1965 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Got a little more done the past couple days. Got the rubrail on, need to pick up a little more hardware for that. Got the bilge and splash-well drains drilled and epoxied, I ended up epoxying a plastic pipe in the bilge drain, and the garbord drain will seal into that leaving no exposed wood!! Now just have to sand out a few areas on the hull I just filled with some fiberglass reinforced filler, seeing that I am not painting the boat, should I at least prime the repaired areas? and with what?

Prime and paint it with some Rattle can Rustoleum. It'll seal it until your ready to do the hull.

 

[parrisw]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Looking good Will.

Thanks!

Prime and paint it with some Rattle can Rustoleum. It'll seal it until your ready to do the hull.

Cool, thanks! On the can it says the "long and strong" (fiberglassed reinforced filler) is water proof. I think I'll paint it anyway.

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

It is water proof but prime and paint will make it blend in a little better.

 

[parrisw]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

It is water proof but prime and paint will make it blend in a little better.

Ya that's what I was thinking, the exterior really don't look great anyway, and you wont even see the repairs since they are on the bottom of the hull. Someone did a crappy job painting the boat sometime in its past life, it really needs to be stripped and repainted.

 

[parrisw]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Well, got a few things done this past few days. Made a mount for the controls out of Starboard, got it all mounted. Got the fuel filter and lines run and mounted, finished patching priming a a quick coat of paint on the transom. So tomorrow will screw and 5200 the garboard drain in, then mount the outboard, then need to drill a hole in the side of the hull for the bilge pump through hull. Once that's all done, I'll paint the bilge, glue in the bilge pump and float switch, then paint out the deck, screw in the seats, hopefully the motor still runs! LOL, I redid the carbs and tstats, head gaskets on it last year. Hopefully nothing has gumed up the carbs after sitting for 10 months. Then if all is well, hit the LAKE!!!!!!!!

 

[DALLEN7]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

congrats paris it all seems to be coming together well good luck with splashdown.

 

[parrisw]

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Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

congrats paris it all seems to be coming together well good luck with splashdown.

Thanks! If all goes well, I'm thinking 2 weeks at most, and I'll be done. Heck give me a good couple sold days and I'll be finished. I was shooting for the end of June, but now I think I'll beat that!

 

[parrisw]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

This is what I hope to be doing soon! I'm happy to just drive the boat, and make the kids happy, but I too like going for a tube ride! I went Knee-boarding last year too, for the first time in probably close to 20 years. What sparked all of this getting a boat and all. I took the kids to the lake to go swimming, and some guy there with his kids tubing, offered us a ride, he had a 3 man tube like the one I have now, my kids and I went on, and saw how much fun that they had, I started looking for a boat.

This was last year with the boat.

 

[dOb]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Fantastic! Looks like you're in the home stretch. Nice job on the electrical.

 

[parrisw]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Fantastic! Looks like you're in the home stretch. Nice job on the electrical.

Thanks!

 

[fstorm08]

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Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Look'n good! I'm sure you'll feel much better knowing that she's all structurally sound too!

 

[parrisw]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Look'n good! I'm sure you'll feel much better knowing that she's all structurally sound too!

Thanks! The end is so close now I can taste it!

 

[parrisw]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Well, getting allot done today! Kids are in school, no interruptions, a guy can really get allot of work done. Got the outboard on and all hooked up and running!!!! It gave me a little trouble with overheating?? Don't know why, been sitting for 10 months, maybe the tstats were sticky?? All good with that now though, got the thru-hull installed for the bilge pump, got the first coat of bilge coat on, just going to run to Home Depot for a small paint tray so I can get the first coat of Interdeck on the deck, will get that done today as well.

 

[parrisw]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Here she is running.

I don't know why it wont embed?? What am I doing wrong? I just paste the embed link usually and it works.

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

You need to fix your link

 

[mark1961]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Here she is running.

I don't know why it wont embed?? What am I doing wrong? I just paste the embed link usually and it works.

Worked fine for me.....just a heads up though, although it seemed to be pumping fine you didnt have that lower unit deep enough in the drink, you really want the pump to be submerged when running in a tank like that.....

 

[parrisw]

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Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Sorry here it is again. Don't youtube vids embed here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64rNB3SrZ8U

Got the deck painted out today as well, used Interdeck, and for the hull sides, just got some paint from Home Depot, I went with a lighter gray on the hull sides. Still need to paint up on the inside of the bow.

 

[Rob1975]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Can't wait to see her in action! Take a few vids please!

 

[parrisw]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Can't wait to see her in action! Take a few vids please!

I most definitely will!! I'm hoping it'll be a little faster then before, now that all the wet foam is out.

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

Re: 1964 Johnson Tri-Hull restore!

I youtube under share, options you have to use the longlink and then use the FilmStip icon in iBoats to attach it.