Added 1/2 round foam core embedded in 1.5 oz csm and covered with 4.5 oz of csm to stiffen the playpen area.
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I covered the 3/4" aquaplast backing for the tower with a layer of 1708 and csm A bit of an overkill.
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Finally had a chance to work on getting the rudder off. I ended up sanding the upper sides of the shaft with a DA.
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Removed the o rings with a pick.
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Test fitted the engine blower duct.
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Hey bud so I'm just about to really dig into mine i got the motor pulled and going to split it in half next weekend....do you think if i went down to the local boat builder in Tacoma wa they would beable to give out scraps and stuff...like what you used for your stringers?
Its worth a shot. The worst they can tell you is no. I don't know if they use the same stringer system, but even getting scrap glass and resin would help. Good luck with your rebuild!Quote:
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Its been pretty busy at work and I haven't had much time to take and upload pictures lately. I'm working on a prototype surf friendly swim platform. It is made from 3/4 ply and reinforced with glass on the underside with aquaplast ribs that will land on the brackets (which I moved in closer to the exhaust to make room for a surf system). Its been resin coated, sanded, and been sprayed with black gel coat. I will be adding hydroturf to it as well. If it all works out, I'll be making an all glass platform next off season.
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I am using the royal blue hyrdo turf and got it cut on the 3 axis.
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Here's a video of the 3 Axis cutting the Hydroturf.
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This is a test fit before gluing.
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That really looks great. The only thing I would like is some grab holds on the outside edge.
Looks great overall, what a great shop space you have to work on that boat.
I don't know if this has been discussed, but how did the boat steer when you drove it last? I would definitely replace the steering cable while it's already out of the boat. And if there's any play in that rudder, it would be REALLY easy to replace while you're in there. If it's nice and tight, there's no need. But mine had a little play, and it made a massive difference in how the boat handled (in terms of steering, obviously). Then again, my boat had probably 1200 hours on it when I replaced the rudder, it's now at 1533 as of last night. So... anyway I just wanted to be sure you're hitting the things that are easy while the boat is in its current state, but really hard when it's all back together. It looks like you're being extremely thorough, which is great.
Did you get the Stringer digitize ? I am doing stringers in a 1984 and would love to have the files Thanks GeraldA
Progress has been at a stand still the past couple weeks. I just moved to Orlando and from moving, cleaning, painting, fixing odds and ends, I haven't had any time allocated to the boat. The only thing that I have to do really is do some touch up gel coat work and get my helm put together. I bought some new-used gauges and I am going to redo the helm faceplates.
I’m definitely going to add some. I only have a heavy ¾” thickness on the sides to play with so I may do some shallow grab handles underneath, but I’m not sure yet.Quote:
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I am very fortunate of the resources I have to work on this thing. Steering was tight. Although if I did have any issues with the rudder, cable, etc, the removable floor would give me a decent enough access without pulling the tanks. I actually had to go in there already with the cap on. All I had to do is remove the stbd aft seat and removable floor . One arm through each access and I can reach and work on the whole assembly.Quote:
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That was the original plan, but I couldn’t wait for the tracker. My stringers were in really bad shape when trying to pry them off the hull. It was all done by hand. I got lucky and it all fit back together really nicely.Quote:
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I finally had some time to put into getting her ready for the water. I got the new rub rail put on. I used a heat gun for the bow and corners. It also kept a small portion of the old rail insert and placed it in the receiver when making the sharp bends. It keeps the rail receiver from deforming too much where you can't get the insert to go in. I also glued down my hydroturf on prototype swim platform.
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I am switching out my gauges and switches. I plan on leaving off the upholstery helm cover and making a "carbon fiber" panels. I'm switching out the push button/breaker combo to rocker switches and breakers. I will be mounting the breaker switches on the inside of the stbd walkthrough storage. I messed up my first run because my spacing was too close. Originally it started with only the two panels, but now I'm making one for the center and lower steering area. I took rough measurements, drew it up in CAD, printed, and now I have to adjust the final CAD for cutting this week. The speedometer and steering wheel holes were purposefully made larger to be able to lay flat over the gauges and steering and used the concentricity to make the adjustments.
This is my old set up:
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This is the new set up. The paper and wood pattern was just a mock up for adjustments and the panels obviously have not be mounted since they are wrong. The final set will hopefully be done early this week. I still have to get a new tach. I also got a new carbon fiber steering wheel. Hopefully I'll be able to run her this weekend!
