Recent content by CatfishJay1119

The inside of the boat has about 90% of the paint removed the weather has been pretty crummy the past few days so I haven't been able to work on it like I wanted to. Since all of the rain we've had I decided to take the boat off the trailer and flip it over for several reasons. The first is...

Also note in the pictures above more paint is gone than it appears. The evening haze caused some more haze ](*,)

Buddy excuse my ignorance I feel like a total dummy I'm familiar with the idler knob. I'm use to throttle controls not tiller. On my motor its called a primer and you can adjust the idle speed so it just didn't register in my mind. Learned a good bit today went by AutoZone and picked up...

Thanks fishingmich the motor itself was well worth what I paid for the boat. I agree with you on the revving part its really the only downside for me. I was doing some brainstorming tonight about the bow bracket and the two rear ones they have a handle design that I absolutely cant stand...

Did more sanding this afternoon/evening. It feels like I'm almost pushing around crayon lol. Here are some pictures

Got up this morning took the boat to the pressure wash to clean it out the muck, a good chunk paint (meaning flakes) came out with it. I've stated sanding the inside using acetone 80-100 grit sandpaper and a stainless steel wire wheel on my grinder. It's a lot of work but most rewarding things...

Buddy, how large of a hole do you think the Alcoa could seal? I've got a hole a little smaller than a dime (rivet was once there just need to seal the hole) was wondering if it could get the job done.

First I want to give a great big thanks to shawnfish =D> for pointing something out to me about my cav plate being too low. It is two I plan on using a mini jack plate for smaller outboards to resolve that issue. Today it felt like a milestone was past I'm out of the demo phase and on to the...

Thanks for the insight Shawnfish I'm planning to reinforce it here in a few days its not quite as bad as the pictures look I've also got it inside the house with some extra support. I finally feel like I've made some progress. The top frame is off the transom is out and the front seat is...

Well haven't worked on the boat as much this past weekend ended up doing some jugging with friends Saturday :D. I'm continuing to make headway and this site has been invaluable to me. Thanks for all the great advice. Today I got the two rear corner brackets off and got a good look at the top...

Rivets are coming out now I'm drilling straight through the tail end to the head took out about 35 or so today got at least 60 more to do. I'm having to take more of the boat apart than previously thought. The top lining that gives the boat a flat surface on the edge is having to come off its...

I'm starting to get the rivets out. The way I'm doing is starting at the end of the rivet (opposite the head) and drilling straight through them with a bit one size larger that the rivet and they are coming right out. In my case using a Dewault 5/16 titanium but. I've gotten 35 out today got...

Thanks everyone for the advice. I'm going to try again this evening got to get more drill bits since I broke a few yesterday. To answer your question I'm removing all the bench seats out for cleaning and prep before painting. The first bench will be removed completely and decking will go...

Hello everyone I'm in the bit of a rivet predicament I'm having trouble removing them and any advice on what tools to use and proper technique would be a great help. I have a drill and bits, punches and hammer they are just not budging any advice would be appreciated :D. Also these look like...

Alrighty I've made progress got my motor stand completed so now can spend my attention to the boat here are some pics. Tomorrow's plan is to drill out the rivets holding the rotted wood down and drill out the rivets holding the bench seats. Little by little progress each day at least that's...