RickK's 170 rebuild

[RickK]

Servicing the tank will be a major undertaking anyway since there is no coffin lid in the floor.  Been through the checklist twice or more already

[dburr]

Fill fitting bonding wire..     I still feel bad for Christian!

[Blue Agave]

Servicing the tank will be a major undertaking anyway since there is no coffin lid in the floor.  Been through the checklist twice or more already

Rick, with your skilled craftsmanship I'm surprised you did not build a fuel cell/coffin lid into your project.

[wingtime]

A coffin lid wouldn't be that hard to build.

[gran398]

Going with the boys here. Had the same decision on ours.... Farley convinced me of the many benefits.

Not to play devil's advocate...but a faulty hose, bad fitting, pinhole anywhere...its Skilsaw time :(

[RickK]

Started on the toe kick design and implementation.  Cut 3 1/2" off the bottom of the console and glued/screwed/doweled a piece of 3/4 ply on the bottom to start the turn for the toe kick.  I'll round everything with a router in the morning. There will be a 2 3/4" deep toe kick all the way around and it will be 2 3/4" high.


I added wood to the helm side of the console for the toe kick.  The helm side will still be open to the sole.  Had to belt sand the ply on the sides - seems the jigsaw had a little angle to it when I cut the bottom off the console  :(

[RickK]

I had some extra putty from gluing in the wood on the helm side and that allowed me to lay a fillet on the seat/backrest to connect them - one day at a time....

[RickK]

Going with the boys here. Had the same decision on ours.... Farley convinced me of the many benefits.

Not to play devil's advocate...but a faulty hose, bad fitting, pinhole anywhere...its Skilsaw time :(

Of course there will be access ports to the connections of the tanks - both ends.

[dburr]

I saw that you are going for front access for batteries etc.. Where are those cuts going to go and do you plan on a lip on the inside to keep the water out?

Really nice progress!!!

I stared at that seat fillet for like a minute.  My wife saw the look in my eye and strolled over and glanced over my shoulder.. "Damn Aquanet" is what I heard as she walked away....

[RickK]

I saw that you are going for front access for batteries etc.. Where are those cuts going to go and do you plan on a lip on the inside to keep the water out?

From a previous post:
What I'm going to do is lay glass/cloth across the seat/back the way it is and bring the glass over the edge about 2".  If you look at the 74/75 170's, they had a opening hatch that was the seat and backrest to gain access to the inside of the console  - so I'm making a retro hatch like that. Not sure why they stopped making that access - probably for the baitwell that became the standard under the seat. Only difference is I'm going over the sides of the console a bit.  Now I need to find the latches to do it.
http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2716&title=as-170-sales-sheet1-19&cat=552

Really nice progress!!!

Any progress is nice progress on a rebuild of this magnitude  

I stared at that seat fillet for like a minute.  My wife saw the look in my eye and strolled over and glanced over my shoulder.. "Damn Aquanet" is what I heard as she walked away....

 Seems there are only a special few women that want to spent a few hours on this site looking through the rebuilds - I have approved a few lately that are probably lurking now as we type.  
More to come tomorrow - love these three day weekends.  Would love it more to be out on the water but I have to get this done.  :cry:

[gran398]

Damn Aquanet

Rick, take a second look at the tank hatch. In the scheme of things, just a bit more money. You've gone this far, and your build features synthetic materials.

Go with the hatch. The deck isn't in.

You can easily incorporate a tank hatch on your 170.

[wingtime]

Rick,  Your planning on keeping this boat forever.... So you might as well spend just a tad more of your time to make it perfect.

[Blue Agave]

Another vote for the fuel cell/coffin lid.  

[RickK]

I screwed and glued everything together and then after a 30min wait, removed the screws, routed and doweled the base onto the console.

[RickK]

All the screws will be replaced with wood dowels


I think it is looking sweet - I tested my toes under it after I connected it all and my wife came out at that time and of course had to make sure her toes fit right - hers fit better of course.  
Tomorrow I will start glassing it all in.  I have to grind the console skin down 12:1 and then a lot of build up to get it all ready. Gonna be sweet.  Lost a little battery room but I'll figure it out.