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Don't do this at home:
I would go with a 3 arm puller.. and hair dryer on the plastic center hub of the wheel... when you get it good and warm wack the center post with a hammerThanks. Yeah, that thought crossed my mind. I’ll keep gently trying to pb blaster it off but may need to do that.
Really appreciate the input and detail. I think restoring it in place will be fine, just a little more bending of me while working on it.On the puncture repair, I believe I would go with a scab patch.
Welded or just riveted with a back-butter of 5200 would probably be fine, too.
It seems to be a time proven approach -even below the waterline- by folks on other forums.
In fact, given the location, I would probably get a little creative with the shape of the patch, too. lol
Also fwiw, nice decision on the wheel. I've been unfortunate on a couple and had to rebuild more than I wanted to.
It also looks to be an Attwood design on the mount, though. You may be able to separate the clamshell behind the wheel and drop the entire assembly.
I don't think the shaft goes through the dash on that one. (only the upper clam is attached to the dash)
I may be wrong, though. I've slept since my wheel work.
Completing the paint removal and registration for your 65-year-old boat is a significant milestone. Best of luck finessing the bow repair and setting up the trailer support bunks for the seats and dash work.Still nibbling away at the paint removal. I've gotten the other side mostly done. Need to clean that up a bit and then move onto the transom. Need to also make sure the trailer support bunks are set right so I can get in the boat while on the trailer to work on the seats and dash. Walked the paperwork through and all registration is set and clean for both the boat and trailer. I've owned a lot of boats but this is the oldest at 65 years old. I think that's kind of cool. Just don't see too many of these oldies around.
And, yeah, still chewing on how to finesse that bow wound. Not so sure about eyes.
Thanks! Yeah, getting to this point has been a bit of work. All paperwork is done, boat is legal and now just working on getting it pretty and functional.Completing the paint removal and registration for your 65-year-old boat is a significant milestone. Best of luck finessing the bow repair and setting up the trailer support bunks for the seats and dash work.
Thanks! It's coming along. I dig the lines of these old survivors. This one was almost lost. It was dying a slow ignored death behind the house of the previous owner; full of water, leaves, and rusting steel flotation boxes.That's gonna be one sweet ride when you're done with it.
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