SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Hulls => Topic started by: KonaDan on February 27, 2008, 01:53:33 PM
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I was thinking they were for rear tank vents but there are 8 more in the back. The screw holes look like there use to be a plate over them any ideas. Also dont worry about my custom paint job
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Vent covers ...... :banghead:
-beerjet-
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Vents for what? You know more about my dumpster boat than I do the sides I get its the back ones I dont understand
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typically for the slot louvered vents like these .
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Or something of that nature . I cant remember if the kona was set-up for a bow tank or not . Typically if the tanks were in the gunnels , the gas fumes or ass fumes (which in your case is just as bad and dangerous) which would get trapped in between the gunnels and upholstery and this was just one of the many creative ways to vent this perticular area .
If you go with the flip top vented gas caps , I think (correct me if I'm wrong) you can cover those up since you are moving the vent to the top and outside of your boat . sucka ....
-beerjet-
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Thank you lover, I know all about gas fumes the kona had a bow tank, but I have those side tanks, I was going to fill them do you think I should keep them?
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Maybe some other Kona owner that have gunnel tanks can chime in with there location .
-beerjet-
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Mine is a 71 18' with saddle tanks and my vent is a single hole located in front of the fill cap.
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I stocked that on your projects page, but it looks like the kona with the flame job does not have any. I think im reading to much into this, im sure I can come up with something. ps I love the wood look ive been working on something close to that thanks for everything
Daniel
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Beerjet,
the slot louvers vents take a big rectangle hole, not a bunch of tiny round holes. On the back side of them is a flange that sildes into the big rectangle hole. To be honest I'd rather have the little round holes, those big sloted deals suck.
Oh and you are wrong about the gas caps and the vents too. (you said to tell you, lol) One thing doesn't have anything to do with the other. Vented caps allow the fuel to flow to the carb, you either vent the tank or have vented caps. Vents on the side of the hull along with bildge blowers are for removing fumes out of the bildge so you don't blow your ass out of the boat. I've never heard of fumes getting stuck between the gunales and the upholstery before. That's a good one, I'll have to rememeber that. ;D
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Beerjet,
the slot louvers vents take a big rectangle hole, not a bunch of tiny round holes. On the back side of them is a flange that sildes into the big rectangle hole. To be honest I'd rather have the little round holes, those big sloted deals suck.
I wasnt saying that those exact louvers were for those exact holes . I was trying to say that there was some type of vent there . Now you got me thinkin what the hell does go there . I remember when a buddy of mine brought that thing home and that was one of my first questions . What the hell are those holes for .
Oh and you are wrong about the gas caps and the vents too. (you said to tell you, lol) One thing doesn't have anything to do with the other. Vented caps allow the fuel to flow to the carb, you either vent the tank or have vented caps. Vents on the side of the hull along with bildge blowers are for removing fumes out of the bildge so you don't blow your ass out of the boat. I've never heard of fumes getting stuck between the gunales and the upholstery before. That's a good one, I'll have to rememeber that. ;D
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Thanks for the lesson Rich ;D
-beerjet-
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Just put some hair around them, suff a blowup doll on the other side, and name it .....
"HUMMER-TIME" ;D
:screwy: "I got a problem with my boat Bob, lets drill a shitload of holes in it and see if that fixes her"...By god, I think your on to something there ......get the hole saw and some beer Dick, we have some work to do :screwy:
Is there some old mounting holes on the inside where maybe an exhaust fan was attached? it looks a little extreme, Oh wait a minute I just figured it out. There used to be two carbs on it and it couldnt get enough air to feed them so a few more hole later and "WALA" problem solved.
Ok sorry for all the ribbing but as you can see it actually has me thinking and I really can't come up with a logical explanation other than overkill on the venting.
Not that it has anything to do with the holes, but when I first got my boat it had a constant fuel smell, to the point I would hesitate lighting up a smoke at times. It had those polished aluminum flip-latch fillers and although they didn't leak fuel the odor was constant. When I put it all back together, I used different fillers threaded ones that have a small hole in them, I really didn't think letting them vent continuously without restriction would fix anything, I was really surprised when I was out running it one day, and it dawned on me the smell was gone. The problem now is when I am towing it with the tanks full, it'll blow out fuel on the grades or big bumps. But at least I can light up whenever I want to now without fearing a firery death lol
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I wasnt saying that those exact louvers were for those exact holes . I was trying to say that there was some type of vent there . Now you got me thinkin what the hell does go there... What the hell are those holes for .... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Thanks for the lesson Rich beerjet-
Yeah, I can't figure it out either or think of a good reason for them. I wish the picture posted of them showed more of the boat so we could see just where they are. Got me stumped for sure. :D
I misunderstood what you were saying eariler about the louvers, sorry.
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See what I mean, it got me too im not even going to ask about the extra holes in the dash... Maybe there speed holes who knows Ill post better pics tonight. My boat came from a dumpster so its been some work, im just getting to the point where its time to flip it and thats when I plan to fill the holes and make some supports so my shaved bump rail wont crack later on. Its my first boat and I dont want it to blow up, at least for a while. Daniel
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Yeah, I can't figure it out either or think of a good reason for them. I wish the picture posted of them showed more of the boat so we could see just where they are. Got me stumped for sure. :D
I misunderstood what you were saying eariler about the louvers, sorry.
They are about even with where the front of the motor would be . Then again , I could be wrong about that too. I just was so used to seein that thing upside down all the time .
-beerjet-
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They are probley the worst pictures in the world sorry(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi209.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb164%2FVolant1%2Fth_re.jpg&hash=7df61c3e9c02f5f1ab37a5e887229344da1d8eb7) (http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/Volant1/re.jpg)
You can see that there is a flapper tank cut out but where the tanks would have been there was foam also Omar is the new owner of the front tank I pulled out(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi209.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb164%2FVolant1%2Fth_2r.jpg&hash=48ff8f8a477920c44e710b952b29bc83d0237c11) (http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/Volant1/2r.jpg)
Thanks Daniel
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Man when you sand one of those boats as many times as I had to for paint (all the different colors), the lines are as obvious as night and day lol.
Being that close to the tanks and having the flapper fills, from the way mine was, I would have to say those holes were most likely for venting the tanks, reguardless, I would just fill them in and move on. If they were vent holes you dont want fuel getting trapped on that section of the boat anyway, the cap rail traps it and it will puddle, thats what mine did constantly and it really sucked, every time I backed it down a ramp, wiping up fuel (and smelling like gas) was part of putting it in the water.
Just my .02 hope it helps ,
I just noticed something..........Check this out
this is what I started out with
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What's all this talk of venting the gas tanks? It's a sealed unit and vented to the outside of the hull. It can be buried under the floor and packed in foam. Besides the fumes coming from a leak somewhere in your fuel system, in which case your're in deep shit and all the little holes in your deck won't do dick, settle in the bottom of the boat, they don't float around and rise to the hightest point of the boat like a foking hot air ballon.
When you vent a tank it's done with either vented gas caps or a thru hull fitting like this... :)
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my kona has the same holes.. it had some oval shaped chrome pieces with a mesh wire in them .. they are just vents
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my kona has the same holes.. it had some oval shaped chrome pieces with a mesh wire in them .. they are just vents
does it or ever have a enclosed motor?
the above pictured boat is now in ralph and i's posession and it left us both scratchin our heads and thats the best idea we could come up with....that they were vents for an enclosed motor. ???
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i dont think it did have an enclosed engine.. but it went threw a bunch of hands before i bought the project so there is no telling..maybe someday i will finish the thing.. ;D