Wanderer Port Refurb
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:31 pm
New to the forum so just jumping in here. Kudos to Challenger949L for the pointer, ILIKERUST for the Wanderer warm welcome and of course Tim for the creation of this great site. I am in the process of doing a deck up restore on my 1969 Wanderer and will start to post individual projects. This one will be a running post as I progress. Re-gelcoating the deck and cabin, so....
- Do I tape and work around the fixed and opening ports or do I pull them out?
- Pulled them with the help of "Anti-Bond"...claims to "melt" 5200 and other long term caulking....it seemed to work
- Had general leaking in the boat so now is the time to take it all apart and put it back together..watertight....
- Right now I am dis-assembling the fixed ports (4). I had heard that Brake Fluid works (soak in bucket) to loosen up the screws holding together the top and bottom aluminum extrusions around the safe-T Glass..... seemed to work as well.... Got two frames apart tonight...two more tomorrow.
- I will end up replacing the glass as moisture has seeped between the layers and "whited" out around the edges. My understanding about $85 a pop.....got a quote from BOMON Custom in Canada.....$300 Each........not saying that the $85 is easy to swallow but relative to the $300.......then there is LEXAN..we will see.
- I will post some photos over the next few days as this is interesting taking these apart.
- The opening ports will be following as well..they have a few more moving parts and a bit more corrosion...hope to refurb, mostly to keep look and feel of original. Glass is fine but all caulking is dry and gaskets shot. Also did a number on the outside trim rings taking them off/out so may need to get a local metal shop to craft some new rings.
- Photos and more adventure to follow........regards...
- Do I tape and work around the fixed and opening ports or do I pull them out?
- Pulled them with the help of "Anti-Bond"...claims to "melt" 5200 and other long term caulking....it seemed to work
- Had general leaking in the boat so now is the time to take it all apart and put it back together..watertight....
- Right now I am dis-assembling the fixed ports (4). I had heard that Brake Fluid works (soak in bucket) to loosen up the screws holding together the top and bottom aluminum extrusions around the safe-T Glass..... seemed to work as well.... Got two frames apart tonight...two more tomorrow.
- I will end up replacing the glass as moisture has seeped between the layers and "whited" out around the edges. My understanding about $85 a pop.....got a quote from BOMON Custom in Canada.....$300 Each........not saying that the $85 is easy to swallow but relative to the $300.......then there is LEXAN..we will see.
- I will post some photos over the next few days as this is interesting taking these apart.
- The opening ports will be following as well..they have a few more moving parts and a bit more corrosion...hope to refurb, mostly to keep look and feel of original. Glass is fine but all caulking is dry and gaskets shot. Also did a number on the outside trim rings taking them off/out so may need to get a local metal shop to craft some new rings.
- Photos and more adventure to follow........regards...