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once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim |
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In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim If you have access to the underside of the deck (floor) to which the current seats are attached, your task is easy. If not, you are going to have to use marine moly bolts to hold a pedestal to the floor. The deck might be wood or fiberglass covered wood. You need to seal the holes you leave behind with epoxy and seal the edges of the holes you create with expoxy. Beyond that, you need to know the height of the seat that works for you. If you have a good boat supply store near you, go visit it with measurements in mind. |
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On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:32:07 -0500, "Jeepinit" wrote:
In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Another Tim, oh no! What kind of boat is it? Can you find a picture somewhere and give us the link? West Marine has got many different kinds of seats, but not knowing what you've got makes a suggestion difficult. I've got a Key West center console with what Key West calls a "Flip flop cooler seat with back rest." We love it. And, I like standing so it works well. The cooler underneath has a cushion and makes a great seat/storage area. http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/show/id/6 |
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On Jan 3, 7:07*pm, John H wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:32:07 -0500, "Jeepinit" wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. *I am once again seeking some direction. *I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. *The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. *It has the folddown seats on both sides. *I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. *It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. *I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. *I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? *Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? *Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Another Tim, oh no! Oh yeeeessss! Those seats you have are quite common in the runabouts. one thing you can do is remove the seat from the box it sits on and raise them from there, OR cover the box, make it sturdy and use it for a pedistal and put about any seat you want on it. If you're going to remove the seat entirely and instal "captains chairs" you may have some problems with working under the decking as suggested. A friend of mine took the rotten seats off the boxes and went to the local salvage yard and got some import bucket seats for about $10. or $15.00. complete with sliding adjusters. He mounted them on top of the boxes after he'd reinforced them, and they work fairly well. he was going to make them rotatable, but didn't have time last year. i don't' know if he's working on them for this coming season or not. i ought to find out. |
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http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/304...0cb8a36020.jpg
http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/304...96172023ac.jpg The above links are the seat configuration currently. There isn't a salvage yard for hundreds of miles from here or I would be there!! So I guess the question now is....Remove the "box" install pedestal...or pedestal on top of the box after reinforcement. And where to I search for the pedestal and seat? Thanks again!! Tim "Jeepinit" wrote in message ... In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim |
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On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 20:31:12 -0500, "Jeepinit" wrote:
http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/304...0cb8a36020.jpg http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/304...96172023ac.jpg The above links are the seat configuration currently. There isn't a salvage yard for hundreds of miles from here or I would be there!! So I guess the question now is....Remove the "box" install pedestal...or pedestal on top of the box after reinforcement. And where to I search for the pedestal and seat? Thanks again!! Tim "Jeepinit" wrote in message ... In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Tim, the other Tim is an expert at perking up old boats, cars, etc. He'll give you some good advice. |
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On Jan 3, 7:32*pm, "Jeepinit" wrote:
In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. *I am once again seeking some direction. *I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. *The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. *It has the folddown seats on both sides. *I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. *It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. *I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. *I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? *Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? *Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Plesae be advised... John Herring is a Homosexual Stalker, and should be ignored. |
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On Jan 3, 10:08*pm, wrote:
On Jan 3, 7:32*pm, "Jeepinit" wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. *I am once again seeking some direction. *I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. *The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. *It has the folddown seats on both sides. *I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. *It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. *I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. *I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? *Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? *Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Plesae be advised... John Herring is a Homosexual Stalker, and should be ignored. You seem to have a big problem with queers man. They are just people like the rest of us, did you have a problem with one or something? I mean, I won't stoop to calling names as you do, but it must have been pretty bad... |
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On Jan 3, 7:31*pm, "Jeepinit" wrote:
