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  1. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Chapter 11 Tonight I was able to remove the oil intake/oil pump, crank shaft and pistons. I'm waiting on a puller, and then I can pull the cam shaft. Then, the engine will be completely broken down. Next up is giving the block and cylinder...
  2. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Uh yep.. I think I found a problem! Does anyone know the torque specs for the head bolts on this engine?
  3. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Perhaps the winds of change have started blowing, and with the promise of spring around the corner, it's time to get this project going again! I've paid off a few bills, and hopefully my Durango's transmission problems are behind me. I work at...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Chapter 8: Woo hoo! Today we pulled the motor! What a beautiful day to work outside! My son and I woke up this morning and started a fresh pot of coffee and ate breakfast. We were expecting my mother and step-father show up at 10AM with a...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Chapter 7 Well, the day started off nicely..... My mother and step-father were passing through the area and stopped by to say hello. She informed me the sewing machine was being worked on and I wouldn't be able to get my hands on it just...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Finished the dashboard wiring diagram tonight. That's probably it for a while. We're headed out camping this weekend, and taking the canoe for it's first trip out. :) Finished wiring diagram for dashboard:
  7. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) I figured it couldn't be too difficult to make a wiring diagram for this dash, and I was right. Once I dug into it, it wasn't that bad. I didn't get finished, but here's the beginning: Not the prettiest, but it's a start. Chapter 6...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) I decided to also take some pictures from the stern, looking back underneath the floor. And I'm surprised to see so much empty space: It looks like the foam stops 2-3 feet from the back. Good for water drainage I guess... It also looks...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) I don't want to tear things up if I don't have to, so I think I'll try and find a scope and look for scale, or other junk in the tank. Chapter 6: Through the fuel tank access hole, I took some pictures to see how things look in there: The...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) WOG (and other programmers or math nuts), in your spare time, you might enjoy the web site I run out of my garage, right next to the boat: Basically, fire up your best search algorithms. :) We're between contests right now, but a new...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Glassers... what should I do? After ripping up the carpet, I found these funnels leading down to the foam. Of course the holes were used to pour the original foam, but left open. After watching Frisco's thread, I'd like to grind out the holes...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) For those of you that have pulled apart a boat.... tonight I found these. I wonder if they are missed:
  13. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Chapter 5: The starboard side is done, let's focus on the port side: Nothing major, just ripping, sweeping, finding, and having fun.... until the rot... Ok, I expected to replace some plywood... i just didn't expect it to be so thin...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) After all that, I'm left with a 'simplified' version of the dashboard. But now, I'm not sure what to do. I think it's time to call in my father, the electrical engineer.... but I'm open to any advice. What do I do with this rat's nest to make...
  15. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Next I pulled the dash and traced the black wire that leads out of the top of the throttle control. That black wire contains two smaller wires. The black one leads into the wiring harness, and the white one connects to the very back of the...
  16. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Too late! :) Chapter 4: The goal of tonight was to finish removing the throttle control, and reduce the wire mess! I started by figuring out the two stiff black lines that run to the back. One of them leads to the carburetor and...
  17. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) That was enough for tonight. I removed the throttle control, and the piece of wood it mounts to, and some of the rats nest that is currently the wiring. What a mess! Questions from Chapter 3: a) Why are there 2 trim senders and 1...
  18. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) After pulling off the throttle control, I found that the wires that went through the mounting hole, led to the back and were soldered to some other wires.... Hmmmm... how to get the wires through the holes..... maybe I disassemble the throttle...
  19. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Chapter 3: Tonight we went to our son's high school homecoming parade. He's JROTC in the color guard, and led the parade! It was pretty cool! So, after a late start, I figured out how to get the throttle control off. For anyone else with...
  20. brewern

    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    Re: 1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder) Thanks for dropping by WOG! Yeah, she's been mostly a garage queen until this summer. I've had her tarped outside until recently, but it's been a fairly dry summer and I've kept a close eye on her. Unlike my neighbor, which inherited his bass...
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