blazeracer said:Seems to me you're just a project collector. I'll bet not one ever gets done. Recommendation. Sell all your junk and get one nice running boat so you can spend this summer at the lake, not behind a keyboard.
Be like Nike, "Just Do It".
Patchman said:Come on CJ! Let's see some boat progress, the motor is the easy part! :smile30:
Patchman said:Come on CJ! Let's see some boat progress, the motor is the easy part! :smile30:
It may be the easy part but it is motorvation. Besides with the rain we have been getting can't work on the CJ. The Carlson is stashed at my parents house and besides the steering really doesn't need a whole lotta work. I have the new transom ready to go in just need to finish a little grinding and glass it in. Once the transom is in the cap will go back on and the stringers will get installed. I have all the supplies just need the good weather on the weekends when I am not working.Patchman said:Come on CJ! Let's see some boat progress, the motor is the easy part! :smile30:
Mike S said:Wasting y'all breath and time!! :smile29:
If you just take one project and devote all your spear time and money on just it, instead of 10 other projects that one will see tons of progress!! Or like James said sale all of them or even keep the ONE that means the most and take the extra money and finish or at-least work on the other!! :smile30:
To many hens in the fire!! This will be yet another Summer that you will miss and peeps will be hard on your tail about it again!! We or all just trying to help and motivate you on all the junk to get one going!! :smile17:
ChryslerJet said:Mike S said:Wasting y'all breath and time!! :smile29:
If you just take one project and devote all your spear time and money on just it, instead of 10 other projects that one will see tons of progress!! Or like James said sale all of them or even keep the ONE that means the most and take the extra money and finish or at-least work on the other!! :smile30:
To many hens in the fire!! This will be yet another Summer that you will miss and peeps will be hard on your tail about it again!! We or all just trying to help and motivate you on all the junk to get one going!! :smile17:
Mike I know and I appreciate it. I am making progress on my disease
And patch the progress I did to get the motors on stands under the carport is me getting something done and not making an excuse about it anymore. Tired of not being able to do something. hell I almost moved the couches out of the living room and moved the motors in but momma is much happier with this solution.
Sounds just like me when i started the Funjet and the youngblood at the same time crazy.gif I found out that there isnt enough brain cells to work on both at the same time,,,too much going on in the gearbox to comprehend! So i just covered the Youngblood up and put all of my attention on the Funjet,,and before too long it all came together and is done. Well some time passed after that project due to lack of interest and family matters,,but all of ya'll have motivated me and kept pushing until i got off my arse and started getting parts coming in and actually focusing on one item at a time until it was finished,, i like alot of you guys get side tracked easily with so many things going on with a restoration and its very easy to jump around and not accomplish a thing. So CJ i know for a fact these guys are pushing for a reason,, they all know what it takes to get it done and also know the hurdles we have to jump! plus i would imagine they would like to see you at some of the gatherings,,spoken from someone that hasnt been to one in a long while! And yes i am still plugging away one item at a time on the Youngblood and it will be on the water this summer!!!!!!! GIT ER DONE!!!!Mike S said:Wasting y'all breath and time!! :smile29:
If you just take one project and devote all your spear time and money on just it, instead of 10 other projects that one will see tons of progress!! Or like James said sale all of them or even keep the ONE that means the most and take the extra money and finish or at-least work on the other!! :smile30:
To many hens in the fire!! This will be yet another Summer that you will miss and peeps will be hard on your tail about it again!! We or all just trying to help and motivate you on all the junk to get one going!! :smile17:
customtouch said:Patchman said:Come on CJ! Let's see some boat progress, the motor is the easy part! :smile30:
That is a fact!!! I have the motors ready for three boats and still don't have one floating yet!!! :grin:
Cliff thanks and no performance parts on the 360 for the CJ just a clean up and a carburated intake for now. Maybe a cam swap if I have the time but I am really not planning on touching that short block just putting the heads back on it and the new intake and running it as is this year.Crusader said:customtouch said:Patchman said:Come on CJ! Let's see some boat progress, the motor is the easy part! :smile30:
That is a fact!!! I have the motors ready for three boats and still don't have one floating yet!!! :grin:
I'm an example of how easy a motor is to build. My semi-stock motor was torn down, machined and reinstalled in less than three weeks....that was working on it every evening too. It all depends on how motivated you are as a builder to get your project back together. I know some really financially broke guys with their sled running.....and they've done as much work as what you're doing. Also.....just get that 360 running and then add to it with high performance parts later... By getting your boat running and on the water will motivate you 100 more times than just looking at it in the back yard. Slow progress is good.....but a snails progress doesn't show any motivation at all.
Sit down and create a time line with achievable goals on it....milestones. Then after you create your milestones, create steps (inch stones) that will help you achieve each of your milestones. You're milestone isn't the final product....a lake ready boat, that's the end goal. The milestones are the steps to get to the end goal.
