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Agreed, I enjoyed rebuilding the old Isuzu 2cyl diesel in my boat. I don't think the A4 will even need to be replaced. Even if there is internal rust from being submerged, the bottom end is probably fine. Rusted cylinders can be honed easily enough, and if the valves are rusted they can be cleaned a...

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It helps to have your boat as close as possible to your house when you are refitting. Saves a lot of transportation time and expense. If you have a place to keep your boat on a trailer, that might be a big help to your project. The trailer my Triton is on will be for sale soon if you are interested.

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After you get the water out of the boat, you should make sure the exterior of the motor is dry, especially the electrical connections. Get a working battery, remove the spark plugs, and crank the motor to expel any water that is inside the cylinders, then spray wd-40 or pour in some marvel mystery o...

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You have a water tank replacement on your list. I still have the fiberglass tank so my water might taste nasty also. What I'm going to try is running an inline water filtration system, which I'll want anyways since I have rainwater collection setup from one of the deck drains. I'll let you know how ...

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Water above the cabin sole wouldn't be a total disaster. If the cabin sole rotted you can always chop it out and drop it a few inches for more headroom. I did that on my Triton and also replaced the sole in the head with a teak grating that drains to the bilge so I can shower in the head. My budget ...

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I used white oak bedded with thickened epoxy, then glassed it in with epoxy. My boat has metal brackets the motor rests on, kinda like the L shaped plate your motor mount is sitting on except on mine they are T shaped, and I used a bed of 5200 with lag screws to attach those to the glassed in suppor...

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Parts could be stripped and sold for way more than $1,000, not even including scrap value of the lead keel, aluminum masts, etc. However, some owners will sell boats very cheaply or even give them away just because they want someone to bring it back to life again.

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I'll be launching my Triton by lowering the trailer down a long ramp using a tow strap. Got a 1/4" thick heavy stainless hinge from McMaster and welded on stainless plates that fit over the mast step and hinge support base, with the hinge screwed into the base of the mast using 6 countersunk 1/...

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Here's a shot of the v-berth overhead lining. It's a bit splotchy looking at the moment after coating with epoxy. The cedar really sucks up epoxy. Needs another round of sanding, final coat of epoxy, light sanding, then varnish. The ugly piece of plywood is just temporarily covering the hatch to kee...

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Yeah it's a notch to allow for a vertical beam where the bar top is to be mounted. It's going in the starboard fore corner of the cabin. There will be rosewood trim around the edges. The copper came from a 17"x 12' roll of sheet copper I got from a local industrial surplus yard. There were smal...

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Not rivets, they are just #6 brass round head wood screws, but it's hard to see with the small image size. The copper is mounted on plywood with the brass screws and polyurethane liquid nails holding it down. Procedure is to clean the copper ( I used Wright's copper cream followed by water and aceto...

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Made this bar top from copper sheet metal, map stencil, and a few chemicals. Ocean is copper patina, and the whole thing is covered in clear lacquer.

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Are they hairline cracks or something worse? Is this a cored area that you're working on? Prior to the repairs was there any water leaking in through fittings or cracks? In my case I know there was a bit of moisture in the core, but the coach top wasn't soft or soggy at all, so I didn't recore it. I...

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Nice looking grab rails. I think the gel coat cracking might be from moisture trapped beneath. I've had minor issues with hairline cracks in the new paint on the coach top which is the only area I didn't recore.

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My boat didn't have a liner so I installed reflectix insulation in between furring strips screwed and epoxied to the fiberglass, and then covered it all with cedar strips. The cedar strips are then sanded smooth, filing any gaps with cedar dust thickened epoxy. I'm using epoxy to seal the wood, and ...

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Heh, yeah I meant before the torch. I often use a rasp to knock off any dried epoxy runs before sanding. Ought to work for bubbles as well. Don't see many bubbles with the SC100 epoxy I'm using though. Good stuff and cheap at $50/gallon.

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A rasp might knock off those bubbles without digging into the epoxy if you use light pressure.

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Documentary about four people fixing up a Pearson 30 on a shoestring budget and sailing south for adventure.

http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/hold-f ... ument.html

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I like the darker color on the deck and the lighter color for the non-skid.

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This looks like what you want:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#circular-saw-blades/=ihldmw

Fast-Cut Carbide-Grit-Edge Blades for Nonmetals

Part #
4021A16

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Small Flojet washdown pump for $30. http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/p ... ber=G18959

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Various burs aka rotary files. Great for trimming fiberglass and wood in tight places and for taking sharp edges off metals.

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I can sell you some at my cost, I'd just need to find some small glass vials to ship it in. You'd probably want enough for 2 coats, so 50ml ought to cover that. I don't want to sell too much of the material, because I'm using it for a variety of purposes on my boat, but I could certainly spare enoug...

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I only used 25ml for coating the portlights. It's a 4:1 mix resin to catalyst. I use plastic syringes from the grocery store pharmacy to measure small amounts.

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Haven't had them coated long enough to determine coating life. PSX-700 is a polysiloxane epoxy that adheres much more strongly to metals than polyurethane or epoxy and its resistant to UV so it won't yellow. I chose it because I read that US Navy and coast guard are using it for coating metals on th...

