REPAIRING My $500 BOAT Air Horns With TRASH

We've made a ton of progress on my $500 1966 SeaRay SRV180 (18ft). Today I was experimenting to figure out what I could make a plastic air horn diaphragm with (the parts for this old FIAMM horn don't exist) and I came up with cutting a blister pack to match the existing part. To my surprise, it worked perfectly. So we grabbed the camera and started making a second one to show how it's done. The plan is to get the boat on the water one time, then sell it in the next few weeks.
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[@realamberghini]

This boat will be finished just in time for winter ❄️

[@WatchJRGo]

Right, suddenly freezing outside ❄️

[@realamberghini]

Thanks, I hate it 🥶

[@chipb1193]

Amberghini - I don’t see this boat going anywhere...

[@isaacfalvey]

Take it to Florida

[@techguy3424]

Bring it to NC, was in the 90's today.

[@MobWithGuns]

man JR has fell on some hard times since being fired, hes already digging in trash cans already

[@WatchJRGo]

😂 you caught me!

[@gertraba4484]

@@WatchJRGo Mind KINDA GUY!!!!! Hey U ought to dumpster dive for your next YT Content, BTW whoose shop is that?? AWESUM !!!!

[@VanisleNSX]

That boat has turned out much better than I expected!

[@183charlesspiva]

Thanks man, I have a set exactly like those that I wanted to put on my Japanese mini truck but couldn't get them to sing, and now you've shown me what to do. I appreciate what you do, and I'm sure I'm not alone.

[@WatchJRGo]

It should if they're plastic diaphragms! If not the hardware store should have sheet Aluminum or Brass you could trim down with tin snips 💪

[@gertraba4484]

@@WatchJRGo needs a small reserve tank for the intial blast to get the thing blowing

[@ZippoVarga]

FYI, that type of washer is called a Belleville Washer. It's a "lock" washer in that it provides spring tension against the substrate to prevent the retaining bolt/fitting from coming loose in situations where vibration is high. Awesome repair! Cheers! Zip~

[@CarWizard]

Your channel is on fire J.R.!!! Doing great man. Love the horn repairs with trash. Very cool. If our economy/government goes down the toilet, we might be fixing lots of things with trash.

[@shitloveaduck]

“I hope my diaphragm works” That’s what SHE said!!! So sorry but I had to say it,,,,,,,

[@Cartier_specialist]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gertraba4484]

yeah that's what happens when you use defective IED's

[@FOURWHEELTRENDS]

GT500 and... “be careful not to rip it cause there’s no take backsies on that guy” LOL

[@gtech66]

John, you are incredibly talented. Any car/motorcycle dealership would hire you in a second. I was recently laid off from a large healthcare company myself. You are doing the right thing with your channel. I can see your channel growing as big as Mr. Beast and surpassing him. You educate the consumer which is not something most other channels do. A lof of KZbinr's do goofy shit which is cute but has no content or value behind it. I can see you even getting your own TV show one day. Keep up the good work.

[@bluesmokegamer272]

Short Horn: JR Long Horn: Guy Amber says is just a friend

[@tyhanke]

You should really start plugging your merch by wearing it on your channel 👍👍👍

[@Cartier_specialist]

And the wind cried Mary. Good job guys.

[@xmcx7021]

I took a shot of whiskey every time I heard the word trash so much fun.

[@Digital-Dan]

Your narrative style when carrying out repairs and such is the best there is.

[@anthonylau3065]

Loved learning this hack.

[@RichieRouge206]

Brilliant video - it’s always satisfying fixing things yourself. Top work, lovely boat

[@3turbo144]

JR with the dance moves

[@joelpalmer]

Well done. Attention to detail and improvisation. This is a good example of a creative solution to a problem that doesnt involve throwing cash at it. Press on!

[@ryanm4319]

60s boats, Glastrons, nothing like that “futuristic” period in time, so old but so ahead of it’s time.

[@ap8057]

I dig the videos, I like working on and flipping cars plus I have a 1979 Ranger boat that I inherited so all of your videos are my cup of tea. Please keep it up!

[@dominicene3647]

7:04 Teamwork make the dream work. Good job JR and Gabe! You gotta run the Egyptian dance back

[@coolissimo69]

One of the best channels on youtube, you know everyone, they let you stay alone in the shop, wow .

[@cambo52s]

Thank you so much for introducing me to ELFL. Keep up the great videos.

[@FOURWHEELTRENDS]

Love the air horn!

[@JoeManLARockinEmpire]

Awesome video!

[@avisethupathi4582]

Another fire upload!

[@scaryfasttx8665]

Very satisfying

[@DaWongStar]

I’d like a count for every time JR said trash. 😂

[@Big_M_T]

Slim2None his “that guy” count was down on this video but he replaced it with “trash”

[@Big_M_T]

Did we just get Rick-Rolled?