"Plan the work, work the plan" ~ Anonymous
Man, we aren't trying to tear you down CJ....just trying to be honest and up front with you. Get a plan, execute and stick with it. There's a lot of folks here that want to help you and will help you in an instant.....but they can't do the work for you....and shouldn't.
oldbuck40 said:Sounds just like me when i started the Funjet and the youngblood at the same time crazy.gif I found out that there isnt enough brain cells to work on both at the same time,,,too much going on in the gearbox to comprehend! So i just covered the Youngblood up and put all of my attention on the Funjet,,and before too long it all came together and is done. Well some time passed after that project due to lack of interest and family matters,,but all of ya'll have motivated me and kept pushing until i got off my arse and started getting parts coming in and actually focusing on one item at a time until it was finished,, i like alot of you guys get side tracked easily with so many things going on with a restoration and its very easy to jump around and not accomplish a thing. So CJ i know for a fact these guys are pushing for a reason,, they all know what it takes to get it done and also know the hurdles we have to jump! plus i would imagine they would like to see you at some of the gatherings,,spoken from someone that hasnt been to one in a long while! And yes i am still plugging away one item at a time on the Youngblood and it will be on the water this summer!!!!!!! GIT ER DONE!!!!Mike S said:Wasting y'all breath and time!! :smile29:
If you just take one project and devote all your spear time and money on just it, instead of 10 other projects that one will see tons of progress!! Or like James said sale all of them or even keep the ONE that means the most and take the extra money and finish or at-least work on the other!! :smile30:
To many hens in the fire!! This will be yet another Summer that you will miss and peeps will be hard on your tail about it again!! We or all just trying to help and motivate you on all the junk to get one going!! :smile17:
Yes Sir! clap.gifcustomtouch said:oldbuck40 said:Sounds just like me when i started the Funjet and the youngblood at the same time crazy.gif I found out that there isnt enough brain cells to work on both at the same time,,,too much going on in the gearbox to comprehend! So i just covered the Youngblood up and put all of my attention on the Funjet,,and before too long it all came together and is done. Well some time passed after that project due to lack of interest and family matters,,but all of ya'll have motivated me and kept pushing until i got off my arse and started getting parts coming in and actually focusing on one item at a time until it was finished,, i like alot of you guys get side tracked easily with so many things going on with a restoration and its very easy to jump around and not accomplish a thing. So CJ i know for a fact these guys are pushing for a reason,, they all know what it takes to get it done and also know the hurdles we have to jump! plus i would imagine they would like to see you at some of the gatherings,,spoken from someone that hasnt been to one in a long while! And yes i am still plugging away one item at a time on the Youngblood and it will be on the water this summer!!!!!!! GIT ER DONE!!!!Mike S said:Wasting y'all breath and time!! :smile29:
If you just take one project and devote all your spear time and money on just it, instead of 10 other projects that one will see tons of progress!! Or like James said sale all of them or even keep the ONE that means the most and take the extra money and finish or at-least work on the other!! :smile30:
To many hens in the fire!! This will be yet another Summer that you will miss and peeps will be hard on your tail about it again!! We or all just trying to help and motivate you on all the junk to get one going!! :smile17:
Like a very smart business man once told me "NEVER CONFUSE ACTIVITY WITH ACCOMPLISHMENT" :smile30:
If it were me i would get the engine done and finished and wrapped up. That would be the end of that project. That way you have to look at a finished motor and listen to it begging you for a home cradled in the boat! Motor motivation :cheesy: That was punishment enough for me on the Youngblood,,staring back at the engine and looking at an empty hull! :grin:ChryslerJet said:CJ Punch List
1) Transom Installed
2) Cap reinstalled
3) Stringers installed
4) Bulkheads installed
5) Gas Tank Installed
6) Gas filler moved
7) Floor installed over new floatation foam
8) Wiring installed
9) Steering installed
10) Motor Installed
11) Interior Built
12) Install Gauges
13) Install hot foot and cable
14) Install shifter and cable
Motor Punch list
1) clean up motor
2) install new timing cover
3) Lap in replacement valves
4) Reinstall Heads
5) Install new intake
6) Paint Motor
7) Modify neutral balance Flywheel for proper external balance
8) Install Accessories and prepare for installation to boat
I will come back through and edit this post as things get done so no need for anyone else to post here until this punch list is all crossed off
ChryslerJet said:CJ Punch List
1) Transom Installed
2) Cap reinstalled
3) Stringers installed
4) Bulkheads installed
5) Gas Tank Installed
6) Gas filler moved
7) Floor installed over new floatation foam
8) Jet Pump repaired and reinstalled
9) Wiring installed
10) Steering installed
11) Motor Installed
12) Interior Built
13) Install Gauges
14) Install hot foot and cable
15) Install shifter and cable
Motor Punch list
1) clean up motor
2) install new timing cover
3) Lap in replacement valves
4) Reinstall Heads
5) Install new intake
6) Paint Motor
7) Modify neutral balance Flywheel for proper external balance
8) Install Accessories and prepare for installation to boat
I will come back through and edit this post as things get done so no need for anyone else to post here until this punch list is all crossed off