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They look nice. Are you going to clear coat the nice shiny bronze or let a patina develop?

For my portlights I clear coated all the bronze with psx-700 except for the exterior facing part of frame that holds the glass, so there will be a small ring of patina around the glass for contrast.

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You can polish aluminum with high grit sandpaper, or one of the automotive aluminum polishing compounds. Starting grit depends on the aluminum surface you are polishing. Wet sanding works best on soft metal, and you may want to do it by hand. I'd try buffing compound first, and if that brightens the...

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Can't you just use a 3/8" pipe elbow with a 1/2" hose adapter threaded onto it?

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Wire wheel on an angle grinder works well.

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I think you might be better off taking enough material off to remove the cup and allowing room for covering the wood with a layer of fiberglass, and then fairing it to fit. I'm afraid you might get delamination between the wood kerfs and your reinforced epoxy. Stiffening the epoxy filler is not the ...

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Angle grinder with flap disk or wire brush, or belt sander with 36 grit would get through the paint way faster. Contact the manufacturer of the paint you'll be using to see what they say about the need to remove the old paint.

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Muriatic won't hurt the glass.

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I removed all the chrome with the glass in place. Didn't see a reason to remove the glass. For the gaskets I cast new gaskets in places with silicone mold making material, and they are water tight. I think James Baldwin has some extra gasket material of the hollow square type that was originally use...

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Already is painted. Clear polysiloxane. Exhaust riser is painted with silver high temp paint, and is now wrapped in fiberglass thermal wrap. Fasteners are coated with a thin layer of marine anti-seize. After I run the motor enough to make sure nothing leaks, I'll degrease the motor and paint a 2nd c...

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Diesel motor is now operational. Fires up nicely after letting the glow plugs heat up.

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Here's the table full of stock. 20120611_112033s.jpg Up to 2 1/2" diameter material. 20120611_112155s.jpg Found a large bar. 20120611_113352s.jpg Some shorter pieces. 20120611_112041s.jpg 20120611_112112s.jpg I tried to buy one of these large bronze props for decorative purposes but the owner o...

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Won't be able to fit much of anything in a small USPS box. If I remember correctly most of the stock is over 1 foot long. I already have some large USPS boxes that are the size for shipping board games, so they are long and skinny. That's probably your best bet. Weight limit for large USPS box is 70...

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OK, I'll go down there and take some photos so you can let me know what you're most interested in. Most of the material doesn't have the alloy marked, but some does. I know there are some nice pieces of aluminum bronze. I was thinking of using a few for new chain plates if I decide to replace mine.

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Sounds good, thanks for the kind offer. If you don't already have the materials on hand, the industrial surplus yard near me has a variety of bronze rod and bar stock sold for $3 per pound. I could get the correct sized materials for the adapters I need and some send some extra material if you're in...

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Cranked the motor with the starter and compression is nicely above specs. Built a glow plug circuit last night. Gotta test that, and if the glow plugs are operational, almost time for first start.

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Nice work! How did you bore the interior hole? Drill press before the lathe? Is this CNC or manual? I have the same issue on my motor except it's worse because the heat exchanger, raw water pump, and siphon break all have different hose sizes. I'm using the plastic barb adapters made by Marine East ...

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Yeah I think larger photo sizes would benefit the forum. If server space and bandwidth is an issue, maybe just raise it to 500kb. Even that would allow for a lot more detail visibility. Although this forum doesn't get much traffic, so it seems doubtful that hosting limits are in danger of being exce...

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Pisces 27 with most of the accessories installed. Almost ready to fire up the diesel. Had to do a variety of fun things like weld a stud to the block to repair the broken boss for the alternator tensioning bracket, fabricate a bracket for the heat exchanger, build a new exhaust riser, cut new alumin...

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Here are photos of the finished hatches ready for installation.
Vberth hatch.

Sliding companionway hatch.

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Carl you bring up an interesting point. I agree with the concern of plywood rotting, although with epoxy sealed marine plywood and properly bedded hardware I think that is easily mitigated. On the structural aspect, that is something I thought about considerably, and had a difficult time selecting t...

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Weld looks fine to me. I'm no expert welder, but I've been teaching myself welding. I took some work that looked worse than that to a welding shop for feedback and advice, and they told me my welds were fine. Totally functional, and the welds get prettier with practice. The metal in the weld is gene...

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Cleanup of difficulty of polysulfide might vary depending on the deck paint, not sure on that one. I've found it easy to cleanup when uncured using a nylon bristle brush dipped in mineral spirits. That takes away the stickiness of the polysulfide, and allows the loose material to be wiped up with a ...

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Blender is free and there are some add-ons with additional CAD features.

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I just attached all my stanchions last week. Don't really see an advantage to the rubber pads. Bedding compound (polysulfide) is a type of rubber and it should help distribute the load. I tapped the holes in the deck for the machine screws, and used plywood backer plates and tightened the machine sc...

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It's mahogany sides with plywood top for a base. Then a layer of fiberglass over all that. Next I cut thin rosewood strips from some scraps I obtained, 1/4" on sides, 1/8" on the top. Attached the sides first with rosewood dust thickened epoxy. Trimmed the rosewood strips for the top to fi...

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