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Nice panels and gauges. It's nice updated look without getting too crazy.
Thanks! Not using the upholstery cover was an accident. I told my girlfriend to work on the gauges while I worked on the rub rail and she forgot that we ever had it in the first place. I liked the way it looked and figured that I'd offset the gauge panels to fill in the gaps. Started off with the two panels, but it looked like it was missing something...so I will be adding the middle panel to tie it all in.Quote:
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In the process of taking the boat apart, a corner of the walkthough door molding broke off. I was contemplating making a temp mold and laying up a part, but that would require more time that I don't have right now. Instead, I'm going to do a plastic repair of the areas that are cracked or missing using super glue and baking soda.
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Get the part in place first.
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Tape up the front side to keep the glue from seeping through and fill the gaps.
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It didn't turn out too bad. Just have to sand and paint. I might do another round to get it perfect..but we'll see. Its pretty strong as is.
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That new dash looks great! Simple and clean, but definitely spruces it up! I thought of doing something similar but ran out of time haha. Where did you get your new gauges? I am looking for one GPS speedo gauge that's not a rip off. A friend of mine is a custom motorcycle builder and runs iPads as his dash/diagnostic displays on all of his bikes. He wants to set up my boat with an iPad dash display which I think would be beyond cool. That'll be next winters project.
What is sitting on the dash, above your speedos? Looks like atablet or maybe a GPS pickup?
The repair on the buckets looks good too. I wish I had all of the pieces of my trim, some pieces were missing when I got the boat so I am S.O.L. in that regard, oh well. My bucket is good though.
New hub for the steering wheel? Did you do this just so you can better align your wheel? That part looks sweet. Very nice work!
Thanks Luke! It got the gauges from marine surplus in sarasota and ebay. I think I'm going to switch out the speedometers though. As much as I like the look, I didn't realize that the gauges start at 15 mph. We do a lot of surfing, so they wouldn't do us any good. We've been using a speed app on the iphone...but i gauge it mainly by look and feel of the wave. That would be pretty cool to use an ipad display in the center panel.Quote:
Originally Posted by lmnelson86
That black rectangular piece on the dash is one of my solar trickle chargers. I pay for covered storage and don't have a power source so I have one hooked up to each battery.
That hub came with the new steering wheel. It think it will look pretty sweet when I get it installed.
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That's steering wheel is sick! I have been looking for a new one, where did you find yours? Also, where do you get the solar trickle chargers? Id love to add one to my boat. What app do you use on your iPhone? Considered running an app for the time being since I have no speedo's
Thanks! I got it from a company called forever sharp steering wheels. The solar chargers I got as a present, but I think you can get them at harbor freight. The app that we use is Speed Box. There are a number of different apps that are free. Just find the one with large numbers and the colors you like.Quote:
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I haven't installed my captains chair yet...I want to find one with a flip up bolster, I like being able to sit up high. Any idea where I could find one, aside from buying a new one that's $200+? Id love to find one out of a totaled or part out boat.
Ill look into the chargers, that's a good idea. I plan on keeping my boat at my cottage and we don't have any shore power hook ups, so it would be nice to be able to leave the automatic bilge running and not have to worry about the battery draining during the week
That is a tough one. They flip up bolster seats are pretty expensive...even the used ones I've seen at marine surplus. I'm building a small platform to mount the seat base on to give me a little more height.Quote:
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I was kind of thinking this is exactly the same thing I will have to do. Oh well.
Its pretty tight in there because of the throttle location and the engine box cover. Raising the base may make the chair interfere with the reverse. Another idea is to create a removable rigid half moon booster cushion that you can store under the helm when not in use....or get a narrower pedestal chair. Our seats are really low. With the constant stop and go, the seat height is not working in our favor. If I do make a booster cushion, it will probably never get stowed away.Quote:
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For me...first things first, get it running in the water! Congrats on getting yours out. Post some videos if you get a chance.
I threw up a video in the June picture thread in the general section, I hope it works ok. I will definitely be getting some footage over the next few weeks to post. I agree completely with the seat, no room at all so making a bolster may be the best option, which is cool with me. And you're right, it would probably never get put away.Quote:
Originally Posted by flipz96
Yea, I couldn't wait to get mine out. I just sat on a 7 gallon bucket (a tall 5 gallon) with a cushion on top. I actually like it a lot more than the oem seat haha.
