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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Made some time on the boat today. I started drilling my transom tie down loop holes and splash well drain. Mostly i was doing a dry run to make sure i could drill straight holes. the next set of holes is for the motor mount and steering. I bought one of those cheap harbor freight drill...
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    1969 Johnson 55hp

    Im looking for some advice. I'm trying to get the lower unit buttoned up. What do you guys use to seal the lower unit to the exhaust housing? Also, can I put some rtv around the plastic pipe extensions to keep them in place on the lower unit, and not allow them to slide up the copper pipes in...
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    1969 Johnson 55hp

    For anyone interested here is shot of the modified breaker plate my dad made a few years ago. We got together for Fathers day and ran it for a bit, and really it surprised both of us it idles great and took the throttle really well. The ball sockets between the throttle arm and the breaker...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    The punch out list keeps growing, even though i am nearing the end with the hull. I did manage to get most of the stuff on the front end of the cap completed. I think I am about finished with the major points of the rebuild. Now its back to the transom to button up a few things. I need to...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Got the boat flipped back over and the cap set back up. My Mom and Dad came by to help out. Thanks Mom & Dad. I have a few small things to finish on the cap. I started to re-attach the splash well with cap in the installed position. I thought i could raise it up and finish glassing it up but...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    I finished the keel re-enforcement, then painted with a few coats of gel coat and then i laid over some of that slap on bed liner stuff. I wasn't too sure about it since it doesn't come with a hardener, but actually it seems all-rignt. Its darn sure not as tough as real bed liner, but it seems...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Thanks Arch and Chev, I'm right there with you guys. I don't understand how various concoctions of PB can be "structural" but CSM can have "no strength". Anyway, I put (2) 4" layers of CSM over my keel where it took the most abuse. I wasn't really looking for a structural element to...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    I ground off a 4" path along 6 FT of the keel. I added some filler to the worst of the holes and did a marginal job of reshaping the keel. Ill never be able to make a sharp peak, but that's ok. I cant run CSM over a sharp bend anyway. Ill put 2 layers of CSM on it tomorrow and then go get...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    I didn't get any pictures of the process, but with alot of help we got the hull flipped over. Now I have 3 main parts to work on. The keel wasn't in too bad of shape. I still want to rework the scrapped up parts and then try to cover it with bed liner, like a cheap keel guard. Im a little...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Got a few punch list items finished and the first coat of gel run. 2 more coats of Gel this afternoon and a round of PVA and that will be that. I didnt think much of those gusset things at first but, they sure did stiffen the sides of the hull.
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    I went and bought my Gel Coat last week, thinking I was ready to paint. A wet weather pattern settled in the same day and has been hanging around since. It ended up being a good thing, since I was getting ahead of myself. I really needed to finish a few items before running the gel, so i...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Thanks for the tip Arch. We did replace the pump a year or so ago, but then discovered shifting issues with the electric shift solenoids in the lower unit. I knew i couldn't run it for long, but i guess i got exited and figured 30 seconds or so wont kill anything. I have since, cleaned up the...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Man that hurt to put so many holes in my deck and stringers, but its down at least. I opted for the rainbow color upgrade on the foam. Its way more than what the boat had originally. I ran a seal coat of resin over everything i could reach with the cap down. Ill get some filler ran and 2...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Reviving my thread for the spring.. I had almost given up over the winter. Then the Rona happened. We were climbing the walls in quarantine, so I took my son and the neighbors boy down to the river to throw the cast next and goof of for a while. we caught some shad, crappie, sunfish, and...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Ground off the old deck ring and finished the bulkhead. Decided to go ahead and cut the deck pieces. Getting there, now i got to figure out what to put below deck. I cant decide if i should add foam, or just put some vent holes so any moisture can get out of the 4 sealed compartments.
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Thanks Arch, Ive been experimenting with temps, cat rate and exposure to sunlight. Ill have to come up with something better for the next few months, winter is trying to set in early this year . Stringers are finished. 6 months and $1500 dollars later, the boat is right back to where I...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Not alot to report this week. Dad, me and my son spent the biggest part of the weekend getting set up for the fall hunt. It rained again on us so we made a stump fire the first day. Second and third day was better, we got our fields mowed and cleared a few more trees. We finally started to dry...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Rain Rain..... Go away. Still here and doing what I can between storms. Ive got the center stringer ready to install, but the storms have been relentless over the past 2 weeks. I even took a vacation day to work on the boat, but all it did was rain that day. The plains are turning into a rain...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    So I lied. Here are some shots of the poor glass work on the stringers. I ground most of the dry and bubbly parts and smoothed out he edges. Then I ran some resin over the wood followed by 6" caps with CSM only. Im getting marginally better, the caps went well. My supplier changed resin on...
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    69 Woodson Tri-hull with 68 Johnson 55hp

    Working on the stringers today.. Had to take a break from the heat and whop up on my kids at mario kart.
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