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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1997 Tracker Pro Team 17 overhaul
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<blockquote data-quote="Prowelder" data-source="post: 429417" data-attributes="member: 20426"><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170227/e5be80357d849b13004cff1cbd699a14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>I think I repaired all the leaks. After tearing the floor and console out I noticed that someone had done a terrible repair job. The floor ribs where they meet the corner of the hull uprights under the side console had broken welds and the rivets had cracks between them. So someone decided it would be a good idea to use some steel plates on the inside and outside of the boat to sandwich the rib down with through bolts. Then they covered it with Flex Seal. Obviously the Steel corroded and contaminated the aluminum. I removed all the steel patches, and cleaned the aluminum the best I could. Then I put some new plates underneath the ribs inside of the boat and welded them, and had to weld four of these plates on the bottom of the boat. FYI if you do not know what you're doing do not jerry-rig your boat. All you're really doing is making it worse and harder for someone who actually knows how to fix it later on</p><p></p><p>Sent from my SM-G920T using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prowelder, post: 429417, member: 20426"] [img]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170227/e5be80357d849b13004cff1cbd699a14.jpg[/img] I think I repaired all the leaks. After tearing the floor and console out I noticed that someone had done a terrible repair job. The floor ribs where they meet the corner of the hull uprights under the side console had broken welds and the rivets had cracks between them. So someone decided it would be a good idea to use some steel plates on the inside and outside of the boat to sandwich the rib down with through bolts. Then they covered it with Flex Seal. Obviously the Steel corroded and contaminated the aluminum. I removed all the steel patches, and cleaned the aluminum the best I could. Then I put some new plates underneath the ribs inside of the boat and welded them, and had to weld four of these plates on the bottom of the boat. FYI if you do not know what you're doing do not jerry-rig your boat. All you're really doing is making it worse and harder for someone who actually knows how to fix it later on Sent from my SM-G920T using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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