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Well I ended up repainting the white. I just put up new pics if the cover with the decals and end plaques installed. Just a few things left to finish up before its finally done!

That's a big relief to know. It's been in a shop with fluorescent lights. After a couple days it did look like it was getting whiter. I'll have to bring it home and put it in the sun. Any tips for getting those big decals to placed just right?

Ugh... For some reason the clear coat on the white paint is a yellowish color... I'm hoping it just needs time to clear up because this just might make me cry if I have to start over on this. It was new clear coat too. It's hard to see in the pics I took but its yellowish. Just hoping it...

I painted the tilt handle on Tuesday. And I clear coated the handle and cover last night. I'll put up new pics ASAP. Any idea how long I should wait to put the decals on?

Well guys the finish line is in sight! I prepped, masked, and sprayed the blue color on the top. I sprayed 5 light coats. I also sanded and sprayed primer on the handle. I kept forgetting the little tilt handle. So I'm recording how many coats of blue so I can spray the same amount :). I...

Well I wet sanded the primer with 600 grit. Cleaned all the residue off and cleaned again. Then cleaned again with a tack cloth. I sprayed it all gloss white. 5 light coats with a lot of patience.

Ahh I was using the HTML link. Well I found my paint and I will hopefully get the primer sanded and then spray everything white tonight. And then in a couple days of waiting I will tape it off and spray the blue. I just added the link to my signature so I won't have to post it anymore :D

Thanks! Do you know what in doing wrong posting the link for my album? I'm using the link provided on the right on photobucket? It was really easy to spray partly due to prep work and the primer just stuck on. With the can I used it could be sprayed at any angle which helped. I will be...

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Well I finally sanded the cover with 220 and a pneumatic palm sander. I had to hand sand all of the corners/edges. I forgot to take pics of it before I primed it with a few coats of filler primer. Should be a light sanding and them time to paint it with Evinrude paint! I added sanded/primed...

I had some heavy duty engine degreaser. And I let it work and washed it. The actual engine I took everything that would go in the parts washers and let them soak. It was a lot of work because all of the pieces and keeping them organized.

Made another order for parts. I ordered the plastic plaques for the front and rear of the motor cover, foam liner for inside, and couple fuel pump gaskets with replacement screws. I want to have some spare parts on hand. And if I choose to add the foam in I will have it. It was only $8 so...

I added the photos I've been taking for the motor cover. Also there's photos of the stereo that I installed (My B-day present from my wife) I need to install two more speakers up front. It sounds nice with just two but 4 will be better. The sweet thing is I can link my Iphone to the Head Unit...

Sorry for the delay guys just so much stuff going on. I have 1 hour of break in left on the motor. I haven't been out this year with the boat yet. Just been crappy weather and my work is doing mandatory Sundays again. However I'm finishing off the Motor cover right now. I have still be been...

Well I got another hour on Monday night so only one left for the break in period. I might get a chance today after my sons preschool orientation! It would be nice to get it done since it looks like I will have to start working Sundays again... I will post up the results after the cylinder...

I'm not sure if its the transducer splashing or if there's still some cavatation going on. The most I could probably lower it without the steering linkage hitting the transom is about 1/4". My kids had a lot of fun on the boat today since it was calm water. Only 2 hours left.

Yeah I have the little digital tach/hour meter. Seems to work ok. Cool that makes me feel a little better about the motor height and angle. So, I probably sven worry about the transducer? I bought a 12V marine accessory outlet today as well as some portable speakers I can mount inside my...

Wow am I ever sun burned lol! We got about another 2.5 hours on the water today before our babysitters had stuff to do. I was playing around to see how slow I could troll using the motor and it could go as slow as 1.3mph which is way better than before since it had to be at 2.5mph to stay...

Well I finally got back out on the water today for another couple of hours. We have plans tomorrow for another 3 to 4 hours. So, far things are looking good. I hit 23 mph going into the wind at 3/4 throttle. 21mph is the fastest I have gone with that motor before on calm water with no wind...

I have a stainless steel prop that's 10 1/8 x 13 I added more pictures today with the 1" aluminum block in for a riser. I think I have the angle about as good as it can get. I have pics of the angle of the cavatation plate and bottom of the boat. It looks like the cav plate is about 1/2 below...