RickK's 170 rebuild

[dburr]

If the Admiral sees this, aaahhhhh,,, NO, My sincerest apologies, MUST have been someone else's!!!    (Juz tryin to help a brother out!!)

Was in the barn tripping over two pumps that followed me home from the dump, yes that is my story and I am sticking to it!  :x   that are/were destined to become vacuum pumps, and that made me think of the one that someone MIGHT   have posted... Just wonderin how it worked out...

[RickK]

It seemed to work fine but I was, and still am, a neophyte at using it.  It worked good on the fuel tank cover but when I tried to tackle the sole bagging whooped me - too many leaks.  I will be using it on woodworking after the boat is done in 201....

[CLM65]

I will be using it on woodworking after the boat is done in 201....

Well, at least that is a "1" and not a "2".

[Aquasport Commodore]

I will be using it on woodworking after the boat is done in 201....

Well, at least that is a "1" and not a "2".

Or when the local supply house runs out of glass and resin  


     

[RickK]

Well, we decided it was time to adopt a rescue puppy to fill the void that my wife perceived as being here.  Anyway, life has taken away my vacation where I planned to knock out a huge chunk of the remaining part of my rebuild and turned it into puppy sitting     She's a nice little lab mix puppy with a tazmanean side that has my arms looking like a pincushion.  She'll grow out of it I hope.
I have still been plodding along when I had a few minutes, on the rebuild.  I spent a lot of time fairing the transom liner and it is almost done.  Some pinholes still prevail.
I needed to get the shelf made for inside the front of the liner and installed before I roll the liner back into the boat.  It was quite a challenge since I have fuel and vent lines and also a wire chase tube all coming through the shelf.  It took some cardboard and an hour to make a template of the area where it'll fit - lots of angles in there to add to the complexity. I made the shelf from Plascore. Here is a pic where I tacked it in place with 5min epoxy and some 1708 strips.


I needed access below the shelf so I cut a 6" pie into the shelf.


This pie will allow me access to the front eye - I will epoxy the pie to the shelf when I install it permanently.


I tabbed it in with 1708 and epoxy - closing any voids around the plumbing.




I still have 2 weeks left to try and get some work done on the boat.  Next is to roll the liner back into the boat and tab it all in.

[dburr]

Before the liner goes in Rick are you going to dry fit the bow eye to figure out how many different ways to drop the wrench there will be?  When done, it looks like there will be hardly any room to swing one and more then one spot to lose it   ..

Nice progress too!

[slvrlng]

This kind of tight, no access, can't get a wrench on it is why for Christmas I am getting one of these.

http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-3-8- ... ockType=G1

[RickK]

Before the liner goes in Rick are you going to dry fit the bow eye to figure out how many different ways to drop the wrench there will be?  When done, it looks like there will be hardly any room to swing one and more then one spot to lose it   ..

Nice progress too!

LOL, how true.  Anyway,  I plan to mount the the eye prior to dropping in the liner and then after I flip it will loosen it up from the out side a bit (I bought an extra long eye for the front) to work around.  The new hatch I made in the casting deck will also allow me to get to the eye (or retrieve a wrench   ).  I will hang some webbing from the underside around the hatch to put stuff in.

[larsli68]

Nice work Rick!
Congratulations to the puppy. I know the feeling. We have two cats. The second cat also filled a void I was not aware of... ;)
But on the other hand, the boat fills a void too...

[dirtwheelsfl]

Looking good!      Where will the fill n vent go?

[RickK]

Thanks Lars and Chris.  The fill and vent combo will be just aft of where the hoses are, on the outside "flat" of the gunnel, so it'll curve nicely into the combo.  I have an anti-burp device to add to the vent too.

[CLM65]

Looking good Rick.  I am at the beginning of a 2 week vacation, during which I had planned to at least get the bottom paint off my boat.  Unfortunately the boss had different plans...I am now learning how to install a paver patio .

[dburr]

Craig you have my condolences!!

Lew that wench is a take off on the old Yankee screw driver and will look good under the tree! Lucky!!!

Good deal on the webbing Rick, it would be a total pisser to listen the a socket rattling in that nice clean bildge..

[RickK]

Looking good Rick.  I am at the beginning of a 2 week vacation, during which I had planned to at least get the bottom paint off my boat.  Unfortunately the boss had different plans...I am now learning how to install a paver patio .

As I was reading this I was thinking "don't tell me you got a puppy too"  
Hopefully it's a small patio and it'll leave some time to work on the boat  

[RickK]

Good deal on the webbing Rick, it would be a total pisser to listen the a socket rattling in that nice clean bildge..

I am somewhat tempted to put a 1/2" mesh "something" across the front of the big section of 3" PVC (split in half) where it goes through the fuel tank coffin, at the front.  That way if something did get down in there I could grab it easier than without it.  Just have to find something that would work.