There is nothing wrong with that bro! The important thing is that your boat is running and you are able to enjoy it! Hopefully this weekend for me!Quote:
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I completely agree. I was just happy to get out and enjoy it. Can't wait to see pics of yours on the water! You run a second battery, right? Do you have it mounted in the same cubby hole as the original battery?Quote:
Originally Posted by flipz96
I do have a second battery with a solenoid. The PO had it in the same storage with the starter battery and amps. It was too crowded. I moved the auxilliary battery to the portside walk through storage/under the helm.Quote:
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I got my panels cut yesterday. Its 1/8" abs faux carbon fiber sheet and I used 1/4" king starboard for backing on the engine box storage door.
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I made the storage door with the same dimensions as the factory so that it fit over the previous cutout. I added 1/2" radius corners so I wouldn't get scratched or cut walking around. I'm pretty happy how it turned out. I just need to sand down some of the edges, add the handle, the catch receiver and Supra sticker that I ordered.
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That's bad ass. Super clean, love it! Now what else can you whip up in carbon? I love visual carbon.
I also still have to dremel down the ends of the exposed screw tips. I was thinking of doing the same for the walkthrough storage, but I may wait on that. A 40" x 24", 1/8" sheet of that is $40. I looked into real carbon fiber sheets and its about $200 for the same size. The faux carbon fiber is on 1/8" abs which isn't that rigid and a sheet of that with no support has a bend to it. Thats why I added the 1/4" king starboard. Unfortunately, they had to be mechanically fastened because adhesive generally don't work on them. I think they may have came out with an adhesive, but I'm impatient and wanted to get it done.Quote:
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Here a picture of the finish engine box hatch. I still need to dremel down the protruding screws in the hatch. Its a good compliment to the new dash panels.
I also still need to reupholster the engine box...actually get all new upholstery, but that will have to wait until next winter break...since I used up my budget for the floors and stringers.
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Just got done installing the new dash panels. The only thing I'm going to change is I am moving the hourmeter next to the breaker panel which is in starboard walkthrough locker. The original hourmeter was replaced before I bought it and I forgot what the PO told me that it was. I'm keeping it for maintenance purposes. I'm replacing it with a separate volt meter for my auxiliary battery. I am also going to use the switch built in on the steering wheel for the horn. I got a couple of my rocker switches from marine surplus, but I am going to replace them with new matching ones like the left panel.
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Flipz, that boat looks bad ass! I've been following your rebuild and you sure make it look easy! your new dash looks absolutely amazing. Great job
Thanks man. Its taking me a lot longer than I wanted, but its turning out pretty good. I'm hoping to get her out on the water soon! Just got a couple loose ends to get wrapped up.
This dash looks awesome man, very nice work ! Will definitely think about it for mine ;)
Where did you find the long steering hub ?
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Thanks guys! Deciding not to reinstall the black helm upholstery really brightens things up. It was in really bad shape anyways (cracked, chipped, and dirty). I almost started to make a mold of a new helm set up, but decided to go the easier route. These panels are larger than the original because it needed to cover the factory cutout in the FRP. I am adding more ss fasteners (screws) once I get all the new switches.
The steering hub....I ordered with my steering wheel. Its the marine adapter with 3/4" keyway.
If anyone is interested in the dwg of these, I can email it to you. I can also email as a full scale pdf if you don't have access to CAD. I would suggest printing them out full scale and do a check pattern before cutting on your finish material.
That looks awesome man. I give you props for tackling the dash, all of those wires and gauges intimidate me. Way too much BS going on in there haha. I feel like most of it is unnecessary.
Its not as difficult as it looks (definitely intimidating at first). When wiring a rocker switch with separate breaker, all you need to know is power in, switch out, to the breaker to component . I changed up my wiring configuration a little bit. I moved the stereo switch over to auxiliary battery and cigarette lighter direct (along with the switch and breaker) to the starter battery. I will do the same and add a cigarette lighter with switch and breaker to the portside auxiliary battery. This way I can trickle charge though these cigarette lighter connections...instead of going deep under the helm (which is where my starter battery is now located) and inside the portside walkthrough locker. I can certainly reach all them if I had to, but just adding as a convenience.Quote:
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