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Well fabricating is a passion that the more of a push to perfection the better overall the final product gets. Bon Temps needed some help to mount a 106sv Garmin Plotter between his steering wheel and the dash. First look seemed kinda impossible to do but after letting the imagination do it's magic I came up with a replacement dash. The original is a piece of CnC 1/4in Starboard, nowhere near strong enough to hold a 106sv for the duration. Replacing with 1/8in 5052 Aluminum sheet is the ticket.

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Tach, Trim, & Fuel gauges needed relocation, due to the weight of a 106sv I didn't trust just braking a shelf out of a piece of .125 5052 Aluminum. I don't think it would hold up over time. Especially since the Aluminum sheet would have a bend in it already. I decided to use some 6063 2x2 1/8in Structural Angle, welding a extension of 1/8in 5052 outward to the width of the 106sv Gimbal Mount Base width. After roughing this out I ran over to Bon Temp's home to install this dash and mount the 106sv before welding out. Due to how Aluminum will draw when TIG welded and this will be painted black I decided to put short TIG welds to attach the Angle Shelf for the 106sv. The Plotter will block the view of most of the welding anyway. I still have to cut the holes for the cabling, mainly the fiber optic cables because each will need it's own hole to pass thru because the Quick Release Mount is almost touching the new Dash panel before painting.

CDC Member P-Nut is looking to upgrade his cruising speeds between fishing spots and I had this engine in my stash so we are going to do a engine swap on his boat.

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I took this engine off my Skeeter F-80 Strada. It ran well when I removed it but P-Nut is a friend so I'm giving it a once over before we do the engine swap. Removing the old silicone, cleaning out a few dauber nests, washing out the Lower Cowl, just a once over. I will connect a 703 Side Control to it, hook up a battery, and put the hose on it, then start it up. A quick video taken for YouTube will let everyone see it purr. We will be adding a 4in Bobs Jackplate at the same time and I think P-Nut plans on changing the Lower Unit oil before it leaves my shop.

Good stuff. You’re a good man and a great friend to have. CDC members are the best. :highfive

A true Craftsman.

You sure do awesome work!

Well done that, man!!:cheers2

Love to see people do quality work.

Dang, that's a great engine. I got one, it's a 90, right?

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Dang, that's a great engine. I got one, it's a 90, right?

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No that one is a 70hp. P-Nuts boat won't handle a 90. I put the 90 I rebuilt a while back on the Skeeter when I started the Skeeter thread. My plans is to use the Skeeter to break in a few engines I have going. I just picked up a Yamaha 150 V-Max (carbs) 3 days ago. I rebuilt this engine for a customer 10 years ago but now it has a knock so they gave it to me. When I had the machine work done on the first rebuild .010 was all that had to be cut to clean it up. Several more rebuilds hopefully.

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In between thunderheads I managed to start up P-Nut's Yamaha 70TLR engine for a short video. We will make plans to swap soon and I post the job here when complete.

Runs like a top, very nice.

Yesterday was a busy day for working on projects. I had some DTM (direct to metal) PPG Industrial Urethane paint leftover from another project. Perfect material for coating the Aluminum Dash Panel for corrosion protection.

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If you are looking for a DTM paint that can be mixed in colors this is the best I have found. Really great for steel boat trailers. I put 3 heavy coats on the Dash Panel so it will be ready to install when Bon Temp's brings his boat back over.

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I had to cut 3 holes for the cabling. The 2 top holes are for his Fiber networking cables. The bottom is for Power & Transducer cables. The Quick Release Mount is just too close to the Dash Panel to use one hole.

It never ceases to amaze me how much silicone a installer or backyard boat works guy can put on a Engine to Transom union. This particular job I had to take pictures because to properly seal the Engine on P-Nut's boat all the old stuff must be cleaned off. I mean All of it. You must use a "Below the Waterline" grade of sealant and if the formulas are too different you may end up with a leak if trying to seal over the old stuff.

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To get this engine bracket this clean took some time. My final treatment was with the adhesive remover I always use for residue removal. This engine is now ready to mount.

Wow once again beautiful work. Your fabrication skills are amazing.

Very nice quality work. :ThumbsUp

P-Nut is bringing his boat this afternoon for the engine swap. Knocking out the to do list.

P-Nut came over about noon with his little boat so we got right to the task of swapping the engines out.

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First things first was removing the old engine. P-Nut is removing all the controls, wiring, and Battery cables.

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So to try and keep as much air conditioning inside as possible we swapped the boat for the truck to load the old engine carefully while the boat was outside. Thick foam was used to support the engine keeping it off the Bed floor.

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While doing the swap we are adding a Bob's Machine Shop Jackplate.

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I use the Bobcat to move everything. It was a quick out and back in for the Boat. Back to Work.

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While hooking up the replacement engine P-Nut realized his control was a "Push 703 Control" and we needed a "Pull" type control. I had one in the shop but we are waiting till tomorrow morning to swap them out. Wine consumption time was upon us.

