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Today we got to Lake Martin for our annual week vacation. VRBO rental is pretty nice and tucked into the back of a cove. Diggin this spot!
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pretty nice digs.... I could live there :)
Me too! Told my wife let’s just become squatters :D
Trying something new. Phase 5 kneeboarding :D
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What a great spot…. Would be hard to leave….
Looks amazing, only thing missing from perfection is a shiny new SV on the dock!!!
The Max looks pretty good out there I’d say!
Oh yeah, the blue pops. He has a beautiful Max! I have the Ultra blue flake on my Supra. I think that’s the color of his Max. I just commented about the SV because I know he demod one and really likes it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukabor
Yup it’s ultra blue flake and definitely pop on the water! As much as I love my Max I’d love to upgrade into the SV. It is an amazing boat! My dialed in wave is a bit larger and cleaner, but it doesn’t have the same level of push and firmness the SV had. It’s a really nice boat!
The weather is WI has been odd this spring/early summer. Rain every other day, warm, cold..haven’t been using the boat..So instead we went racing this past weekend..Half the day was nice and sunny, the other have cloudy and windy..
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Prepping for the season and was going for another upgrade to the stiffening of the engine panels….. have a look at what the panels look like before I stiffen up the lower portion….
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Will be drilling and bolting the existing angle iron through the panel as well as running some additional angle iron perpendicular to the existing and parallel to, and as close to the channel where the panel sits on the bottom
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Ole Moombae just basking in her element :)
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Thats worthy of a post quote just to see it again !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by haknslash
Nice looking shot!
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You will have to let us see the finished product. I ran some metal c-channel down mine just as you did. I ran it to just above where it fits into the track and bolted it about 2" from the end. Though not nearly as often, the dang thing still pops out on a really hot day! That poly will flex right at the bottom. Crazy!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e5f5fe97aa.jpgQuote:
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Hak, looks like a nice vacation and great pics, that Max sure does shine on the water.
I did the exact thing you are.....every panel including the back. I was so over a panel bending and some popping that I just said $#$% it. and did all of them. Excited to see how they work out. I also fabricated 4 "L" brackets for the rear channels on the inside. I think mine take a lot of abuse because they are not always full and the sloshing of the bags does a number on them. That's the only thing I can think of. Hope it works out!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukabor
The panel popping is more from the bottom track not being tall enough. If you can replace those with taller c-channel it will help a lot.
Mine don't pop in my mojo but my 1300's are long and end up tucking under the seat space instead of getting fat wide and popping panels.
Thanks for the thoughts and ideas gents…..
I have a few things working against me here…. Mostly the lead ballast under the rear bags which brings the bags up higher and potentially putting even more pressure on the panels….
That being said my panels popped with stock bags and no lead, and of course that just continued with the larger bags and ballast….
I am going to not only strengthen up the bottom of the panels with some additional angle iron, but will also devise something for the lower channel the panels sit in, I am debating on a taller channel the whole length or several L brackets along it….
Follow along for the journey….
Of course, I was going to let the ideas percolate while I swapped out my stock board racks (bungees) to the Roswell Triton 2’s I bought, and that has devolved into a nightmare with 5 of the 8 bolts coming out “easily”, while 2 rounded heads and one snapped off the 5/32 hex tool inside of it, and that was after heating them up significantly to lessen the effect of the thread locker…..
Thankfully the weather is not great so I have some time to get this done but to some up this day in a word i would say….
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Good thing I enjoy this stuff !
I know all to well the bolts on the board racks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukabor
Roswell uses red loctite on steroids. I changed mine out to socket caps instead of button heads. I had to drill 2 of them when swapping tines and heat and vise grip the remaining piece out. What I nightmare, but it was winter sso just a reason to be in the shop.
Well…. I feel like I accomplished something today….
Yes, I had to drill the remaining three bolts out, and will look to replace that countersunk Allen head hardware with something less prone to this….
