14' Meyers jon boat mods

[free jonboat]

a 9.9 merc for 50$, a bow mount troller for 75$, a TRAILER for 25$? man id love to shop where u do :lol:

 

[perchin]

a 9.9 merc for 50$, a bow mount troller for 75$, a TRAILER for 25$? man id love to shop where u do :lol:

Yeah, I do love living where there are around 15 lakes within a 10 mile radius of me. You would be amazed what people get rid of around here for :mrgreen:

Well I found my go to shop.... It's called Tracy's custom riverboats. Its just a small shop in Newago, if you seen the inside of this place.............(my goodness...wipe tear) its a grown man's toy shop!!!! You should see that man's custom built boats. Anyway they also do live wells, anchor guides, repairs, welding, etc. I found that someone did a hack job on a couple seams of my boat so I'm gonna have Tracy's weld up everything they find that is bad and stiffin up the boat. Also gonna rehab the transom and beef it up a little.

This needs some attention

 

[perchin]

Made a little bit of progress with the little bit of time I can get each night. Removed the old transom, side arms, and seat tops. the styrofoam was shot and pulverized in there.

 

[perchin]

Question, will the blue sheets of styrofoam from a home center work for flotation?
I really hate the idea of taking all the time to clean something to make such an unsightly mess with the mix and pour stuff.:shock: Any help would be great.

 

[perchin]

So I was supposed to be roofing this morning but my buddy's that were supposed to be here, got to drunk last night and are running late. So I did a little bit of work on the boat.



I ended up needing to replace the impeller and rehab the carb.

Drilling out the rivets holding in the seats.

"Don't worry dad, I'll get any mice in there out!!!"

Still on the hunt

The other helper!

 

[perchin]

So I have been having an epic battle with mother nature and managed to get the upper hand for about an hour tonight. When I removed the rear seat, that damaged seam really showed its true colors :shock: . Anyone have any ideas on how to straighten out this transom? I'm thinkng maybe two pieces of wood, one on each side, then sandwich them with multiple C-clamps?

 

[perchin]

I'm still at a loss guys, your input would be warmly welcomed. I still can't seem to get the transom straightened out. I tried using two boards and a wedge piece to bend it back with no luck. It goes past straight, and when I release the C-clamps, it just goes back to its bent form. :twisted: Here are some pictures to give you an idea of what I did, In order.

tightened them up till transom went a little past straight.

here is the wedge on the furthest out part of the bend.

and when all released, it just goes back to crap!!

 

[Troutman3000]

I must have a meyers too because I have that same piece attached to the transom.

 

[Troutman3000]

I got a wiene dog like that too.

YOu need to get the transom welded to reapir it. I am not sure that you can make that fix yourself. Once its connected to the other side it should straighten out. Did you try hammering it a bit?

 

[perchin]

Yeah... I was afraid of that. I also beleive you have a Meyers. There is one that looks identical to yours just down the road from me, and it is a meyers. Hammer is not doing the trick either. I'm getting to the point I might just scrap this one. It is full of defects, and I didn't pay nothing for it.

 

[Troutman3000]

Yeah... I was afraid of that. I also beleive you have a Meyers. There is one that looks identical to yours just down the road from me, and it is a meyers. Hammer is not doing the trick either. I'm getting to the point I might just scrap this one. It is full of defects, and I didn't pay nothing for it.

Find one that you can mod man. That one looks shot. You will probably spend more on fixing it that its worth. Sell the aluminum for scrap.

 

[caveman]

Perchin,
Looking at your boat if you can wield then you may be able to make it work as for me i can't wield ..............
So that wouldn't work...
Look at cash in it now and cash in it after it is finished and is it worth it only you can answer that....

Mike

 

[perchin]

Well............. Today I have decided to call it quits on the ol' girl. She's from the 50's and has served her purpose. I'm picking up a different boat tonight.
Kinda sucks that I bought 3-50 packs of solid aluminum rivets :roll: , the rest of the stuff will go on the new boat.

 

[Troutman3000]

RIP.....