I noticed my bildge pump working overtime last weekend and rightly assumed that I had a leak in my lund rebel. When I returned home i filled my boat with water and noticed a slow drip coming from 1 or 2 rivets near the bow.
Couple of questions for forum members:
1)While in the water last weekend, it seemed that my boat filled with water much more quickly then one would expect based on slow drip I observed while the boat was out of the water. Does this seem reasonable or should I be looking for another source for the leak?
2)If it is just the rivets, how much can I expect to pay to have a few rivets replaced?
3) Is it possible to weld the rivets myself with a propane torch and durafix? If so, what kind of consideration do I need to take into account when heating an aluminum boat with a propane torch?
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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I noticed my bildge pump working overtime last weekend and rightly assumed that I had a leak in my lund rebel. When I returned home i filled my boat with water and noticed a slow drip coming from 1 or 2 rivets near the bow.
Couple of questions for forum members:
1)While in the water last weekend, it seemed that my boat filled with water much more quickly then one would expect based on slow drip I observed while the boat was out of the water. Does this seem reasonable or should I be looking for another source for the leak?
2)If it is just the rivets, how much can I expect to pay to have a few rivets replaced?
3) Is it possible to weld the rivets myself with a propane torch and durafix? If so, what kind of consideration do I need to take into account when heating an aluminum boat with a propane torch?
Thanks for all your help!
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