smell so she decreed I must have a four stroke.

Also not sure about two strokes in Tahoe. We only go once a year but it would be an issue.

[ncp]

Originally Posted by Bigtalljv

Also not sure about two strokes in Tahoe. We only go once a year but it would be an issue.

Etec's are perfectly legal in Tahoe. The only reason I posted was because of polarized responses you usually get whenever you say "etec" (love them or hate them).

[jyasaki]

As I recall, for Tahoe, anything with a CARB 1 star rating is OK, which includes E-tecs, and most DI 2-strokes.

jky

[Bigtalljv]

Well almost three weeks later and I'm hoping the new engine gets rigged this week. It's been comedy of errors. It's a new Suzuki AP engine, all electronic controls, which is new for the local yard. Their Suzuki rep has left them hanging for a week, given them the not quite correct part numbers, and the when we got the right part it was missing a component from packaging in Japan. Fortunately that component is the wiring adapter I had purchased for my old Suzuki, nice of them to be consistent, and has been sitting on my workbench. I will take it down tomorrow

Jason

[jyasaki]

AP =Advanced Placement? You're having a future college attendee hanging off your transom?

I was installing a new chartplotter/fishfinder and ran into similar problems. Unfortunately, in my case all the problems were of my doing. A two to three hour job will have stretched into 2 weeks (though to be fair, most of that is waiting for shipping to occur.)

jky

[Bigtalljv]

Well here it is. The kids can get loans for college. Mind numbing engine break in to commence tomorrow.

[ncp]

Pictures, YouTube, you'd better give us the works!

[Bigtalljv]

do you want all 15 minutes of the initial idle?

That reminds me, I'd better go charge the gopro

[ncp]

Can you stream it live for us?