The saddle bag arrangement did not enter my mine until you mentioned that set up. Thank you so much for that idea. That will take the strain from the motor pulling from any distance and I can add some wire to the trolling motor cables and still run it up front. I was intending to install a flat...
The original tank was a metal behemoth that the previous owner let slide aound in front of the rear seat. My motor is an old Johnson 8 HP, I don't know if it will pull fuel from too awfully far, so I gave thought to putting it under the rear seat but that would (with me sitting there) put a lot...
Gentlemen, I have a question. My Ark. Traveler has only 11 inches behind rear seat to transom, and I can't put my gas tank back there. So, I'm asking if it would be more prudent to find a way to put it under the middle seat and run gas line back along the side to the motor. I don't want it...
I wish there was a way that I could stand it up. Unfortunately there isn't. I can't even get it off the trailer, well, I could get it off, but I worry that I couldn't get it back on. My mind still thinks I'm 30 but truthfully I just turned 74.
A lot of my grief came from the fact that the original transom went all the way to the floor. It appeared that the transom was put in then the stern plate was installed and riveted because it was all the way up under the cap, and I destroyed the cap getting the rotten wood out. There is even 2...
I have been giving it a great deal of thought, and I am leaning toward the pourable epoxy. I'm thinking that that would seal all those damnable holes but I was going to put rivets in them anyway, I am going to watch that video in a bit. I appreciate all knowledgeable help.
That's part of my problem. The old transom was exactly 1 inch, but the way it fit up under that lip, I had to bend the lip out to get it out. The metal brace from the floor to the transom would not budge. It had screws in the transom, but where it met the floor appeared to have been welded.I can...
As I took the numerous screws out, it became quite apparent that whoever replaced it last time had used all these screws to pull it tight against the back. Each one went through the aluminum back and halfway through the plywood, and were sealed with an acrylic sealer as they were tightened. I...
The transom was exactly 1 inch on the inside of the boat. There was another piece outside that was another inch. I can deal with that later. I just need to get that one replaced inside so that I can start redoing the interior of the old girl.
I had not thought of that remedy. I will presume that you are talking about BLIND rivets, so now I need to find some of those. Big ones those screws were almost a quarter inch.
That is the best option I have seen so far. I have a lot to do to get the old girl water ready. I had to nearly demolish the lip that was over the transom to get it out, not to mention, a previous owner had drilled holes all the way aroud the stern and put screws in. I have to fill those holes...