http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/304...0cb8a36020.jpg http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/304...96172023ac.jpg The above links are the seat configuration currently. *There isn't a salvage yard for hundreds of miles from here or I would be there!! So I guess the question now is....Remove the "box" install pedestal...or pedestal on top of the box after reinforcement. And where to I search for the pedestal and seat? Thanks again!! Tim "Jeepinit" wrote in message ... In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. *I am once again seeking some direction. *I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. *The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. *It has the folddown seats on both sides. *I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. *It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. *I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. *I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? *Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? *Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Well, for the fun of it, you might remove the seats from their boxes,a nd get an over all view of the situation. Then if you decide to go with captain seats, you can look at all kinds of online places. Here's a place that specilized in boat seats: http://www.boatingseats.com/ Overtons: http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...=browse&aID=11 Iboats.com http://www.iboats.com/Boat_Seats_Pon...view_id.473663 Theres' all kinds of places. even Ebay. |
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wrote in message ... On Jan 3, 10:08 pm, wrote: On Jan 3, 7:32 pm, "Jeepinit" wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Plesae be advised... John Herring is a Homosexual Stalker, and should be ignored. You seem to have a big problem with queers man. They are just people like the rest of us, did you have a problem with one or something? I mean, I won't stoop to calling names as you do, but it must have been pretty bad... -=-=-=-=-=-=- We oughta cut him some slack. He must have been sodomized as a young child (or more recently). Slammy clearly has issues. --Mike |
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On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:32:07 -0500, "Jeepinit"
wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. You can get replacement seats and supports through Boater's World, West Marine or even Bass Pro Shops. |
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On Jan 3, 11:04*pm, "Mike" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Jan 3, 10:08 pm, wrote: On Jan 3, 7:32 pm, "Jeepinit" wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success.. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Plesae be advised... John Herring is a Homosexual Stalker, and should be ignored. You seem to have a big problem with queers man. They are just people like the rest of us, did you have a problem with one or something? I mean, I won't stoop to calling names as you do, but it must have been pretty bad... -=-=-=-=-=-=- We oughta cut him some slack. He must have been sodomized as a young child (or more recently). Slammy clearly has issues. --Mike- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Only with Herring........... |
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I agree with your idea. Remove the seat from the console side and replace
it with a pedestal and bucket seat. West marine and others have generic bucket seats and pedestals. If you look around you'll see that the "upgrade" interior configuration for most small runabouts is two bucket seats, bench seat, and a sun deck. "Jeepinit" wrote in message ... In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim |
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"jamesgangnc" wrote in message m... I agree with your idea. Remove the seat from the console side and replace it with a pedestal and bucket seat. West marine and others have generic bucket seats and pedestals. If you look around you'll see that the "upgrade" interior configuration for most small runabouts is two bucket seats, bench seat, and a sun deck. "Jeepinit" wrote in message ... In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim I have a aprox 12x12x14" aluminum seat box I took out of my boat. Probably cost more to ship than buying a box locally. |
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I began the dismantling process last evening. My question is; Should I
remove the base that is fiberglass to the floor? Take a saw zall and cut the base out? What is underneath? is the base built on the floor or is it hollow underneath it? What would look the best? I can take pictures and share is anyone is intrested in helping me out. Tim Fisher "Tim" wrote in message ... On Jan 3, 7:07 pm, John H wrote: On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:32:07 -0500, "Jeepinit" wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Another Tim, oh no! Oh yeeeessss! Those seats you have are quite common in the runabouts. one thing you can do is remove the seat from the box it sits on and raise them from there, OR cover the box, make it sturdy and use it for a pedistal and put about any seat you want on it. If you're going to remove the seat entirely and instal "captains chairs" you may have some problems with working under the decking as suggested. A friend of mine took the rotten seats off the boxes and went to the local salvage yard and got some import bucket seats for about $10. or $15.00. complete with sliding adjusters. He mounted them on top of the boxes after he'd reinforced them, and they work fairly well. he was going to make them rotatable, but didn't have time last year. i don't' know if he's working on them for this coming season or not. i ought to find out. |
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On Jan 5, 10:47*am, "Jeepinit" wrote:
