Funds Brave restore thread

[fund razor]

So, in essence..what Fundy is telling us..is that performance boat ownership is a grind... after doing my transom..I would say I agree...if my resin bucket could be considered performance...

I want to buy my way into the tribe.

I am hoping that the carbide fallout in the neighborhood helps get everything sparkly clean. :blush5::leaving:

 

[fund razor]

I wish I could just call Angle Grinder Man and have him cut that dam tank out.

 

[phragle]

tequila and power tools...happy 4th of july!

 

[fund razor]

tequila and power tools...happy 4th of july!

Ok, the top is off. Dam they build these tanks well. I know why they call them "baffles" now. Because I am not completely sure how to get them out. Perhaps the Russian wheels can sacrifice themselves to the welds. At least I found some freaking corrosion at the rear bottom seam. I was starting to think that I was pulling this tank as a pratice drill. :blush5:

 

[phragle]

BIG hammer...swiing at baffle, it will deform, and welds will break...

 

[fund razor]

BIG hammer...swiing at baffle, it will deform, and welds will break...

I remember our chatting about that yesterday.... but I have a new idea.

I am cutting out the center baffle but not the ends. I am cutting the width of the tank just inside each remaining baffle. (Cutting the center, largest section. I will then fold the center section inward and remove it. Then I will use the remaining baffles to assist in working the ends out of the corners. That will give me something to grab. It lets me makes less cuts and less complex cuts. I can always revert to cutting if something won't give. I got the entire remaining parts of the top off and cut the center baffle with two DeWalt wheels.

I am eating some Jimmy John's gourmet sandwhich and will return to the cutting momentarily. Umm. Roast Beef.

 

[fund razor]

btw.... I found some suspicious looking areas in the rear. Some corrosion and what looks like a hairline crack in a bottom weld.

 

[phragle]

Jimmy john rocks!! I turned Dave onto them even... just wish there sandwhiches were double the size....

 

[Ratickle]

May be a dumb idea, but if it is that bad to get out of the boat, caouldn't you just have a smaller one built that will fit inside it?

 

[fund razor]

May be a dumb idea, but if it is that bad to get out of the boat, caouldn't you just have a smaller one built that will fit inside it?

A) not in my opinion.

B) not and get the gas out from under it and the bad foam.

C) did we mention that this was an apache?

I could have cut the boat, but I decided to cut the tank. And yes, there was gas under it. Yes it was leaking. Frankly... if Bill had not had engine problems... I wonder if it would have come loose after a few hits and put him in danger. This was a ticking time bomb. I am glad that I noticed that little trail of unexplained gas in the bilge during painting. If liquid is where it should not be, and Moses is not standing there with a stick... it's a leak.

 

[fund razor]

I am not sure if they should let people have boats around salt water.

 

[Ratickle]

If liquid is where it should not be, and Stecz is not standing there with a stick... it's a leak.

I knew you liked him, but that was a rumor......:sifone:

 

[fund razor]

This appears to be a case of salt water intrusion into the foam, which allowed corrosion to continue in the abscence of air. The tank looked ok inside. On the foam side it is a wreck. Pitted, thin, crumbly.

 

[fund razor]

Ok, break time is over.

 

[phragle]

if your finding the foam side..there must be progress, and you must be feeling much better about your discision...

 

[fund razor]

if your finding the foam side..there must be progress, and you must be feeling much better about your discision...

It was the right thing to do. In fact.... guys with 80s offshore boats, especially in salt water should do their tanks whether they "need it" or not.... cause believe me... you probably need it.

 

[fund razor]

Phragle helped me get it to this point:

 

[fund razor]

The top looked ok, and the inside looked ok... so I was like.... wtf???

But.... here it was with the center baffle out.

 

[fund razor]

Then the top side section so I could gauge depth of cut

 

[fund razor]

Then I cut the center. Freaked me out when gas started coming from the cut like Jed Clampett.