Updates on the LazAir

[Joel]

Be safe over there in the sand pit!  Thank you for your service!   

[keehr22]

new decals look great!! (even from the floor, I fell off my chair when I saw what you paid)

Ha, yeah yeah, all I can say is they better be centered perfectly, and there better not be a single bubble under those decals for that sort of installation charge!

Be safe over there in the sand pit!  Thank you for your service!   

Thanks, it's pretty quiet times out this way with the elections and all. Ready for this withdrawal to start kicking in, with more than a few trips this place is starting to get boring!

[keehr22]

Updates, been awhile. Boat is still in the shop, finishing up on some electrical issues, random missing grounds and such.
Completed:
-Cleaned Flame Arrestor
-New Rule bilge pump
-Real Trans seal replaced, driveshaft aligned, new packing
-Tune Up
-Oil Change
-Rudder Bushing replaced
-One two horns removed, apparently the guy who overcharged me for installing decals also installed a new horn, and left the old one in place..total professional..

And the latest is my new trailer, Brandon here on the forum is restoring a trailer to replace mine, pics below, looking awesome so far, great work!

All should be done in time for homecoming, one month and counting!

[phil]

Awesome, trailer looks great too!

[Messer]

How old is the trailer... and how did you get the shine?

[keehr22]

Thanks Phil, although Brandon should get the praise. Messer, not sure the exact year, believe its the same year as his Advance he's been parting out on the forum. As far as the shine, it was just galvanized and then repainted.

Ron, wondering if you happen to have 2 of your American Skier decals left, for the trailer frame??

[RonT]

Have Both Black & White, send email for a parts list to tanisr-d@charter.net

[keehr22]

Awesome, Black sounds good. I still have that parts list in my email, only problem is my computer took a crap, and the stripped down government computer I'm using now doesn't have Excel, or any program to open the list. You wouldn't happen to have it in a different file type would you?

[keehr22]

Finished trailer.

[Joel]

That looks so good I'd tow it around the neighborhood just for the helluvit!!!!  Great job!!!

[Messer]

I agree, nice trailer. all of my wood just fell off so I;m working on mine between oil recovery...

[Messer]

I gave up on trying to find slant back fenders... I bought regular ones and will attempt to make them work. They seem to fit ok without cutting the slant into them... thoughts?

[brandon]

Messer
I'm not an expert on the AS trailers, but I know that even with the slant cut cut into the fender, there is only about 2" on each side of the boat hull to the fender board.  This is the reason they are usually smashed, the boat is pulled out of the water and doesn't center perfectly on the trailer and crushes the fender.  You can add guide posts or boards on the side to help solve this problem.  I measured my boat before I cut the fenders and the distance between the fenders was almost the same as the width of the boat, so I think they have to be cut some.  Hope this helps.

[Midskier]

if your running over the fenders your trailer is too deep in the water
it's a drive on trailer-------------- drive it on

Dan T

[keehr22]

Well, got a not so good update today from my mechanic. Today was supposed to be test run day on the water, instead I get a call saying the boat didn't fire up, apparently the fuel/water separator was completely rusted, and all that sludge and rust was pumped into the fuel injectors. And to boot, it turns out it was the front trans seal that is shot, said once they did get it fired up (barely ran, need to clean injectors now) it spewed trans fluid out the front, somehow water had gotten into the flywheel area and rusted everything in there. ugh..

I'm pretty ticked off this is all just coming to light, when I wrote up the original workorder I asked them to give it a thorough tune-up, change filters, fix the trans leak (mentioned I thought it was coming from the rear), fresh fluids, and also double check all the wiring is in order. Wouldn't it make sense to troubleshoot a fluid leak before just replacing a single seal based on a customers rough idea? And as far as filters go, maybe I wasn't specific enough. Waiting on an estimate for the new issues.. In it for $3500 so far, and counting..

I usually try and do all maintenance myself, but due to just making it back at the start of summer the wife wanted to have it taken care of. It sure is difficult finding a reputable marine mechanic, this is shop number two in the last 3 months, and he's reported issues the last mechanic created, like instead of replacing a horn, he just added another (which the old one still works) and a wiring hack job behind the dash. Message to wife today: Never letting anyone turn a wrench on the boat again!

Got about a month left, and sure hope this thing is ready for the water, because I am!