* I began the dismantling process last evening. *My question is; Should I remove the base that is fiberglass to the floor? *Take a saw zall and cut the base out? *What is underneath? *is the base built on the floor or is it hollow underneath it? *What would look the best? *I can take pictures and share is anyone is intrested in helping me out. Tim Fisher "Tim" wrote in message ... On Jan 3, 7:07 pm, John H wrote: On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:32:07 -0500, "Jeepinit" wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Another Tim, oh no! Oh yeeeessss! Those seats you have are quite common in the runabouts. one thing you can do is remove the seat from the box it sits on and raise them from there, OR cover the box, make it sturdy and use it for a pedistal and put about any seat you want on it. If you're going to remove the seat entirely and instal "captains chairs" you may have some problems with working under the decking as suggested. A friend of mine took the rotten seats off the boxes and went to the local salvage yard and got some import bucket seats for about $10. or $15.00. complete with sliding adjusters. He mounted them on top of the boxes after he'd reinforced them, and they work fairly well. he was going to make them rotatable, but didn't have time last year. i don't' know if he's working on them for this coming season or not. i ought to find out.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Post your pic's, Tim. You;ll get some honest suggestions here. If it has fiberglass basses I would say they're mounted to the floor fairly securly, but then again I don't know. I really wouldn't take a saws- all to anything because it sounds to me like it would be unnecessary, and aperson could risk butchering stoff that shouldn't be. In fnything at all, I'd say that the boxe's are hollow, though. if the base *looks* like a solid block with a solid top, then that would probably eliminate a lot of work. But Yes, post the pics and let's see whats going on. Tim Schnautz |
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On Jan 5, 11:47*am, "Jeepinit" wrote:
* I began the dismantling process last evening. *My question is; Should I remove the base that is fiberglass to the floor? *Take a saw zall and cut the base out? *What is underneath? *is the base built on the floor or is it hollow underneath it? *What would look the best? *I can take pictures and share is anyone is intrested in helping me out. Tim Fisher "Tim" wrote in message ... On Jan 3, 7:07 pm, John H wrote: On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:32:07 -0500, "Jeepinit" wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Another Tim, oh no! Oh yeeeessss! Those seats you have are quite common in the runabouts. one thing you can do is remove the seat from the box it sits on and raise them from there, OR cover the box, make it sturdy and use it for a pedistal and put about any seat you want on it. If you're going to remove the seat entirely and instal "captains chairs" you may have some problems with working under the decking as suggested. A friend of mine took the rotten seats off the boxes and went to the local salvage yard and got some import bucket seats for about $10. or $15.00. complete with sliding adjusters. He mounted them on top of the boxes after he'd reinforced them, and they work fairly well. he was going to make them rotatable, but didn't have time last year. i don't' know if he's working on them for this coming season or not. i ought to find out.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey, Jeepster.. you asked if anyone wants to help, but didn't say where you were.. I do glass work and am in CT if you are close by and care to send me an email. I am assuming the floor is solid under the seats, although I am not familiar with floating clorox bottles (kidding) I can't see why they would leave it open under there. I would think that would cause engineering issues and make weak spots or add a lot of weight to eliminate them. If you decide to build new pedistals I can probably offer some advice on the glasswork if that is the way you choose to go... Scotty from SmallBoats.com |
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Here is what I got.
http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1281.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1282.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1283.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1284.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1285.JPG Hope this helps alittle. The boat is a 1990 Maxum 19 ft Again Thanks!! Tim Fisher "Tim" wrote in message ... On Jan 5, 10:47 am, "Jeepinit" wrote: I began the dismantling process last evening. My question is; Should I remove the base that is fiberglass to the floor? Take a saw zall and cut the base out? What is underneath? is the base built on the floor or is it hollow underneath it? What would look the best? I can take pictures and share is anyone is intrested in helping me out. Tim Fisher "Tim" wrote in message ... On Jan 3, 7:07 pm, John H wrote: On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:32:07 -0500, "Jeepinit" wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Another Tim, oh no! Oh yeeeessss! Those seats you have are quite common in the runabouts. one thing you can do is remove the seat from the box it sits on and raise them from there, OR cover the box, make it sturdy and use it for a pedistal and put about any seat you want on it. If you're going to remove the seat entirely and instal "captains chairs" you may have some problems with working under the decking as suggested. A friend of mine took the rotten seats off the boxes and went to the local salvage yard and got some import bucket seats for about $10. or $15.00. complete with sliding adjusters. He mounted them on top of the boxes after he'd reinforced them, and they work fairly well. he was going to make them rotatable, but didn't have time last year. i don't' know if he's working on them for this coming season or not. i ought to find out.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Post your pic's, Tim. You;ll get some honest suggestions here. If it has fiberglass basses I would say they're mounted to the floor fairly securly, but then again I don't know. I really wouldn't take a saws- all to anything because it sounds to me like it would be unnecessary, and aperson could risk butchering stoff that shouldn't be. In fnything at all, I'd say that the boxe's are hollow, though. if the base *looks* like a solid block with a solid top, then that would probably eliminate a lot of work. But Yes, post the pics and let's see whats going on. Tim Schnautz |
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:07:55 -0500, "Jeepinit"
wrote: Here is what I got. http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1281.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1282.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1283.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1284.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1285.JPG Hope this helps alittle. The boat is a 1990 Maxum 19 ft Again Thanks!! Tim Fisher I'd have a pro do it, but..... If I was going to do it myself I'd go to a pro, by taking the boat to him and paying for advice, or paying him to come out give the advice. Shouldn't cost but a hundred or so. I bet it would save you time and grief in the end. Do you have the new seat(s)? --Vic |
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No I have not purchased anything. Seeking direction before any purchasing.
