Plastic Classic Forum

"One trick I've heard of is to scrape out the chanel clean and then fill it with 5200." Thats an interesting idea but I think it would be as hard as the solid rubber, certainly worth a try as a last resort. "Try McMaster Carr" That is where I got the solid rubber, that is all the...

I'm in the process of trying to rehabilitate the opening ports on EC 421 and can't find a supplier for the 1/4" gasket. I tried some solid rubber and some gland packing material (teflon impregnated) and am not happy with either. Does anyone have a source for either the neoprene or the square tu...

I bought the Triton that I am currently rebuilding from MMA in the spring of 2007, I also bought a 12' portabote from them a couple of years back. In past years the best boats were delivered to them just before the auction, one year I bid on a very nice Cheoy Lee 38 another year a Cal 43 neither lis...

If you come out of the tank with 1 1/2" PVC pipe until you are above the tank then switch to hose to the deck outlet you should have no odor problem with that part. I also suspect that if you install a shutoff valve in the vent hose that you could pump it mostly dry from any location. I fully r...

I have an east coast triton #421 (internal ballast) I previously owned #389 also east coast and also internal ballast. The bilge on 389 was much deeper than 421. 421 has been filled with something, it appears to have been done by Pearson but with a boat this old it is hard to tell. It also had some ...