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  1. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    I do agree with you WOG! The bond is super important, if we had a perfect adhesion between the Stringers and the steel it would be a beautiful distributed load, which is ideal. If (worst case scenario) we have zero adhesion, we will have multiple point loads. The use of the steel would be to...
  2. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    For sure Timr71! Living at 5280 helps, but adding 9,000 onto that really changes the game. But I'm still young and enjoy the challenge. Skiing back country this year really kicked my ass! Skinning out to the back country hut at 12,000 ft with a weekend pack really takes it out of you fast...
  3. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Sure feels that way for both! But Super glad to have the stringers finally IN! On Sunday while the stringers were curing we went on a "little" hike and tackled another 14,000 ft peak on our list! Mt. Evans at 14,250 was a fun 5 mile loop! Although I was exhausted afterwards, an hour (or...
  4. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Anddddddddd we have the stringers in the boat! So excited!
  5. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    And dry fitting the new stringers now!
  6. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Well I got it kicked off and back on the right path. Took my circular saw and cut the seam on both sides, and then finished the separation with some chisels I have. now I just need to figure out if I want to try and save the expansion pieces... or just buy new wood and recut. I think they...
  7. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Tonight I cut out the motor mount faces to match the original stringer design. . and then I cleaned all the surfaces with acetone, mixed up some PB and tried to bed the stringers. Ended up that my PB was too thin and it ran all over the place.... how much cabosil do I need to put in...
  8. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Well good news, and bad news. Good news, had a great weekend rock climbing and hiking 4 peaks at 14,000 ft. . . . Bad news, all that adventure took a lot of time! haha ended up getting the stringer support pieces mounted to the stringers on Saturday after the hike but the PB still did not...
  9. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Sorry WOG, I am looking for spacing between them. My stringers will be spaced such that the Engine is mounted to it. And the Pylon will sit between them. . I had them roughly set them into the boat, using the Pylon for spacing.But as I am doing the first layer of CSM out of the boat for...
  10. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Unfortunately no work on the boat yesterday, but I did help my friend build a water wheel for a festival he is going to. Turned out pretty good and it was fun to do. 125:1 gear ratio should drive the alternator at 2500 rpm. ​​​​​​​
  11. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Thanks guys! I definitely am going to need some more resin since I'm doing everything possible in the boat and want to make sure that everything is properly glassed for maximum strength. Looking around the glass store I didn't see any 1708 which was surprising but I certinaly plan on doing a...
  12. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    AND without further ado, we have fiberglass supplies! Current materials on hand for the project. I plan on doing some test runs on some scrap lumber so that I don't make a mess of the puddy or mistime the cure or whatnot. I will need more of resin and glass but hopefully the rest will be...
  13. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    And now we are making progress, cut and dry fit the new stringers. Used the pylon to have the spacing and it's a good feeling to see new things going in the boat. I was leaning towards plywood based on the recommendations on here. But we were at the store and the boss said it seemed like a...
  14. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Thanks archbuilder I think the overdrill and refill is going to be the strategy. I am all about the over strength and water right. But with this being a budget rebuild (lol that 4-5k is budget :lol::facepalm:), I will always defer to swear equity over material costs. andddd I think we are at a...
  15. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Thanks Baylinerchuck I'm very happy with the following I have had so far! Glad to have you here as well. I've seen your comments on other forums I follow on here and you really know your stuff as well. Although the progress seems quick, I have been idle for a week due to the job getting busy and...
  16. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    This isnt a great image, but it shows where the motor mounts sit
  17. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Thanks KC! I definitely understand the piece of mind with going over the whole hull, I have a few areas I am certainly grinding over and touching up, Woven which is bubbled up and some huge globs of just garbage. The other thing that really worried me was the rivet holes in the cap. Most of...
  18. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Well a long weekend of grinding behind me and I have the port side stringer cleaned up and part of the starboard done. Still a bit to do. But I am feeling better about keeping the momentum moving forward.
  19. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Well I have the grinding underway. Its actually kind of soothing, but it is taking a really long time. the last person to do this really didn't put much fiberglass matting when glassing the stringers in. Its primarily just globs of epoxy, makes me wonder if it was from the factory, or if someone...
  20. ACon977

    1987 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II - First Time Rebuild - Floor, Engine, Dash, etc.

    Hey Tim, thanks for the info. This boat isn't going to look stuck with a tower and speakers on it lol. I'm looking for something that looks clean and professional. so glad that you found my thread, I can't say I've ever even seen another tru trac I in real life. But I'm falling in love haha...
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