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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    Inside beams prepped for paint. Started with 240 sandpaper, next was 320, then 50/50 white vinegar/water with 3M scouring pad. Wiped down with wet water rag and then a wipe down with 50/50 mix of acetone/mineral sprites. Masked off. Primed with etching primer
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    Got both of the side panels sewn today. I used a stapler to staple the parts together. Once sewn, I used double sided tape and taped the 2 edges down. Here is what the seam look like after taping the edges. And trial fit on the wood panel.
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    Last night I did some sewing on the vinyl cover for the starboard side. First time sewing anything with corners. 1/4" foam will go on the console first. then the vinyl gets stretched out and stapled, I hope it'll look OK.
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    I went and got the consoles out of storage yesterday. Made a replacement piece for the bottom and added a piece for the gauges to mount to for the starboard side out of some red oak that I had on hand. The original dash is acrylic I think and doesn't look so good. So I think I'll just mount the...
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    Thanks, roscoe Just have to keep at it.
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    Today I got the plywood side panels cut out a laid a coat of resin on them.
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    Also got the wife a new toy. She does a lot of embroidery and crafts work in vinyl and I needed it to finish the inside of the boat. It's Juki 1541S My first work with it was this. Sews vinyl like butter.
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    2 years ago, I got the rotten back 2 pieces of plywood out and put new 3/4 marine plywood back in. I glued carpet in and under the the tarp it went. Long story short, we have a '93 Bounder diesel pusher motor home that has problems, last spring, the roof started leaking, the master cylinder...
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    If you look at the center of the opening, you'll see where I added plywood to the bottom to from a lip to hold the door to the pole storage. Water had set in this area and soaked through the varnish coating and the wood turned to mush here is some close ups of the rotten wood...
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    I'm back!!! Long story short, back then (August 2014), we bought a '88 Sylvan 18' just like this one, and so we took this one (we call "moms boat" as my mother had bought it new and we got it when she passed) to the in-laws farm and stored it in a lean to on their old barn. Now the '88 (we call...
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    Got MBS, Got a Ken Craft Ski Barge

    My grandson (he is 16) wanted to go fishing and we have a small lake (25 acres) about 20 min away. With the Sylvan in pieces, I went looking for a cheap boat and I found this for $200. It has a '57 18 hp Johnson on it and the trailer look good. The boat is in very sad shape but it floats. I...
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    84 115 with VRO

    About 10 years ago, I did away with the VRO pump and now I'm in the process of rebuilding the boat. At the time, I didn't pull the oil tank and now I've done that. Where it is wired into the wiring on the engine, do I need to do anything with it. One of the wire goes to ground and the other is...
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    Just joined and looks like a great site for help. This boat has been in the family since new. It has a 115 HP Johnson that had a new power head installed in 98 and has about 150 hours on it. The last 2 summers it didn't get any use cause my wife illness. She has recovered and was getting ready...
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