Belly Tank lid solution.

[reelapeelin]

Destroyer...thanks a ton for posting the pics!!......and conveying what I had in mine for everybody.

The starboard is a bulletproof material for this...easy to work and will hold a screw forever. Long ago I realised the cap was seperating from the hull on my old '74...I installled starboard strips inside the hull, pulled the cap down in place and ran screws thru cap and hull and into the starboard...then ran 4200 all the way around the gap...lotta work but it stopped the water intrusion and was still solid as a rock til I let her go many years later

The couple of places that don't have a cleat have that hard material too...It'll take a grinding wheel on the sidegrinder to get these done

And thanks for the reminder about the rubber isolators between the wood crossmemebers and aluminum tank...I knew there was SOMETHING missing!!


Thanks again Paul...see ya soon!...

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

Destroyer...thanks a ton for posting the pics!!......and conveying what I had in mine for everybody.

The starboard is a bulletproof material for this...easy to work and will hold a screw forever. Long ago I realised the cap was seperating from the hull on my old '74...I installled starboard strips inside the hull, pulled the cap down in place and ran screws thru cap and hull and into the starboard...then ran 4200 all the way around the gap...lotta work but it stopped the water intrusion and was still solid as a rock til I let her go many years later

The couple of places that don't have a cleat have that hard material too...It'll take a grinding wheel on the sidegrinder to get these done

And thanks for the reminder about the rubber isolators between the wood crossmemebers and aluminum tank...I knew there was SOMETHING missing!!


Thanks again Paul...see ya soon!...

You're very welcome Oz. Need to get brakes done and oil changed and should be ready to go. Looking forward to meeting you.