In the past I have always done things the opposite and it has bit me in the ass!! The unfortunate part, here where I am there are no "experts" that I know of....Northeast PA Tim Fisher "Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:07:55 -0500, "Jeepinit" wrote: Here is what I got. http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1281.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1282.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1283.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1284.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1285.JPG Hope this helps alittle. The boat is a 1990 Maxum 19 ft Again Thanks!! Tim Fisher I'd have a pro do it, but..... If I was going to do it myself I'd go to a pro, by taking the boat to him and paying for advice, or paying him to come out give the advice. Shouldn't cost but a hundred or so. I bet it would save you time and grief in the end. Do you have the new seat(s)? --Vic |
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On Jan 5, 1:07*pm, "Jeepinit" wrote:
Here is what I got. http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1281.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1282.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1283.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1284.JPG http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1285.JPG Hope this helps alittle. *The boat is a 1990 Maxum 19 ft Again Thanks!! Tim Fisher "Tim" wrote in message ... On Jan 5, 10:47 am, "Jeepinit" wrote: I began the dismantling process last evening. My question is; Should I remove the base that is fiberglass to the floor? Take a saw zall and cut the base out? What is underneath? is the base built on the floor or is it hollow underneath it? What would look the best? I can take pictures and share is anyone is intrested in helping me out. Tim Fisher "Tim" wrote in message .... On Jan 3, 7:07 pm, John H wrote: On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:32:07 -0500, "Jeepinit" wrote: In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim Another Tim, oh no! Oh yeeeessss! Those seats you have are quite common in the runabouts. one thing you can do is remove the seat from the box it sits on and raise them from there, OR cover the box, make it sturdy and use it for a pedistal and put about any seat you want on it. If you're going to remove the seat entirely and instal "captains chairs" you may have some problems with working under the decking as suggested. A friend of mine took the rotten seats off the boxes and went to the local salvage yard and got some import bucket seats for about $10. or $15.00. complete with sliding adjusters. He mounted them on top of the boxes after he'd reinforced them, and they work fairly well. he was going to make them rotatable, but didn't have time last year. i don't' know if he's working on them for this coming season or not. i ought to find out.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Post your pic's, Tim. You;ll get some honest suggestions here. If it has fiberglass basses I would say they're mounted to the floor fairly securly, but then again I don't know. I really wouldn't take a saws- all to anything because it sounds to me like it would be unnecessary, and aperson could risk butchering stoff that shouldn't be. In fnything at all, I'd say that the boxe's are hollow, though. if the base *looks* like a solid block with a solid top, then that would probably eliminate a lot of work. But Yes, post the pics and let's see whats going on. Tim Schnautz- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - If those boxes are still stable I might just stiffen em' up with a some slats and put a top on them and hook up some cheap seats while you look for a new (used) hull. Lot's should come up available next season as gas and the economy force people away from the sport... But you got my off list emails so I have a couple of outlooks on this... |
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 19:17:34 -0500, "Jeepinit"
wrote: No I have not purchased anything. Seeking direction before any purchasing. In the past I have always done things the opposite and it has bit me in the ass!! The unfortunate part, here where I am there are no "experts" that I know of....Northeast PA I'd take my time then until I found one. Somebody said put the sawzall away, and I second that. You can leave the boxes alone until you're sure what's involved if you cut them out. Bet you got plenty of other thing you can fix up on that boat that won't need a sawzall! I used to screw up a lot of stuff before I learned patience. It was fun! I was making progress! But it was backwards! And costly. --Vic |
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On Jan 5, 12:07*pm, "Jeepinit" wrote:
