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RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:17:15 GMT

Here's some of the almost finished pics I promised. Notice my helper on the platforms. Really, all I have left is to put in new gauges, steering wheel, buff the console, and rewire. The all important thing is she's on the water now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meet El Robalo Diablo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:03:29 GMT

Here some ALMOST before pics---

Notice, I've already added the new poling platform. By this time the low water pick up and hydraulic jackplate had already been added. By this time I had already added the drive on bunks as well. I'll have the after pics this weekend. The wife and I are going to Ft. Myers for New Years and I'll take more pics.

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:46:50 GMT

Finally....again.......I got the stripes and numbers put on and the final graphics will be finished on monday. I'll take the pics and post them monday p.m.

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:30:48 GMT

:w00t:Today was buff the boat day!!!! I buffed out the sides today, so I can take it and get the stripes/graphics applied on Monday!!!!! Aqua Buff 2000 is the bomb! Very easy to use and great results. I took some before pics, today and will post them after the stripes/graphics are done. Hopefully pics will come on tuesday!!!! I'm picking up the casting platform on friday. I finally hooked up the guy after several attempts. After the casting platform is mounted, more pics will follow.:w00t:

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:17:36 GMT

O.K. things are finally begining to heat up!!! I found a casting platform and I'm picking it up thursday. I also bought some Kennedy Tie downs for the new cooler, casting platform, casting bucket, and anchor bucket!!!! I will take pics friday, before I install all this stuff. FlatsCracker saw the before boat, and now he will see the almost after boat. After friday, all I will have to do is the new stripes and decals!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:47:49 GMT

Your a good man! I found a guy that's going to cut me a piece of Starboard to make my platform out of. I'll give your guy a call as soon as that happens. That way it'll be the way I want it!!

RE: Finally..............progress

FlatsKracker — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:41:37 GMT

AJ, that number for Jason is 813-677-2733

11613 North Street in Gibsonton

RE: Finally..............progress

FlatsKracker — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:14:14 GMT

Hey AJ, Did you end up getting that casting deck I seen on another forums? And if ya need trailer work get ahold of Jason at Petersons Trailers in GibTown ! The guy is awesome , I had him do mine and the whole refurbish cost me 450.00 or so , thats new everything, including tires and rims. Give me a call and I will give ya his number..I dont have it with me right now.Let him know that I sent ya...The cop that does the RoadCrew clean up :D

Oh and BTW...Found a nice little red hole out near Joes Island..caught me a pretty oversize gal ..right before the lightning started :angry:

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:25:19 GMT

No pics yet, but work continues!!!! I've just about have everything I need to install bunks, to make it easier to load by myself. I also removed all the old, nasty stripes and old A/C decal. I've got new A/C decals, for the side. The replumb is completed. I'll install a new sending unit for the fuel gauge tomorrow. Target date for the trailer mods is the end of the month!!!!!!!

RE: Finally..............progress

urahoecallme — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:47:27 GMT

post pics.

RE: Finally..............progress

J_Robbie — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:41:01 GMT

be sure to post some pics so we can see [b]BEFORE![/b] and [b]AFTER![/b] congrats man!!! sounds like its going to look pretty sweet!

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:20:08 GMT

If anyone makes a better poling platform than Quality T-Tops I don't know who they are. It is absolutely awesome !!!! All is working as designed. Last time out, with two of us (6'6"-280# & my fishing buddy 240#). she would float, under power, in 10" of water. Quite frankly, that is all I could hope for. It seems, I might of found a center console out of a 2020 Action Craft. That might be the next update. Photos to follow !!!!!!

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:22:28 GMT

I already had a water pressure gauge and this is my second boat with a jackplate. I've never had an issue with this jackplate or the the other one I had. The only time I really jack it up is to run real skinny or when I'm idling through some skinny water. I just run it as if it didn't have a plate until I need it. So far, so good!

RE: Finally..............progress

Hamfisted — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:15:53 GMT

Did you have a water pressure gauge installed too? With a jack plate they are a must-have item. If you run that nose cone in the shallow water standby for a ton of overheats. They suck up every little thing within a ten foot radius and send it through the waterpump. Your waterpumps won't last a year either, so keep a few spares in the parts locker. You'll also see a lot of overheats if you jump the boat out of the water a lot, like in a choppy bay or such. The nose cones suck in a lot of air and pass it on up to the powerhead. So instead of cooling water in the powerhead you end up with steamed air. You'll get tired of the nose cone by the end of the year and be looking for a stock lower unit again...

-Mike

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:36:07 GMT

I know the feeling !!!!!!!!!!! I'll be at the house after noon, wailing away. Give me a shout and we'll compare notes.

RE: Finally..............progress

FlatsKracker — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:34:30 GMT

I spent alll day yesterday out in the yard mounting the poling platform on my boat...Mounted the back to bolts with ease, and then came the hard part ! I aint never gotten so many strange looks ..havin people go by the house and see a big ol 4x4 hooked up to a boat with a log chain and a come along :D

I secured one side of the front legs with a strap to the cleat and went around to the other side and strarted pulling the other front leg a little at a time until I got it where I needed it..then marked around the base and took it loose , drilled the whole and repeated the process all over again...third bolt in a a matter of minutes, this was gonna be a piece of cake ! So I moved tot the other side and did this little ritual all over again.....and after an hour of climbing in and out of the boat...I got pissed enough that I released the tention on the legs to see why the 4th bolt wouldnt go into the threads...Welllll it seems that 4th bolt..(I forgot to mention , I lost one at the beginning,sat it down somewhere and never seen it again:unsure: So a quick trip to the hardwear store and I THOUGHT I was back in business...Nope) Appearently , that bolt I lost...was a different size that the other three, :crazy::crying: because when I tried one of the others in the whole and the one I bought also ...they are to big for the threaded insert ! I gave up last night after making zero progress and about to bleed to death from all the million cuts on my hands and arms , so I will go back to town today and buy an assortment of various sizes and threads till I find one that fits! Aaaaand if that fails .. I will be the only one on the water that will have a platform mounted with duct tape :w00t::D

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:07:15 GMT

Well.................I dropped her off tuesday and will pick her up friday. All I have a a "few" odds and ends left. Hopefully photos by the weekend!

RE: Finally..............progress

knowphish — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:44:05 GMT

Only 5 more days......................and off she goes, to Quality T-Tops, for the new poling platform !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My casting arm is getting itchy !!!!!

RE: Finally..............progress

FlatsKracker — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:24:20 GMT

Geeeesh A.J. Ya made me tired just readin that post !:D I still aint got the platform on my boat yet , worked all my days off last week and now I`m down with that stinkin flu thats goin around !:w00t::angry:

I havent emailed Stacy yet to find out about your Gator stripes or the logo , but I will get on that tomorrow !

Finally..............progress

knowphish — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:06:57 GMT

It's taken a long time but, finally, big changes in the 1994 Action Craft. I picked it up, today, from Bob's Machine. The new hydraulic jackplate, low water pickup, and skeg, look absolutely awesome!!!! Tomorrow, it goes to Gunn's Welding, in St. Pete, to have a couple of badly rusted bolts extracted. Then...................... I've got to wait till the 2nd, to take it to Quality T-Tops, in Tarpon Springs, for the new poling platform.

Next.....refurb the trailer !!!!:w00t: