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  1. Jon Sob

    Tiller Conversion

    I have this in my resto thread but thought it might be helpfull here so I am re-posting it. I searched the site for a thread that would show me how to connect the controls to the motor and was not able to find one so I went to a repair shop in Akron, Ohio ( 1hr drive ) and this fellow had all...
  2. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics Question?? How cold is too cold to lay down PB or glass with poly resin? I am talking about in the garage with no heat. It has been in the 40's and 50's. Have a small section of the cap that I want to fix.
  3. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics Thanks guys for the input. I sat on the seats and it just feels like I am sitting on the boat instead of in the boat. I don't know if it is because the windshield is off or the seats are just too big for a small boat. The seats are very comfortable. In...
  4. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics I put some ply down and set the seats in to see how they look and ... WOW ... they are big. They are pretty high. I am going to have to cut them down some. I am just wondering if they are too big. Is there a certain height from the top of the...
  5. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics I am going to order new vinyl for the rub rails. I figured out which one I need for around the cap but I am not sure what to order for the rail along the hull. There was nothing in this rail when I bought the boat so I don't know what it looked like or...
  6. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics I think I am going to close in the sole ...... It looks nice and will keep all the water and stuff from collecting under it plus I already have the bilge box in.
  7. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics Ok ...... the paint is out. I will have to go and get more and tint it myself. I kind of thought that it was like a dye that tinted the paint and didn't matter if it was Oil or Latex. I figured that Lowes had Valspar and that is what they sold and...
  8. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics Went to tractor supply and picked up the Valspar paint for my cap. I thought that since it was Valspar, and Lowes sells Valspar, I would take it to Lowes and have them tint it. They were more then happy to tint it for me and free of charge. I had picked...
  9. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics It's funny that you say that 'cause I have been tossing the idea back and forth for a while now. I like the idea of having the sole closed in so I don't drop things between the ribs and more importantly I don't have any critters crawling under there and...
  10. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics Started laying out a template for the sole. I am going to put a sheet of ply on the bottom and then close in the sides with some ply attached to the rail above the ribs and then PL the bottom where it touches the sole. From there I don't know what I am...
  11. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics oops! .... I did notice that the angles for the stringers were not at 90 deg and I must have done something right because the new transom is at the exact same angle so the brackets fit perfectly. And for the hooks on the motor, I don't know what the...
  12. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics Just a quick update ..... sanded the top of the boat and put two coats of primer on most of it. I am still working on the cap back at the transom so didn't paint there. I was able to grind the area around the drain tube and now it fits perfectly hope to...
  13. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics When I removed the ends of the cap to get to the transom I cut thru a piece of wood attached to the back of the cap which you can see in the photo. I know that you can't see it but I glued a piece of Fir to the back of it to join these two parts...
  14. Jon Sob

    1983 Deck Boat Transom/deck/stringer replacement Help

    Re: 1983 Deck Boat Transom/deck/stringer replacement Help Now that you mentioned it, I mixed up a PB mix the other day when it was raining and used it to put the ends of my cap back on. I know the resin didn't get wet but my PB mix turned white. I have no clue why.
  15. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics I put the stringers back in the boat today. I had to cut them because of the bilge box and the slightly thicker transom but they went in without trouble. The stringers were attached to, and bolted thru, the transom with a bracket that has some sort of...
  16. Jon Sob

    roll& tip painting a aluminum lapstreak boat

    Re: roll& tip painting a aluminum lapstreak boat I used the Roll n Roll method and the paint from Woodonglass page 10 http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=384982&page=10 and it has a great shine to it and it is hard as nails.
  17. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics This is where I am right now.... I am attempting to re-attach the part of the cap that I had cut off in order to get to the transom. I had to do some modifying to the part because my transom seems to have grown this summer and is a bit thicker then it...
  18. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics Hey Woody ...... how big is the bilge box in the "Flamingo"?
  19. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics Threw a rope over the old tree limb out back and flipped the boat without any problems. Started planning out the bilge box but kind of ran into a problem. I forgot about those lateral ribs. Do I notch the box to fit over the ribs or do I notch the ribs...
  20. Jon Sob

    Need help with transom repair w/pics

    Re: Need help with transom repair w/pics Picked up a set of back to back seats from craigs list. May have to change the color of the boat 'cause the seats are a different blue and not sure how they would go with the biscayne blue that I had intended on using on the boat. I am going to use grey...
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