Usually getting them heated up with a torch will loosen up that loctite but these last three were a pain in the ass…. Though just to give me the middle finger, once i drilled them out 2 of the 3 unscrewed by hand and the last one needed more heat persuasion
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And since I have already been drilling away, I may try one more thing on the board racks…. The Moombas have two positions for the board racks, outside the boat and then inside the boat while the Supras (and others) have a third ‘middle’ position…. That middle position allows for the racks to be more ‘parallel’ to the boat, and less in the way in this neutral position (assuming there are no boards in them)…. Will only require one hole to be drilled on the bottom of the bracket (circled in red below)
I’ve probably confused the heck out of everyone with that description…
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That is why I used blue loctite on my racks when I installed them lol. But hey, you got it done and ready for the Tritons! I also agree with the others in the lower channel is the biggest culprit in letting the panels flex out of the channel. Beefing up the panels I’m sure helps but while you’re at it I’d go ahead and beef up the track.
We are headed back home tomorrow and it’s been a great vacation. This is one of our favorite coves to anchor and chill.
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Got a nice sunset last night too.
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Thats beautiful!!! You are my inspiration to hammer through and get this stuff done and out on the water myself !!Quote:
Originally Posted by haknslash
The old school pin pull swivel racks has 3 positions like the Supras. The mag swivels like you have only have the 2 positions but not sure if just drilling a hole will allow this. If the pin just drops in then you should be able to jist drill and go. If it doesn't work it's a $250 mistake, just giving you a heads up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukabor
[QUOTE=haknslash;386921]We are headed back home tomorrow and it’s been a great vacation. This is one of our favorite coves to anchor and chill.
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Nice to see some board racks on that boat Hak:)
Wow. Those place really looks peaceful!
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Originally Posted by haknslash
Hope you were able to get some AM riding. Love the vacay days of riding first thing in the AM, heading back for breakfast, packing the cooler for the afternoon, and spending the rest of the day hanging on the lake.
Let me know how the new hole in the board rack swivel works out. It would be nice for them to be straight back when cruising without boards.
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I have found a potential hurdle in my board rack plan….
While the pin will drop in to hold the rack in that ‘middle’ position, it will not fully drop in and ‘lock’ in place without some additional modifications…
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In the photo you can see on the upper portion where it has an additional slot that allows the pin to full drop…. I will examine further but I think the plan will require more machining to have it fully drop into place….
I may (at this point) cut my losses and move onto just installing the new board racks, finish up the engine panels (very necessary) and then jump into the new horn (Hornblasters Sniper) install…. Followed by the new flag pole holders and sunshade…. Yes, I know… I tend to always have a few projects on the go….
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That's sort of an odd design.
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I agree…. Likely specifically designed to prevent us from doing what I wanted to do….. not that I am a tin foil hat wearer or anything lolQuote:
Originally Posted by HFarr
That's why I sold my mag swivels and used the basic Si 3 position swivel. You could always upgrade to PRM racks!Quote:
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Be interested to see what you do on this one. I’ve been thinking about taking the horn apart and just leaving the cover on the outside then mounting a single air horn behind the hull to blow thru the factory hole. Factory horn isn’t loud enough for anyone to even hear it and sounds terribleQuote:
Originally Posted by Dukabor
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I have the same issues with the stock horn as you do…. If it was ever truly needed as a warning signal it would simply not suffice…. And bot the sound of it makes me feel like I want to crawl under the helm ha haQuote:
Originally Posted by RUGER761
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Thats the link to the sniper and you can get a sound demo, and the plan is to mount in the stock location, remove the stock horn and leave the cover on as you stated, though it may be a pain to get to…. My dealer tells me the horn gets direct power and does not run through the PDM, so hopefully I will get enough power suppled to just use the existing wires and stock horn button….
The sniper is pretty compact (see pic for reference and I feel it will fit there, if not, my secondary location is under the helm, in either spot it should be able to use the hull to deepen the tone a little and be able to truly serve its purpose as a warning….. a warning that the party has arrived !!
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Yep that’s pretty much the horn I was thinking of. I put one on my truck a year ago (works very well towing our toy hauler) and actually have a 2nd sitting on the shelf in the box as the zon messed up and sent me 2. Just haven’t taken the time to dive into it yet.
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I've been dreaming of this upgrade as well. I'm embarrassed to hit my horn as my FIL made fun of it on the 4th of July and the family loves to tell the story.
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This is good for me to hear I’m not the only one who feels that way about the stock horn….. I feel like this is a support group for that…. I will post pics of the journey along the way to recovery from horn inadequacy !!Quote:
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The horn conversation is funny! When we first demoed and bought our Moomba, my wife said that sure is a wimpy horn for such a big boat, and the salesman actually got sort of offended by it. But it is true, that factory horn sounds like something on a moped.
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