derekdiruz
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I just picked up a 1967 MonArk 1448. There’s loads of bondo and JB weld on the bottom of it. Decided to tackle one issue at a time with it, and took it to the welder last week. Had ground off a lot of Jb weld and had appropriate patches welded in place where needed.
Brought it home and filled it with water to check. There’s probably 2 dozen seriously leaky rivets. Has anyone replaced that many with good success? The bottom of the hull was beat up pretty good at some point and many of the rivets are at the point i don’t think rebucking them is a good option.
I was thinking I’d use sealed pop rivets with washers as necessary. I’d also apply 5200 as i Installed them. Does anyone see an issue with this? They’re spread over the hull and not particularly concentrated to any area on the boat. I feel like I’d be more confident using pop rivets than solid rivets with this, though I have some on hand and have done those before.
Thoughts?
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Brought it home and filled it with water to check. There’s probably 2 dozen seriously leaky rivets. Has anyone replaced that many with good success? The bottom of the hull was beat up pretty good at some point and many of the rivets are at the point i don’t think rebucking them is a good option.
I was thinking I’d use sealed pop rivets with washers as necessary. I’d also apply 5200 as i Installed them. Does anyone see an issue with this? They’re spread over the hull and not particularly concentrated to any area on the boat. I feel like I’d be more confident using pop rivets than solid rivets with this, though I have some on hand and have done those before.
Thoughts?
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