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Post by PICTUP on Feb 25, 2015 21:06:25 GMT -8
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Post by tony on Feb 25, 2015 21:26:51 GMT -8
Nice work on the small boat.......I'm guessing that's not green paint on the tug....... also like the International Travelall in pic #1......  |
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Post by Volktales on Feb 25, 2015 21:57:40 GMT -8
Check out the PATINA on that tug! I liked the International in the background too. A friend had one of those in high school as his first vehicle!
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Post by vwkarl on Feb 26, 2015 8:00:36 GMT -8
Nice work Don!! Also looking forward to seeing more . Haven't seen much activity from you here lately so you must be working on your tug .
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Post by Brenticon on Feb 26, 2015 9:43:33 GMT -8
The boat looks soooo small in that pic.
Is that the Penticton yacht club place, next to the hotel.
I got stories about that place, lol
Lookin good, get postin some pics ...
Quick question .. "When the boat hits the water, and your sailing it into the harbour, will this make you Captain IFDBP?"
Hahahaha
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Post by PICTUP on Feb 28, 2015 8:39:52 GMT -8
Nice work Don!! Also looking forward to seeing more . Haven't seen much activity from you here lately so you must be working on your tug . Thanks Karl. Yes, some work is being done on the tug, then I ran into a snag, no Sikaflex on the continent until mid March. Crazy. Teaser pic...Tony has helped to kick start the continuation of the project….  Working on the green Bus and on my way to deliver the Blue Bus…more on that adventure when complete  |
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Post by stude on May 15, 2015 7:55:43 GMT -8
Hey Don I just talked with Ron that you met at my place he works in Van now and brings freighters in to dock for a living he and Candice moved from Port McNeill he know most tugs on the coast and know yours he was telling me and you will have to get his story.
Terry
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Post by commodorecollector on Jun 7, 2015 19:00:49 GMT -8
Beautiful work on the wooden boats!
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Post by PICTUP on Dec 10, 2015 22:35:13 GMT -8
Some time and a few projects later, I am finally back on the boat. Well, trying to work on it anyway! I figured I should update this thread… Tony did a stellar job helping get the whole deck done way back in March/April. A LOT of tape and more than a few tubes of Sikaflex.  Some detail  It was tricky/time consuming getting around the tow posts  The results from all the careful taping were worth it   |
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Post by PICTUP on Dec 10, 2015 23:12:05 GMT -8
In the late 1990's I found and restored a 3 cylinder Easthope engine. I found the engine in a Sointula boathouse half on its side. I managed to drag it out with my 69 Mercury truck and have a tow truck pick it up and put it in the box. Getting back proved to be difficult because a storm had moved in. As the rain and wind raged and I boarded the last boat to Vancouver Island I heard, "GAS, I SMELL GAS!!!" yelled by one of the deck hands. Turns out my carb bowl had sprung a leak. So I was ordered to back off the boat. So I was stuck! The hotel/motel(whatever it was) was not open so I threw myself on the mercy of the only people I "knew", and those were the people I got the engine from. It was made a bit more difficult as I had my dog with me, but the sellers felt sorry enough for me to put me up. The next day in the daylight I hunted thru bins of things I might be able to plug the leak with. Turned out Seal-All and a bolt/washers/nut were my friends and I managed to get out. Here is what I brought home to Sidney:  I took it apart…which required a 100 ton press at the prop shop to free one of the pistons after no amount of oil soaking and heat managed to budge it  Gave it a full going over and got it re-ringed. Looked great right after  But a bad weather move from Sidney to Nanaimo back in the early 2000's resulted in a toll on the engine's finish that continued to progress thru the years. So I had to strip it down again (not quite as far though!) for a good repaint. More later…. |
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Post by tony on Dec 11, 2015 8:09:36 GMT -8
I must say that's a pretty great looking engine!  |
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Post by PICTUP on Dec 11, 2015 18:45:16 GMT -8
I must say that's a pretty great looking engine! Even for being 1 cylinder short, eh Tony? lol  No before pics, but here are some of the engine going back together after painting and polishing all the parts(except the magneto…anyone have any ideas who might be able to refurb mine?) After polishing all the pieces, I coated them with this solution called "Everbright". It requires a few steps, but is supposed to last a very long time. Here I am getting ready to put the very heavy exhaust/intake water cooled manifold back into place. I made the gaskets from fibrous gasket material that has a metal core. Making those with a dremel took some time!  Bits to go on. The three valves are half-compression valves that are meant to be opened when starting by hand(throwing the flywheel over at TDC #1 firing, and after the cylinders 1 and 3 have been primed with the "cups" seen below the valves then closed up)  Here is the carb, a Zenith up draught carb from the mid 50's or so.  The drip oiler for the forward main bearing that I finally managed to get working properly   I had to fix the inside lip of the distributor cap as some of it had broken away. I used this glue and powder called Q Bond I picked up at Rondex. Weird stuff…pour the powder on and make it generally the shape you want, then douse it in the cyanoacrylate liquid. It hardens like you wouldn't believe and in 10 minutes of so it can be filed to shape. Pretty cool stuff. The black powder is for plastics and the grey is for aluminum and other metals. Here I formed a strip of plastic with a piece of tape on it(so it didn't stick) into a mould.    Liquid soaked:  Mould off  Filed and sanded to shape  Snug in place. Notice that the advance/retard is manually adjusted!   How are these for rockers?   Valve covers on once all valves adjusted  Looking more complete. Getting that flywheel on was fun. It weighs over 150 lbs or so!  |
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Post by Volktales on Dec 11, 2015 19:02:09 GMT -8
Funny looking engine, but looking very nice. Glad it is coming together...
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Post by tony on Dec 11, 2015 19:50:56 GMT -8
Don I think it's A+B electric by the airport that has a pretty good rep. for generators etc. or maybe they could direct you to the right place
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Post by CrazyBrit on Dec 11, 2015 23:19:26 GMT -8
Don I think it's A+B electric by the airport that has a pretty good rep. for generators etc. or maybe they could direct you to the right place They did my OEM bus starter motor. Great service and it works! |
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