1965 Jet Star restoration

[ezmobee]

Re: 1965 restoration

Re: 1965 restoration

I used this stuff http://duplicolor.com/products/selfEtchingPrimer/ from Pep-Boys. You only need a light dusting of the stuff so 2 $5 cans oughta do ya for your bilge.

 

[TM-1(ss)]

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Outstanding! Thank you. That looks like yet another example of "better living through chemistry". I'll do a stiff brush cleaning with Krud Cutter then prime. Bilge painting is something I don't mind doing..........once.

 

[lakelover]

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Thanks for the step-by-step on your dash removal. I was looking for a way to get it out in one piece. I'll probably just laminate something on what I have there. Yours came out nice.

 

[TM-1(ss)]

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Thanks, Lakelover, I'm pleased with it. It looks even better with the black headed carriage bolts for the foredeck, the tray, the steering, and the switch panel installed. More pics later. I gave serious thought to lifting the foredeck for a one-piece job, but that seemed like a little too much work for not much benefit. If yours isn't rotted like mine was then laminating it would be a good solution.

This is my first aluminum boat and I am not familiar with the nuances of working with it. Wood working is my thing. I almost made the dash out of 150 year old American Chesnut, but decided to save my stock for furniture applications.

 

[lakelover]

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....but that seemed like a little too much work for not much benefit. If yours isn't rotted like mine was then laminating it would be a good solution.

That's what I concluded, figured I could do something nice looking without all that extra work. Mine is solid as the day it was made <<lucky>>.

 

[TM-1(ss)]

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Engine question. The little device with the red handle. What is it? The man I bought the boat from said it was an electric choke. The handle moves through 90 degrees. My problem is that fuel seeps out of it. The man said, "that's normal", but I beg to differ that fuel leaks are never normal. The engine is a 1996 Johnson 2 cyl 25.

 

[emoney]

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You can probably get a definite answer over in the JonnyRude forum, but I think that's what the PO said it was; choke. As for fuel leaking out of it, that's something I'd expound on over in the above mentioned forum. Those guys know their JonnyRude's. Nice work so far on the restore, btw.

 

[ezmobee]

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I believe it's the manual way to activate the fuel primer (like if you had to emergency rope-start the motor). And yeah, I'm thinking a leak is bad.

 

[TM-1(ss)]

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I linked to the post above in the Johnson forum: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=485245 Hopefully I will be showered with wisdom about what to do about it. I'm hoping it can be fixed on the cheap.

 

[TM-1(ss)]

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Just for fun, here are a few more progress pictures.

This is the dash w/steering and electrical re-installed. The po never heard of color coding wires.



The bottom after a marathon Krud Kutter and wire brush session.



And after a coat of self-etching primer.

 

[ezmobee]

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Re: 1965 restoration

Looks good. That is the appropriate amount of etching primer.

 

[TM-1(ss)]

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More progress. This afternoon I started to install the new red cedar deck. The bottom side has been treated with Cabot deck sealer. The top will get a clear red cedar finish.

Here I have re-installed the foot board. Originally it was plain aluminum. Ugly. I applied 5/16 red cedar with several coats of urethane. It is also 2" farther forward than it was originally. The gray bottom is EZ Bilge paint.



Here I have most of the main part installed. The farther outboard from the center line the more curvature there is. That necessitates the last two pieces being done in sections.



The close-up shows some details. The forward edges are all beveled 35 degrees to match the foot board, and each plank out from the center has an increasing taper to match the increasing radius.



Where the deck meets the chines will need some special attention. More on that as the work progresses. And the last two feet or so at the stern are going to be a separate installation, done as a grating instead of solid and not screwed down to facilitate cleaning up the inevitable spills and to allow convenient access to the bilge pump.

 

[ezmobee]

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Re: 1965 restoration

Nice deck!

 

[lakelover]

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Looks great. Just curious, how thick is the cedar you used for the floor?

Edit: Sorry all you real sailors, that should read "deck".

 

[TM-1(ss)]

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It is 5/8 t&g. If I was doing it again I would plane it to 1/2 to make it a little easier to bend.

 

[lakelover]

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(I finally replied to your PM -- I was out of town.)

 

[heyyou325]

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I was wondering if you used t&g. Deck looks real nice. And it seems to me ,I'm not a woodworker, that the thinner the board, the easier it would dry and crack, especially after being bent. My decks have all been flat, and I built my cedar one over the foot board. Course I had 2 stringers down the middle. I think yours looks better.

 

[TM-1(ss)]

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And it seems to me ,I'm not a woodworker, that the thinner the board, the easier it would dry and crack, especially after being bent.

That depends mainly on the species. For example, white oak can be split very thin, rolled into a circle, and when dried out it will stay there. But cedar is not nearly that flexible. Steaming it makes it more workable, but it still isn't the friendliest of woods. What I'm doing is adding a little wind (a board bent in one direction is "warped", bent in two directions is "wound"). You can see this in the left most board in the second picture. It is not hard to do if the deflection is kept to an inch and a half or so. Over time the wood will relax into its new shape.

 

[MichaelP]

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Re: 1965 restoration

That looks classy! Nice craftsmanship.
When I open your thumbs they are about the size of my thumb at arms length. I'd like to see some biguns. Is it me?

 

[KellyC]

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Agrees with MickaelP, would be nice to see some larger pics buddy. Very nice work there.