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Waiting for the sun to come back... dark winter's are lame. Anyhow, still researching and adding up parts for an engine rebuild for my truck. If my truck doesn't take all my time this year hopefully I can get the boat out. I got it rebuilt into good shape, still have one more medium sized...

Each battery has different charging needs. Charging 2 in parallel would probably work but I haven't researched it. The problem with parallel batteries is that they both need to be the same model of battery and ideally purchased at the same time so they are both in the same condition. The...

Main Electrical Rewiring 6/20/2021 I bought the Blue Sea Systems Mini Add-A-Battery Kit - 65A, Part number: 7649 This kit comes with an On-Off-Combine switch, and an Automatic Charging Relay, that will connect to a second battery. As always Blue Sea systems parts are top notch, I'm a huge fan...

I have about 20+ pictures of electrical coming up next.

Back to the fun stuff... Electrical Finished the Auxiliary battery box 6/20/2021 I spent way to much time on this haha (replaced it completely in 2022). Here are all the parts, laid out and painted I put a thin rubber pad below the battery, to be a tiny bit of cushioning as well as a block...

Transducer Install 6/11/2021 I bought a piece of 3/4" thick HDPE "Marine board" to use as a universal transducer mounting block. I think this is a much nicer solution than putting new holes in the transom with new fish finders... like It had previously. I think I patched about 7 or 8 holes from...

Completion of the Transom - Finished Here are the 2 corners attached, Sikaflex sealed on the underside and anywhere else it needed. The splashwell was in OK condition but was a little bit weak across the front edge. I used a random piece of aluminum frame to reinforce it. You can sit on that...

I saw a method about oversizing the holes through the transom and filling with epoxy, so that when you drilled them out for through bolting, you never compromised the wood. I went this route with my transom, and I was careful about drilling the holes straight. Here was how I accomplished that...

Looks great. Maybe I should look into that gluvit, definitely some leaky rivets on my boat, but I really don't want to strip the floor out lol.

Completion of the Transom - Continued See my "paint booth" Finished job. I used Rustoleum White Enamel Spray Paint. Probably Semi-Gloss Here's farther along with some of the fasteners installed. I used all new stainless hardware/washers and gooped some Sikaflex 291LOT into any holes. That...

Completion of the Transom The original transom support brace had flimsy tabs that bolted to the transom board, and they were mostly broken off. My dad had the idea to add these heavy duty aluminum angle pieces and we had them welded to the support. They bolt into the original holes so no new...

Well this thread got kind of left behind! I did still take a lot of pictures and will start dumping them here. Boat has come a long way in a year plus, hopefully I can get the thread caught up.

If it doesn't say, then it probably isn't. I used some of the Rustoleum spray paint that was self etching, that was some pretty tough primer direct to the aluminum hull. I think the Top Side paint/primer you are referring to is the same stuff I just used, which "can" be used on metal but more...

Are you sure you have the height needed to install the battery in that foam compartment? You will have to cut out more than the size of the battery box anyway, at least a decent sized channel for the wiring to pass through, and then a hole somewhere out the side for wires to come out. I don't...

Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops have their Garmin ECHOMAP UHD fishfinders on sale Most notable are the Echomap UHD series, great units. I bought one last year on this same sale. https://www.cabelas.com/r/shop/en/SearchDisplay#q=garmin%20echomap&numberOfResults=32&f[currentoffers]=Sale The...