Here is what I got. http://www.jeepinit.com/pictures/106_1285.JPG OK, that shows a lot. Of course seats can depend on what you want and what kind of budget you're looking into. If you want to go the cheap route you might consider something like this in the color you want http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...ID=1009&r=view That's about as cheap as you can get but I would think that the higher back would be much more comfortable with little extra cost http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...ID=1009&r=view And build up the base to the height you prefer or get or make a short pedestal Making a pedestal isn't hard to do either. The guy I mentioned before that put the junk yard seats in a boat also did another only with homemade pedestals. Instead of *buying* a pedestal like this: http://www.marineengine.com/products... +MOUNTING+KIT my friend made one very easily, because unless you want something that's telescopic, or is going to cost a wad and not work or fit what he did was got a large pipe flange and a pipe to fit the seat base that he bought. screwed the pipe into the flange, anchored the flange to the floor before he mounted the wood on the base box and it looked something like this: http://www.instructables.com/files/d...H3U.MEDIUM.jpg he then cut the pipe to fit the base of the seat mount, then mounted the wood with the hardware on top of the boxes. The wood he used capped the boxes. with some DIY, he had less than a hundred per side in both front seats. BTW, if you attempt this, and if you don't use a slider or a swivel, and don't like how it sits, you can always redo it easily. At least that's my view. |
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Hey tim.
How's the seat project coming so far? Tim Schnautz |
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I think what I have decided, because the floor is weak in spots, is to take
some composite material 1/4 inch thick and recover the floor and rebox the box to the right height using 1/2 material, then maybe just use the same seat the was there. That still may be up in the air. But you guys are truly awesome!! Tim Fisher "Tim" wrote in message ... Hey tim. How's the seat project coming so far? Tim Schnautz |
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On Jan 7, 11:48*am, "Jeepinit" wrote:
I think what I have decided, because the floor is weak in spots, is to take some composite material 1/4 inch thick and recover the floor and rebox the box to the right height using 1/2 material, then maybe just use the same seat the was there. *That still may be up in the air. *But you guys are truly awesome!! Tim Fisher "Tim" wrote in message ... Hey tim. How's the seat project coming so far? Tim Schnautz- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I'm sorry to say this but if the floor has rot then you probably ought to be looking under it as well. Rot is a bit light an iceburg sometimes, the part you see is just the tipg. I replaced the floor in my 1990 bowrider and it was not mentally challenging but it was about the messiest, ugly work I've ever done. You should be able to find the stringers by sounding on the floor. They will run front to back of course and most likely there will be 4 of them. If the hull has strakes in it they might be at those points. You can test the various wood components for rot by drilling into them with a 1/4" wood bit. Examine the material coming out. It probably will be wet but if it is very dark and mushy then you have probably found rot. Get some epoxy and filler from the boat store, mix, and fill the hole with it when you are finished unless it was bad and is going to have to be fixed. On runabouts rot tends to be worst in the back. You should check the floor, the stringers, and the transom as these are the three places that have wood components. If it is bad everywhere then you probably should just fill the holes and figure that you're not going to get a lot of years out of this boat. If it is not too bad then it is possible to salvage the boat but it might be some work to do it right. You can saturate wood that is not completely gone with an epoxy/alcohol mixture. Don't waste your money on any high-dollar rot fix epoxy. It's the same thing as regular epoxy with alcohol added. |
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Anyone near Pennsylvania heading near I40 in New Mexico?
About my Maxum, I have decided to rebox the seat box (just recover it) and replace the mid section of the floor and use the factory seat, just raise it. Also would like to install Sirius.....Ught ohh once the seating is complete that statement will create additional threads for advise!!! Tim Fisher "Jeepinit" wrote in message ... In the past I have seeked the wisdom of this forum with great success. I am once again seeking some direction. I purchased a 1990 Maxum 19 ft last year. The only thing I dislike about the boat is the seating. It has the folddown seats on both sides. I do not mind the seats anywhere except at the wheel. It is an extremly uncomfortable seat. I continually had to prop cushions under me to see. I need to change this while she is in storage. Where do I go to find ideas? Maybe removing the seat and installing a captain chair on a pedestal? Looking for ideas, where and how tos. Thanks all!! Tim |
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