Screw it. I'll eat crow.

[Headless hula]

Waiting for hoses, polisher dude, etc. Sux waiting for others to do stuff.

 

[Jimmy]

Waiting for hoses, polisher dude, etc. Sux waiting for others to do stuff. View attachment 562190

Yeah agreed, progress is good up untill you have to get someone else involved.
Usually tee them up n get them started weeks before it needs to happen.

 

[Headless hula]

Got this pic from the polisher kid.
I had cleaned it up some , but I left grinding marks in it. They're gone now.

I'm dying to see the intake...

 

[Headless hula]

Upholstery shop today. Tore apart the old hatch to see what kind of shape the foam was in. It's actually in really good condition. Remember, this was original from 1996.

 

[Headless hula]

I've got the new plywood cut. I have to put the stunt motor back in to get the speaker pods placed correctly. They just miss the exhaust risers.

 

[Headless hula]

Stunt motor back in.

 

[Headless hula]

Laminated the bottom side with a single layer of 1808. Once it kicks off, I can locate the pods, filet them and tab them on permanently. I have to make a couple ribs to stiffen up the middle. Those will be between the exhaust risers and the intake plenum.

 

[Headless hula]

Hiding as many things as I can. I drilled and tapped a hole in the floor of the plenum, and another in the valley. Bushing fits snug, but the pcv valve won't be staring at me on the valve cover.

 

[Headless hula]

Should do the trick?

 

[Headless hula]

Looks better in here.

 

[Trash]

Looks better in here. View attachment 562603
View attachment 562604

Where did you end up putting the MAP sensor? Looks cool.

 

[Headless hula]

Mocking up the new hatch, and marking the location for speaker pods.

 

[Headless hula]

Where did you end up putting the MAP sensor? Looks cool.

Same as the pcv. Drilled a hole and spun a barb fitting in it. It'll be hidden between the runners.

 

[Headless hula]

Again using marglass to create a filet. Waiting for this to cure so I can finish it up without it moving.

 

[Headless hula]

Speaker pods just miss the exhaust risers. 😎

 

[coolchange]

Bitchen work. You thought about how to trim it ?

 

[Headless hula]

Bitchen work. You thought about how to trim it ?

As far as how to terminate the vinyl where it wraps around from the top? Yep. Going to run small strips of aluminum all the way around. I can't come up with anything else. I don't want to add another thickness of plywood, etc... any thoughts?

 

[Headless hula]

Finished up the holes for my dash panel this morning, and had a few odds and ends to finish on the seat bases.
They are getting painted tomorrow.

 

[Headless hula]

After work I cut out the bottom of the plenum.

 

[Jimmy]

Finished up the holes for my dash panel this morning, and had a few odds and ends to finish on the seat bases.
They are getting painted tomorrow. View attachment 564447

Good choice on dash. Im not a fan of my checker plate.
Did ya go SS or aluminium?

 

[Headless hula]

Good choice on dash. Im not a fan of my checker plate.
Did ya go SS or aluminium?

Thanks Jimmy. How's your boat coming along?
The switch panels are ss, I had those water jetted last year. The big panel is aluminum and it's getting painted Orange to match the stripes on the boat.

 

[coolchange]

As far as how to terminate the vinyl where it wraps around from the top? Yep. Going to run small strips of aluminum all the way around. I can't come up with anything else. I don't want to add another thickness of plywood, etc... any thoughts?

Cant see any other way. I see the tubes penetrate the hatch. Is that for enclosure volume? You're going to have to pinch down 2" of foam though?

 

[Headless hula]

Cant see any other way. I see the tubes penetrate the hatch. Is that for enclosure volume? You're going to have to pinch down 2" of foam though?

The pods do not penetrate the hatch. The pod side, or underside is getting sprayed with gelcoat, and the top will have foam and vinyl. I'm thinking where it wraps from the top around to the underside right at the four edges it'll get a narrow strip of aluminum as a termination bar. Ss machine screws into t-nuts.

Make sense?

 

[Jimmy]

Thanks Jimmy. How's your boat coming along?
The switch panels are ss, I had those water jetted last year. The big panel is aluminum and it's getting painted Orange to match the stripes on the boat.

Might wait n see how yours turns out then readdress mine after i get the seats recovered.
Painting its probably a good idea less glare in the sun.

Been on holidays so haven't had a chance to do much.
Just been waiting on a few cash jobs to come in so i can finish these exhausts.

 

[Headless hula]

Picked up my trailer from the sand blaster dude.

First order of business was to weld all the holes sgut from the old lights.
The new clearance lights I want to use need a 3/4" hole, and the existing were 7/8". So I cut up some small pieces and welded them in place behind the hole, then filled the void with weld. Made it flat with a flap disc on the 4"grinder.


I also welded all the old rivet holes shut, and ground those flat as well. All in, all done, it took an hour.

After finishing that up, I pulled it back outside, and set it up on some 55 gal drums to get the epoxy primed squirted on it.
The primer I used is a water born/amine based epoxy. It'll make for some great cross linking with the white axalta imron topcoat I'm applying tomorrow. The imron uses an isocyanate in it to cure it, and also give it it's durability qualities. Amines and isocyanates get along really well.

