Recent content by rdixiemiller

Sorry I did not respond sooner, the last few months have been hectic with work and a job change. That is a beautiful restoration on the Arknsas Traveler! I will e-mail you later on and pick your brain. I have missed my Spring target on the boat and motor, but there is always next Spring!

Turn the motor over on a workbench with the spark plug hole facing down over the edge of the bench. Turn the flywheel until the piston is at the bottom of its travel. Kind of an awkward way to work, but it let's the tapping shavings fall out of the engine instead of going inside. I have done...

What kind of wood did you use for the gunwales? Any tricks to the installation?

My former father in law had a marina for many years. he swore by Marine tex epoxy. I have used it to repair Johnson outboard blocks that had pitched a rod through the crank case. Some screen wire and 2 coats of Marine tex work great! I have also repaired "spongy" areas of corrosion on a hull...

I used to fix some holes in aluminum canoes many years ago. I used solid aluminum rivets, a bucking block, and a small ball pein hammer. Pop rivets are fine to get the patch held in place, but I never could get them to stay dry. My metal shop teacher in high school had been an aircraft mechanic...

My wife and I just got her dads old boat. It had been laying upside down on the ground for at least 25 years since the motor was stolen. It is a 1947 or 48 Arkansas traveler 12 footer. We both have happy memories of boating in the little skiff when we were kids, it had a 1957 7.5 Evinrude for...