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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
Crestliner CX 1754 Project
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<blockquote data-quote="Transplant" data-source="post: 497777" data-attributes="member: 23849"><p>It’s been a while since an update, but there’s been lots of good progress as we progressed into the warmer temperatures of spring. I got the boat essentially finished in March in time to get the trailer inspected. I ran into troubles with a broken leaf spring and wonky trailer wiring, but that was all easily fixed to allow for fishing season to start. The boat is running fantastic with the only issue being cold starts, I believe the choke isn’t working and is causing a rich condition but I want to run it a few more times to work some things out. After the first few trips I ended up removing the existing fuse panel and replacing with new, that corrected a number of intermittent electrical issues I was having. I also installed a new bilge pump which is now working perfectly. The boat does 40mph with ease, is comfortable as anything to fish from, and I’m loving every minute of it. Except for that last trip out where a pothole jumped out and bit me, resulting in a very broken spindle mount that now needs repair or replacement <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤦♂️" title="Man facepalming :man_facepalming:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f926-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_facepalming:" /> once that axle is fixed up I might be ready to finally polish the paint and apply a couple decals, that’s my sign that we’re ready for derby season. And potentially just in time depending on that axle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Transplant, post: 497777, member: 23849"] It’s been a while since an update, but there’s been lots of good progress as we progressed into the warmer temperatures of spring. I got the boat essentially finished in March in time to get the trailer inspected. I ran into troubles with a broken leaf spring and wonky trailer wiring, but that was all easily fixed to allow for fishing season to start. The boat is running fantastic with the only issue being cold starts, I believe the choke isn’t working and is causing a rich condition but I want to run it a few more times to work some things out. After the first few trips I ended up removing the existing fuse panel and replacing with new, that corrected a number of intermittent electrical issues I was having. I also installed a new bilge pump which is now working perfectly. The boat does 40mph with ease, is comfortable as anything to fish from, and I’m loving every minute of it. Except for that last trip out where a pothole jumped out and bit me, resulting in a very broken spindle mount that now needs repair or replacement 🤦♂️ once that axle is fixed up I might be ready to finally polish the paint and apply a couple decals, that’s my sign that we’re ready for derby season. And potentially just in time depending on that axle. [/QUOTE]
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