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When P-Nut installed the other engine years ago he used 5200 to seal. We worked for quite a while with razor blades to remove every scrap of dried adhesive before installing the Jackplate on the Transom. More tomorrow.

Nice setup. And yep, that wine will sneak up on ya, ask me how I know. Egg crate foam to baby the engine, geez! Works great though I'm sure.

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Nice setup. And yep, that wine will sneak up on ya, ask me how I know. Egg crate foam to baby the engine, geez! Works great though I'm sure.

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I cut up a Temperpedic King mattress on my bandsaw years ago and have been using it to insulate the sides of my coolers in the truck bed lately. I carry about 300 pounds if ice with me to The Rez during summer. The foam slows the melt rate real good. The engine we removed is in very good shape so not scratching the cowl up sliding around in the truck bed was a good idea.

We finished up P-Nut's boat this morning, well the stuff we were doing here. He took it home to change the Lower Unit oil, do some PM to his boat too. I took a picture but forgot the phone in another room. Till I get up to refill my glass the picture will have to wait.

Those 3 cylinder Yamahas are sought after by the duck hunting crowd. Definitely were some tough motors

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Those 3 cylinder Yamahas are sought after by the duck hunting crowd. Definitely were some tough motors

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The Saltwater Flyfishing guys like them too for powering technical poling skiffs. My 90 has 10 hours on a complete rebuild with only a .010 overbore. It has 3 more bores before resleeving. I have a complete backup powerhead for it too with less than 100 hours on it. P-Nut wanted the 70hp instead of cash for his car lift.

I had one last picture on my phone. We were ready to pull the boat out and crank it up when this picture was taken. P-Nut has brought it home and is working on mounting the Jackplate pump along with some other improvements.

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Finished Bon Temps' new Dash Mount for his 106sv Garmin today. Maybe he will post a picture to this Thread. I didn't get all the cabling layout right as I didn't anticipate how long the unbendable part of the power & transducer plugs is. Both hit the dash so we had to add a couple of holes (can't see them) for the cables to pass thru. There is about 1 inch of clearance between the steering wheel and the 106sv cover.

Bon Temps passed by yesterday morning to install the new dash panel. We got started straight away. Some trimming of the fiberglass was needed to clear the relocation of the Fuel & Trim gauges. Extra mounting holes were added as I felt not enough anchor points of the Dash Plate to the dash for the added weight with a fulcrum.

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The 7in screen Garmin was the largest screen that could be installed flush in the helm console. Adding the Garmin 106sv would only be possible externally.

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I didn't allow enough room for the length of the Power & Transducer plugs. Both hit the dash panel because 2 inches of each plug will not bend preventing the 106sv to lock in properly to the mounting bracket. Also I laid out the the intended hole for those cables opposite where it needed to be. I still don't know how I did it. If I was still open and this was a customers boat I would have made a completely new dash panel. Bon Temps task was doing something for a friend so I let it go (also He is Ready to get back to fishing!) but cutting 2 new holes to allow the cables to pass thru the fiberglass, dash panel, and connect to the quick release cradle just killed me. I'm getting older and find I really have to pay close attention to my design layouts. Much like putting that Bimini top on backwards the first time and not immediately catching it.

Anyway here is a picture of the added 106sv unit along with his other Cockpit unit installed and powered up that Bon Temps sent me. He certainly will have enough screen now. BTW the additional 106sv has a 8HW Chirp 2D transducer on it for good sonar return while on a plane.

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I like the pink nail polish! doh

Looks good John, Bon Temps will be happy for sure. I know he's ready to go fishing as he told me so while he was down here in Florida..

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He delivered some honey and some wine. I still have yet to try the razarita John. Looking forward to it. Might try it tonight as I’m icing my bad back now and not taking the muscle relaxers anymore.

It's also funny Bon Temps was into BMWs too. We owned the same type "kinda rare" car, a ZHP optioned stick shift E46 3-Series. Great car that I'm selling cheap to my Daughter as it needs to be driven more than it is now.

https://youtu.be/gu_8EjWmdEA

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Crappie.com members are the best.

Finish project is perfect. Rojo did a wonderful job. Looks like factory installed.
Thanks again Rojo. The plan is to get it on the water ASAP!!!

Bon Temps!!

The chrome rings around the dash gauges verifies it’s a ZHP. I have owned 16 Bimmers. All over 10 years old but my 330i ZHP was the sweetest. Put right under 300,000 miles on that car before I gave it to my son who drove it for another 3 years. Slab might have reignited a desire to purchase another one.

NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING,DRIVES LIKE A STICK BMW !!!

Its addictive and made my 60 mile one way commute to work an adventure.

The pink finger nails belong to my bride of almost 50 years!!

She helped dismantle my dash.

It was a pleasure meeting Slab and chewing the fat about BMWs we have owned over the years. My only wish is that we lived closer to each other so we could get together often.

Bon Temps!!

Awesome looking dash for sure

Good looking dash and craftsmanship. Good looking BMW. Good times. Thanks for sharing.