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Caught my first fish on the new boat a few days ago, a nice large mouth bass at Saguaro Lake, AZ. Today I started working on the Fish Finder (Eagle Fish Mark 500) and the Trolling Motor (40 Tracker Motor Guide). The previous owner had them installed so im going to follow his lead and just...

Thanks! No to the foam sheets, its in there pretty secure with the floorboard sitting on top of it.

Well i'm not going to say that she is done, but she floats and is fishable! I took her out to Saguaro on Saturday, had a few problems with getting the bilge pump to turn on, a wire or fuze must have come loose while I was mounting the fuze box. She leaks from somewhere and I had to keep an eye...

Put the battery in the boat and she fired right up! Motor hasnt ran in 3 or 4 years, took a little bit of carb choke cleaner, fresh fuel tank, fresh fuel, cleaned the inline fuel filter and she is a runner! Getting her registered on Friday and hopefully ill be out at the lake and in the water on...

Felt a great sense of accomplishment last night once I got the seats mounted and sat down to have a beer, almost ready to put her in the water! Taking the battery to get charged and going to be working on the aft deck area today, wish me luck, lots of cursing in my future.

Just put the scupper into the floorboard, mounted the floorboard, mounted the console, currently taking a beer break then about to get to work on the cover for the steering cables and then mount the seats. Tomorrow ill have to buy more long rivets, 3/8 blind rivets and continue riveting the...

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Yes, after pulling out the foam I used a heavy bristle nylon brush, a scouring pad, a wire brush on the end of my drill, and a sanding pad on the end of my drill. I vacuumed along the way to ensure I kept a clean working area, I removed the old glue from the panels with the sanding pad and wire...

Its been a busy holiday season with lots of traveling, but im back and back to work on the boat. The seats are at the upholstery shop and Ive ordered a large piece of carpeting for the main deck, ill pick up the carpet and seats on Tuesday and get them put in this week/weekend. I need to find a...

mrmr56 - I apologize for the delay in posting. I am attaching photos of the repairs. I removed the ribs, had a friend weld the cracks, I added the pieces of aluminum which we riveted between the hull and the rib and ran them up the sides of the boat. We applied 3M 5200 to the rivets and between...

Ill take a few pictures of the repair and get them posted for you too see.

Same boat I have, looks like you have a fun project on your hands! Good luck with the rebuild, keep the pictures coming.

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All, I am at the point in the rebuild where I want to add some storage in the bow section of my 17ft Bass Tracker. Has anyone found a sight that sells the metal or plastic framing so that I can add the storage much like the newer boats have? Id like to find a similar compartment to what is found...

Ive got pretty much the same boat the 17ft Tracker, I am going to be getting to work on my rebuild portion starting this morning. I see that your had a lot of custom work done to it by the previous owner. Have you found any cracks along your hull? Did your plumbing and wiring all work before you...

Hello all, Ive been away for awhile, busy with work etc... But today is a day off and im off to Lowes to pick up some supplies, the Blue Poly foam, 1/2 plywood for the deck, Blind Rivets. Ill be doing wiring checks for lights, ensuring my plumbing and bilge pumps work, and ordering the expanding...

I have been away for awhile, but the project continues. The Ribs and supports have been sealed (5200) riveted back into place. I paid about $22 a tube at West Marine for the 5200, bought the rivets from Grainger (ill give you price and size of the rivets when I get home later), paid a friend to...

The cracks have been welded ($100) and the rivets are on order. As soon as they arrive I will start riveting the ribs back into place, I picked up the 3M 5200 to use as my sealant $22 per tube at West Marine. Ive been discussing spray lining the entire interior hull, I may do that to seal it...

This is the epoxy McMasterCarr suggested I use to secure the aluminum strengthening supports to the hull and the ribs to the strengthening supports. https://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/119/3394/=o8jdgr

Bubenhee, Buckethead, Magoo - as of now I havent spent more than a few dollars on things. In the next few days ill be looking into purchasing a 2 part bonding adhesive to place between the ribs and the hull and onto each rivet prior to being bucked. I need to buy solid rivets, pay my welder...