 

[coolchange]

Again using marglass to create a filet. Waiting for this to cure so I can finish it up without it moving. View attachment 562643
View attachment 562645

OK I get it. This is the bottom of the hatch. I thought those were on the deck side of the hatch and would have speakers mounted in them. Then you would have to trim around where the fillets are.

 

[cofooter]

Picked up my trailer from the sand blaster dude.

First order of business was to weld all the holes sgut from the old lights. View attachment 564624
The new clearance lights I want to use need a 3/4" hole, and the existing were 7/8". So I cut up some small pieces and welded them in place behind the hole, then filled the void with weld. Made it flat with a flap disc on the 4"grinder. View attachment 564627
View attachment 564628
View attachment 564629
I also welded all the old rivet holes shut, and ground those flat as well. All in, all done, it took an hour. View attachment 564630

After finishing that up, I pulled it back outside, and set it up on some 55 gal drums to get the epoxy primed squirted on it. View attachment 564631
The primer I used is a water born/amine based epoxy. It'll make for some great cross linking with the white axalta imron topcoat I'm applying tomorrow. The imron uses an isocyanate in it to cure it, and also give it it's durability qualities. Amines and isocyanates get along really well.

Looking good, just wondering what they charged to sandblast the trailer. Thanks!

 

[Jimmy]

Picked up my trailer from the sand blaster dude.

First order of business was to weld all the holes sgut from the old lights. View attachment 564624
The new clearance lights I want to use need a 3/4" hole, and the existing were 7/8". So I cut up some small pieces and welded them in place behind the hole, then filled the void with weld. Made it flat with a flap disc on the 4"grinder. View attachment 564627
View attachment 564628
View attachment 564629
I also welded all the old rivet holes shut, and ground those flat as well. All in, all done, it took an hour. View attachment 564630

After finishing that up, I pulled it back outside, and set it up on some 55 gal drums to get the epoxy primed squirted on it. View attachment 564631
The primer I used is a water born/amine based epoxy. It'll make for some great cross linking with the white axalta imron topcoat I'm applying tomorrow. The imron uses an isocyanate in it to cure it, and also give it it's durability qualities. Amines and isocyanates get along really well.

Im not sure what ud use now with the primer already on but I wiped the whole trailer down with acetone before the top coats. Like even the oil from ya finger prints come through.

 

[Headless hula]

Looking good, just wondering what they charged to sandblast the trailer. Thanks!

$325.00 cash. I pulled everything off except for the wheels. He removed those.

 

[Headless hula]

Got it squirted this morning.

 

[Headless hula]

Put the wagon up in the house garage to cure.
Ran down to see the painter.
Did final wash on the intake. 😉

 

[SBMech]

You are going to want to flip the PCV valve bud.

They only work correctly in the vertical plane.

 

[Headless hula]

You are going to want to flip the PCV valve bud.

They only work correctly in the vertical plane.


View attachment 564735

Just like it woud be installed in a valve cover right?

 

[SBMech]

View attachment 564736

Just like it woud be installed in a valve cover right?

Exactly :thumbsup

Your pic showed it upside down, You obviously knew better

 

[Gelcoater]

It's always interesting to stop in on this thread and see what sort of...shenanigans are going on.:cool

 

[Headless hula]

It's always interesting to stop in on this thread and see what sort of...shenanigans are going on.:cool

I think I have everything the way I want it now...

 

[Headless hula]

It's 1 1/2" 304 angle. First time I tried the pulse setting on my tig.

 

[Headless hula]

Gotta get wired to the speakers somehow. I cut a mousehole with a die grinder to let the 3/4" ss tube into the pods.

 

[Headless hula]

Made the bilge white, and glassed in the floor up front.

Floor section has a layer of 1808 on the underside, and I layed it in a bed of marglass. I'm about to laminate the top.

 

[Headless hula]

Backseat tomorrow.

 

[Singleton]

Wisconsin boat season June-August. What the F, get busy or your going to miss it again this year

 

[Headless hula]

Wisconsin boat season June-August. What the F, get busy or your going to miss it again this year

When are you visiting again?

 

[Headless hula]

Marglassed in. Couple of filets then tab it in.

 

[Headless hula]

Glassed, tabbed, sealed. Time to finish smoothing out some lumps in the floor, then gel. 🤘

 

[Headless hula]

Forgot the pic. Lol..

 

[Singleton]

When are you visiting again?

Have work meetings in July either in Chicago or Minneapolis. Either location will get to me to the family cabin in WI (Crandon) for the weekend before or after the meetings

 

[Headless hula]

Have work meetings in July either in Chicago or Minneapolis. Either location will get to me to the family cabin in WI (Crandon) for the weekend before or after the meetings

Metonga, Lucerne?

 

[Singleton]

Metonga, Lucerne?

Lucerne

 

[Headless hula]

Lucerne

🖒

 

[Headless hula]

Sneak peek at parts.