Tearing Apart the Traxxis

The living room floor has become the operating room, mainly because the shop is littered and full of other projects. Dropping a screw on the floor out there would make finding it the literal needle in a haystack,  Here are some pics beginning with the last time we will see Traxxis as a whole.

 The next two show the wonderful articulation of the tiller which sadly we will forgo in the interest of maintaining the illusion that this old boat has not been modernized.

 Here is the tubular motor well and the next shows the detail of the lower assembly with the full thread thru hull, a necessity since the threads need to be longer to fit into the plumbing adapter.

 A closeup

 Aaarrggh, the pristine, brand new motor is being torn asunder

 There were six screws to get the top off revealing the underside of the battery tester.  I am hoping to be able to mount this somewhere in the boat when all is said and done.

 and six more to take the tiller apart, fortunately all the same!

 Tiller apart

 and speed control knob (in blue) removed from tiller arm.

 A shot directly into the control panel.  I have tried removing the heavy battery wires from the panel but guess I need to go out to the shop and get some pliers, but before I do I wanted to post this much.  While at the computer I got on the WB index and found the article on stick steering.  Not sure there is enough detail there but I need to read further.