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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    No Cats, I have the Yanmar 6LYA engines. Diesel algae(it's not really algae of course) is a definite problem with boats that sit. And - a lot of boats sit for long times. I'm going to add a biocide with the next fuel up. I wish I had sample ports on the bottom of the tanks like we have on...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Trouble in yacht paradise. The big boat was bought knowing that the aftercoolers have not been worked on recently. One of the first jobs I wanted done was a cleaning of the raw water loop system and inspection of the aftercooler inserts or elements. If you don't know what an aftercooler is, the...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Been a delay, as the FG guy does other jobs at the marina. He's got jobs in the water that are higher priority than mine, and I'm ok with that. I would rather have finely detailed well done work than a rush job. I won't be in the water until next May. OK, on the engine, I've decided to...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    With a jet, one is limited to the amount of water we can suck. Yes, that is the limiting factor of a water jet. The way it works, there's a point on the intake side of the pump that is a low pressure area. At some torque applied, the pressure of the water will get so low it will turn to water...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    The caps are off the engine stringers, and he's getting ready to do his wood work now. plenty of pieces to make. I told him to only cut wood outside the hangar try to keep the sawdust to a min. He's going to start cutting now, and will be doing forming tomorrow. I don't know what wood he's...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    ENGINE DILEMMA! :cool: As noted back a way, the engine sat for many years, and I had one valve open, and water got in. I was able to sand out much of the rust, but some remains and that jug was just going to live with the problem until rebuild. Well, rebuild time is now, as I've given up on...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Y'all have convinced me, and more important the FG man! Well done. He's going to chop the top, gut the crud out of there and put in some Walnut or Maple then re-glass over, and he's putting in the holes for the bolts with some kind of bolt cylinder that can be sealed around. I didn't get all the...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Sweating like a pig(BTW, pigs don't have sweat glands), out there still. Disconnected all the bellhousing stuff, and still couldn't move the engine. I had to take the snorkel clamp off the front of the jet pump drive and pull the whole thing out as one. There was one small bolt down at the lower...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    FG guy will be back late today. He says the FG around the rear stringers is very heavy and will hold the engine if reinforced. It was his recommendation to just add some 24Oz roving layers and then make a steel plate to transfer the weight of the engine to the top rail of the stringer. We will...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Bad to worse news. While cutting out the rear crossbrace we've found the front of the engine stringers are compromised. I checked the transom very well before buying it, but there was no way for me to check the engine stringers under the exh stacks. They look great from the outside with the 24Oz...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Hey Admiral, ok-fine, no worries. Today the glass man found termites. They are not in the upper part of the wood but down where he's working. He's going to visquene seal the deck, and bug bomb it today. Hopefully that will kill them all. Needs to stay sealed and bombed for 24 hours. Yeah - more...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Another Sunday, and more sweat. FG guy showed up late Sat, got drunk, fell over the welder and cut his head and arm. Things are just going GREAT! :) We got started about 10 this am. He was up and moving around. Right now it's mostly all dental work with the recip cutter. He's chopping like...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Uh - what? Thanks for playing along - I guess.
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Guys, I posted a link to the same exact boat. Forty some pics to drool over. Mine has some trim differences but it's the same thing in the link We left a few hours ago, and I'm already working on the Glastron. The FG guy hasn't shown up yet, I'm getting kinda pissed off. He'll have to work alone...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Side note. No Glastron update, but maybe of interest to some. Grab a Cohiba, or glass of wine, or whatever floats your boat and sit right back and hear a tale. I like the 'yacht lifestyle'. As I write this, I'm in the salon of my 42' yacht, in a marina with three ACs running, a frosty malted...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    My FG guy wouldn't work with anything but marine grade. I asked. I also checked a few other sites and while I could have a few hundred with ACX or even BCX, they all said that there will be voids in those plys and the marine will have zero voids. In the grand scheme of the project, the added...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    $622.64! Three sheets of 4x8 marine 1/2in and one sheet of 3/4. Gulp. It looks real, real good. I've never seen a sheet of plywood so damn straight, flush, true, and finished. It's like a very fine piece of art. I'll take a pic when I deliver tonite. My FG guy is going to wail on it with power...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Mini update. Worked on Tue a bit and Wed am. Got the valley cover, intake and valve covers installed and torqued mostly. Finished the alt install, and did some work on the right engine brace. We'll see how that goes. I got the oil, filter, and oil pressure gauge sorted out. Almost ready to put...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    OK, it's not mine quite yet, but I'm grabbing up a boat just like this. It's a private sale, and not online, but basically exactly the same. I'll be single handing the docking process as my wife doesn't feel safe either driving or handling lines. About 38' is the biggest I've docked single hand...
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    1979 Glastron Carlson CV-23 restoration

    Weekend of woe. I prev said it was nice when big visible pieces of the project are linked up. This was not that wknd. This was tired, hot old man vs bent, rusted, crappy steel. No one is going to see the results of Sun work unless they dig way down in the bowels of the engine bay. Under the exh...
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