Is this F41 Stryker a good buy?

[lordraptor1]

Hey guys hows it going?

Well I pulled the cooling head off today and there are two gaskets. The bottom gasket is good but the one that seals the top is pretty warn out...Its flattened flush with the inset on the cylinder. Now upon looking at things, that gasket flat or not shouldn't allow water to get into the piston because the spark plug screws directly into the cylinder making a complete seal (or atleast I assume it does). So I believe the water is getting in there through the exhaust manifold cooling area. I have not taken that apart yet but I believe that is the culprit. That will have to come at a later date though got company coming in tomorrow until tuesday.

A few questions I do have though for some stuff I need to order....What is a good recommended servo box that seals without having to use tape?

The plastic tube that is in the shaft to connects the prop to the motor...What is that called? What is that shaft called aswell?

Also the rubber boots that you put on your servo box and boat to seal where your rods have to go through. What are those called? any recommended ones to get?

Ill post up some pictures tomorrow of the head and other stuff...

Thanks guys,
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well the plastic tube is called a stuffing box or stuffing tube (at least that is what i was told).

as far as a servo box don't know i always ran a bead of silicone around the lids and where the wires exited on all of my boats

the rubber boots are called pushrod seals

 

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Thanks lordraptor...Well I have a few hours of free time and both my camera batteries are dead...SO no pictures for now.

 

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Finally tore the boat down....

Tore the boat down today! Got a bunch of photos too....

So the water getting into the head was due to bad gaskets on the exhaust cooling. Now ofcourse with the photos I have some more questions...I was wondering does anyone have a good place to get screws and nets from to replace some of the bad hex head screws?






First off the shaft could be replaced, it has a bad spot in it on the prop end...




I would like to replace the brass tube the the shaft runs through aswell, although it probably isn't needed.


I noticed the propeller shaft bracket is bent...Is this normal?


Also kinda seems like this is backwards....


Can anyone identifiy the hardware on the boat?





Anyone have any input on this motor (Im thinking its just a mid mod)...The Carb is a Walbro (any good?) I plan on breaking the carb and motor down tomorrow or the next day.




Here is the body, I started sanding on it today...Most of the "cracks" were just hairline in the gel coat, although you can tell this boat has been damaged pretty extensively. The front looks like it has separated and been bondo repaired. The motor was mounted to low at some point and rubbed through two small spots on the bottom (has a poopy patch job, but Im gonna leave it be).












Auto Bailer - Gonna replace this one and add one to the other side



Also wanna replace the cowling latchs with some better ones...

 

[fastman]

what boat. im looking at the baja lol

 

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Well I finally put a nice size order in for the boat...Spent $370 something, got a new Paris Cowl, stuffing box, flex cable, prop shaft, new style cowl locks, wrap to center header, new o-rings, servo box,fuel line, water line, ferrule, 4-40 clevis and pushrods, push rod seals, prop nuts, new isolators for motor mount and thrust washers.

Still looking for a gas tank though (thinking about going with the one on vapors trails if it will fit)

Also need to find out what primer, paint and clear coat Im going to use...Any suggestions?

 

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Well I have gotten quite a bit of work done to the boat in the last few days and It's possible I will have it on the water sometime tomorrow!

It won't be a finished project just yet as Im only assembling the boat to see how she runs and test my mounting and all that good stuff. I still plan to disassemble, replace the hardware and give it a nice paint job, prolly save the finish build for winter.

I'll post up some pics tomorrow or the next day...

 

[pacman696]

Where do you run it ? And how do you get it back if it cuts out ?

Phil

 

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Where do you run it ? And how do you get it back if it cuts out ?

Phil

Well there are lots of places to run it around where I live, the Guadalupe River Runs all over around here so basically I can walk across the street from my apartment and I have tons of water to put it in or I can go down the road either way to Center Point or Hunt and throw it in. I can also make a 30 min trip to Medina Lake.

The retrieving method I don't have but the commonly used method is a fishing pole with a tennis ball tide to the end. Throw it out and snag the boat and pull her in or swim out, or if you have like a paddle boat or something.The guy who had the boat before me had a molded hook mounted on the front left tip of the boat for catching his string on and pulling it in but I didn't like the way it looked so I took it off and patched the hole.

 

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Ok, I am pretty sure I am just gonna buy a new carburetor but I figured I would ask before I do...

So my test run results were nothing fantastic....The boat would run good onland but as soon as it hit the water it would die within 30 seconds not matter where the throttle was at or the needles on the carb....

SO I decided to take the carb off and put it on my Baja.....

The baja ran like poop with the carb until I started leaning it in more...Whats weird is the HSN was affecting the LSN at idle this is what threw me off the most...I could lean in the LSN at idle and get a high idle that should be plenty for it to take off but when gas was applied the motor would try to die. SO I started leaning in the HSN a bit at a time and it helped...I had both needles set at 1 1/2 turns out, the HSN ended up being 1 turn out and the LSN 1 1/14 turn out...The carb has had the model number dremeled off of it for some strange reason so I can't identify it but I think it might be an 813a.

Ok so the strange part about all this is with the needle settings set as mentioned above, my baja ran like it was on steroids...I even was able to get a wheelie out of it so that leads me to believe it is running way to lean.

Any thought on this guys? or should I just buy a new carb and be done with it?