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January 16, 2020 at 10:20 pm #192264
Fun if everything turns out right and PITA if they do not.
Check, check and recheck as you drill.
Use good drills, Not so good drills give not so good results.
You get one good shot at getting it right.
Leave nothing to chance
If it is not going as hoped, STOP and study
the situation. If things are going bad, going ahead
usually makes things worrse not better.
LouisJanuary 16, 2020 at 10:41 pm #192265Louis, good advice for pretty much everything in life!
Fun if everything turns out right and PITA if they do not.
Check, check and recheck as you drill.
Use good drills, Not so good drills give not so good results.
You get one good shot at getting it right.
Leave nothing to chance
If it is not going as hoped, STOP and study
the situation. If things are going bad, going ahead
usually makes things worrse not better.
LouisPrepare to be boarded!
January 17, 2020 at 12:47 pm #192301January 17, 2020 at 12:51 pm #192302January 17, 2020 at 2:49 pm #192314Treat the studs as if you know they will snap if forced, Putting a pipe wrench on them will work IF they are in the mood to be cooperative.
AND a very BAD idea if they are stubborn. It seems to me you have
gotten past the hard part, with some careful use of torch and gentle
persuasion, I think studs will be cooperative,
The studs are 2 long and 2 short, I have, in past ,attempted to reseal with studs in wrong sport…oops!
I use the mirror door from an old medicine cabinet… metal back and
band around edge ,seem much safer than a piece of plate glass.
Found in trash many years back, kept it ,as something too good to
throw out , only took 25 or 30 years to fine a use for it…spent about 3
weeks looking for it when I realized its time to be of use had arrived.
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January 17, 2020 at 8:26 pm #192350- This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by The Boat House.
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January 17, 2020 at 9:46 pm #192359Some day I’ll make a handle for that brass hammer. Just happen
to find a bolt that fit it! Will try “smacking” the bolts tomorrow…..
after I get the snow taken care of…….. almost a blizzard going
on right now.Prepare to be boarded!
January 18, 2020 at 6:18 pm #192448All the studs in the tank came out with ease. Whacked each one with the brass hammer,
got the torch out, and within three minutes had all four loose, then soon removed.
Wish it was always that easy!Prepare to be boarded!
January 18, 2020 at 10:15 pm #192479Glad you were able to get them out so easily. You’re right – if only they were all that way…..
Bob
1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20“Every 20 minute job is only a broken bolt away from a 3-day project.”
"Every time you remove a broken or seized bolt an angel gets his wings."January 18, 2020 at 10:44 pm #192481- This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by The Boat House.
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