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Location: Palatine, IL | Hey guys. I have a 1994 Alumacraft Competitor 170 tiller that has a soft spot in the floor in front of the rear deck. Has anyone replaced the floor on one of these? My main question is whether or not the wood goes all the way to the sides of the boat under the livewell and rod locker. Are there rivets under there? If the whole boat has to come apart I will just deal with the hole. Thanks. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I would think you could just re-deck the thing with marine plywood. Although I've never done it myself, I've seen a bunch of pictures of guys doing this. In fact, someone on this site just did a GREAT restoration of an older Lund (as I recall). He had the floor off, so he would be a great resource for you. It was only a week ago at most, so you should find the thread here easily enough.
As to re-riveting anything, you should not have to. The deck is wood and the hull is aluminum--so that's where the rivets are. Of course there are stringers and bulkheads that join together, but that should not effect you. But if you *did* need to do some rivet work, just find a local aircraft mechanic. They'll have all the tools you need and the knowledge required, if you are unsure of anything. Of course a great resource would be a local dealer, or even Alumacraft.
I'll see if I can find that thread and link it here. If you are anywhere close to Green Bay, give me an email (in my signature) or a PM.
TB
EDIT: Here you go--this fellow did an incredible job at restoring that Lund.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=86...
Edited by tcbetka 6/3/2013 7:25 AM
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Location: Palatine, IL | The Lund restoration is awesome. My question is whether or not I can remove the floor without removing the rod locker and livewell. |
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Location: Elgin, IL | It was mentioned above, and I agree...I believe that the first way to find out is to try someone at Alumacraft for the floor panel info for that model. I also re-carpeted and am restoring a 96 Lund Pro V and Lund has a great gal there with all of the old boat info....I would start there. Be patient, do your homework.
If that doesn't pan out, then I would remove the existing carpet from the damaged area and you should be able to determine where those plywood panels start and stop, and how you can unscrew/remove them. Be prepared to replace the carpet in that area, as it most cases it can't be glued back down effectively.
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| You should be able to figure it out by looking for the screws. If your boat is anything like the 95 competitor I had they were working loose all the time. So they should be readily visible. From there you would be able to figure out if those items had to be replaced. I do know the rear deack on my boat was under the deck and the items would have to be removed to replace it, but as to the rod locker, etc, I cannot recall. I would just start taking some screws out and see how it comes up. |
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| My brother replaced the floor in a 1986 trophy 175 and he had to remove all the side panels as the floor was laid first and then all other side panels installed afterwards and resting on the floor, similar to a home construction. Not sure but i would suspect its the same in your boat as my 01 trophy is laid out the same.
Good luck and keep at it. Its a process that requires time but its worth it in the end. |
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Location: Palatine, IL | I talked to Alumacraft, and the sides would have to come off to replace the floor. Looks like I have a winter project. |
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1994 Alumacraft floor replacement question.