gcarter
04-20-2006, 02:45 PM
Ever since I've had the Minx running, about 15 months, I've always wanted to get rid of the Big T helm and the steering cable.
Thanks to Blackhawk who offered his Hynautic internal hydraulic steering system for sale, I was able to fulfill one of life's small desires!:yes:
While I had the boat off the trailer re-geling the bottom, I also exchanged steering systems.
Last month during the Mt. Dora Antique Boat show, I got to try it for the first time. The main thing I noticed was it's four turns lock to lock!.....keeps you on your toes.
While we were on the trip up the Ocklawaha River, I lost oil pressure!!:bawling:
On further inspection, I noticed the starboard oil filter was crushed.
Well, we towed the boat in, took it back to my shop and changed filters, topped it up with oil and was good to go for Saturday.
The Hynautic/Mercruiser steering ram is considerably larger and longer than the stock cable set up. When I went to full starboard lock, the end of the ram crushed the stbd oil filter.
Now I have the engine out to exchange couplers and a bunch of other mods. I'm slowly replacing all the original, perhaps weaker components.
Today I relocated the oil filter manifold.
Frequently, I'm asked "why two oil filters?". Two filters reduces the flow velocity in the filters and increases contact time with the filter media. Two filters also increase over all oil capacity. These are all good things.
The first pictures show the helm installation. Please note the facia piece located behind the helm I had made to cover the mounting holes for the original helm bezel.
The back of the dash shows how simple the installation is.
Thanks to Blackhawk who offered his Hynautic internal hydraulic steering system for sale, I was able to fulfill one of life's small desires!:yes:
While I had the boat off the trailer re-geling the bottom, I also exchanged steering systems.
Last month during the Mt. Dora Antique Boat show, I got to try it for the first time. The main thing I noticed was it's four turns lock to lock!.....keeps you on your toes.
While we were on the trip up the Ocklawaha River, I lost oil pressure!!:bawling:
On further inspection, I noticed the starboard oil filter was crushed.
Well, we towed the boat in, took it back to my shop and changed filters, topped it up with oil and was good to go for Saturday.
The Hynautic/Mercruiser steering ram is considerably larger and longer than the stock cable set up. When I went to full starboard lock, the end of the ram crushed the stbd oil filter.
Now I have the engine out to exchange couplers and a bunch of other mods. I'm slowly replacing all the original, perhaps weaker components.
Today I relocated the oil filter manifold.
Frequently, I'm asked "why two oil filters?". Two filters reduces the flow velocity in the filters and increases contact time with the filter media. Two filters also increase over all oil capacity. These are all good things.
The first pictures show the helm installation. Please note the facia piece located behind the helm I had made to cover the mounting holes for the original helm bezel.
The back of the dash shows how simple the installation is.