Even though Few and far between, young bub’s like you, give me hope…….greezy knuckles! Drive On Brotha!!

Been watching’ ya…..I like the way you Include All. (I’m envious)…..boats are a “cool pain in the Arse!” ……stay Real, Brotha. -God Bless you and yours

Hi congratulation, you’ve been doing a great job fixing the boat all the way up I Deeda with my small bowl 19 feet long I fix it from the trash that’s a nice bat I always watch your videos. Take care guys. Good luck.

💂 BEUTIFULL BOAT , SHE IS GORGEOUS ..WELL DONE LADS SHE'S IMPROVING...

Put throttle in Foward shift so shaft enters spline make sure gimble is straight

Dude seriously love the vids keep it going!!

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Rotate the props will make it go in. The binding is due to the splines.

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

We did that. Splines we’re engaged a couple inches. Binding was due to how tight the o ring interference was.

FYI-I’m real sure that the inner wheel bearing has to come out to get serviced properly. After seeing your video I will pull the inners to service also.

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

Let me know! I’m curious. Made it fine on what I had fyi

Yes, I know it is a boat video, but.. is that a supercharged Regal? Sweet.

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is! Haha

just did bellows & gimble bearings on my bravo one, i see you had the same issue with o rings on the shaft getting stuck holding it just on the end of the bolts, was told about the "mercruiser kick" to get it in, fun times.

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

As our good buddy told us, "Man up and kick the dang thing". In this case it took a hammer and block of wood lol

@ReefRunnerRebuild

2 жыл бұрын

@@BoatRestorationbyBen Yea, seemed weird to me, but it made sense, we tested the theory first by removing the o rings, and damn thing slides straight in. at least you know they are a tight seal haha.

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

High idle and the smell is a regen, it's cleaning the filters. I smell it all the time on my 18 wheeler. If you'd looked at the temp gauge it would've been very top end..

@BoatRestorationbyBen

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I know it. My truck is deleted so never have to deal with that. All the new tractors I used to work on regened all the time. I know it’s good for the environment but there’s nothing like the smell of NOX

Place twin1992 460 ford with bravo two drives for extra power on water

I own a mobile repair business and have installed thousands of these over the last 12 years. Was thinking about getting my own youtube channel going! Anyway, I can tell you that your difficulty installing the drive was not only the o-rings but mostly due to engine alignment. In the video it appears you did not have the alignment tool in far enough. Alignment tool needs to be inserted all the way until you can hear it clunk making contact on the inside, then it should spin freely but not wiggle all around. I did not hear your shaft bottom out and it appeared to wiggle as you rotated it. Sometimes the engine is aligned where it needs to be but the gimbal bearing is off a little bit, keep that in mind as well. Try inserting the alignment tool only into gimbal bearing and shift it around until its aligned with coupler, then insert tool all the way into coupler and check engine alignment. If done properly you should be able to quickly pull the alignment shaft straight out and you'll see the shape of the splines left in the grease on the shaft. Then, use that grease pattern to gauge whether your engine needs to go up or down. Fine tune the alignment of the engine until the splines form an even grease pattern all the way around the shaft and the shaft goes all the way in and out with minimal effort. As far as the o-rings go, yeah they're a tight fit but not to the point where you need to curb stomp it and beat it with wood and sledge hammers. If everything is aligned perfectly a firm nudge with your shoulder should pop it right into place. Best of luck to you and Lets Go Brandon!

@mr.kcfromthe8138

2 жыл бұрын

Please start one. People like me nerd out on it. It's also my first place to help trouble shoot. Let me know if you start and I'll subscribe.

“For a Newb!”…..did you get permits and how did that work? I know……multi-faceted question, just asking. Thank you

Hope you got all your wide load permits in order

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

You'll have to wait and see. I didn't...

Great videos!!! Question. What permit’s did you need to travel on the highway?

@BoatRestorationbyBen

Жыл бұрын

Standard oversized load in OH PA WV and MD. Just for width.

That’s one hell of a trailer. What did you pay for the boat?

What videos show the actual work done? wiring? engines overhauled? trailer replacement? etc?

@BoatRestorationbyBen

Жыл бұрын

Check out the earlier videos. We tired to document as much as possible.

Just use your mechanical ingenuity car jack and a bracket come on guys you got this, cherry picker.

@BoatRestorationbyBen

11 ай бұрын

No doubt. We were doing things the hard way...

Can't believe you never moved the front winch and bow stop up to actually touch the boat.

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

Not needed with the front straps holding the boat down. This is standard for all yacht shipping company’s. You don’t want the boats bow resting on that for support with larger boats.

What is the problem u joints and yoke are sloppy and they bind up

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

O rings and gimball alignment

Is that a regal GS?

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

Sea Ray 380 Sun Sport

@johnh9888

2 жыл бұрын

@@BoatRestorationbyBen I meant the clean Buick in the driveway

@BoatRestorationbyBen

2 жыл бұрын

Why yes it is

@johnh9888

2 жыл бұрын

Those SuperCharged 3.8s are no joke, Iv had a few my self. 99 GS, 03 GS and a 05 impala SS. only weak points are those stupid coolant elbow under the alternator bracket and the tranny if you really beat on them.

Those are not bravo 3s …

@BoatRestorationbyBen

Жыл бұрын

What are they?

@mattandrade30

Жыл бұрын

@@BoatRestorationbyBen I’m wrong they are bravo 3s. My bad!