[@genericsomething]

I just cracked open a beer. Maybe I should take a drink every time he says trash? What could go wrong?

[@jimdieseldawg3435]

That is a lovely tone! Excellent work, rags to riches always floats my boat - and yours, but yours now has airhorns :-)

[@erict8104]

So happy you're having Gabe in your videos more often now.

[@thePorsche911Steve]

Why am I giggling at this? Haha, so much fun seeing you fix this with trash. Oddly satisfying!

[@keefykicks6102]

Loving the boat content atm, hard to believe how old that boat is once you cleaned it up

[@snaprestyling2258]

Haha that’s awesome! Nice job gents

[@dave11686]

Very cool!

[@pddixon]

I fixed my toilet siphon in the same way with an old plastic milk bottle. I get a good tone out of it too. No airline required.

[@amnesia5230]

Like always, it was good seeing your video.

[@caponeprincess73]

Never been interesting in boat repair but I really enjoyed your video.

[@FactFinderer]

I can't believe you were able to fix the horns with trash... LOL... Amazing!

[@yuisko]

You should do a time lapse/highlight/compilation video after each project and cut footage you already have to show the completed project from start to finish. Would be a cool way to track each project you finish and kind of like a nice send off. With the lighting, you can really see the seats better from the cleaning video. Looks great!

[@MassiveTrackHunter]

That horn is crazy for that little boat. Bet it scares the heck out of everybody at the lake.

[@MassiveTrackHunter]

A new compressor module should fix the weak one in the boat. Should be about $20 online and much louder than the old one you have now.

[@kelly00000111111]

JR Go: bringing a whole new meaning to garbage content on KZbin since 2019.

[@Newman81964]

For the air horn, put a air tank in there and then use an air switch instead of just the air compressor and an electric switch to operate the compressor. Set up up like a small shop compressor with a pressure switch to kick the air compressor on automatically to build the pressure and kick the compressor off when the pressure is at the desired setting. Use something like a 5 gallon tank so that it holds enough air to operate the horns properly.

[@ajw828]

Gabe with the Little Einstein’s theme omg 😆 😂 Tooooo cool. Nice work man 👊🏻

[@jimjohnson7931]

Hah! Lookit that, fixin sh*t with trash. . .perfect

[@kstricl]

Nobody: "Dude, those horns are trashed." JR: "Hold my beer..."

[@m2kkillshot]

you should look into getting a small air reserve tank and plumbing that into the the line between the air compressor and the air horn that would give you the air you need to make the horns work properly.

[@diegohuijbregtsgarcia5102]

Wow! I have the exact same air horn, with those weird chambers. Only mine is a signal tone (looking it up gets me a Fiamm on amazon), it has copper diaphragms. I'm gonna watch the vid now, thanks in advance

[@diegohuijbregtsgarcia5102]

Hmm, okay. I could still try this, or just get some copper sheet. I also think the springs on mine are in backwards

[@scottdowney4318]

Fiamm, I think I have a double set of old air horns. The Fiamm compressor went bad runs but no air output, it is a cylindrical shaped one. And the brass metal diaphragms cracked. I made some from the end of a tin can, and they were so loud using a huge air compressor. But they are too thick metal . To adjust the horn, you turn the whole trumpet, loosen lock ring and turn trumpet. I found it easier to just use a Marinco electric dual trumpet horn. But I kept the old air horns.

[@kevinkyser1274]

A boat owners best day...the day he buys the boat and the day he sells it.

[@DaWongStar]

Can you sand and polish that windscreen like hazy headlight covers?

[@wizard3z868]

you cld try nothing to hurt except your elbows and muscles

[@PhatBassesTV]

Always on the grind boy

[@WatchJRGo]

Always... missed a day because this boat is sucking the life out of me ☠️

[@PhatBassesTV]

@@WatchJRGo but hey your content is great and your numbers prove that people love watching hopefully I can get to your level one day

[@unstablebobgable]

If I was working on the air horns with Gabes and Watch JR Goes I would roll up the fat Woolford and get all schmoked up.

[@Moon___man]

Did... did i just get rick rolled??

[@jonnybgooch]

One mans “at home” is another mans airplane hangar 😂 that place is huge!

[@gertraba4484]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@WatchJRGo]

It actually is an airplane hangar, we tore it down and moved it to the land ✈️

[@gertraba4484]

@@WatchJRGo AWESUM .that wood have made a mega YT vids .............boss did that with a modular Liquor warehouse and turned it into a roofing biz........

[@AgtWashingtub]

@@WatchJRGo That sounds about right.

[@watchjaredwork1487]

It’s not actually an airplane hangar...it started out as a hangar that was 120’ wide and 75’ deep. We’ve since added 100’ to it. The original building was much smaller.

[@OuchesVonDoom]

Two of the Horniest dudes on KZbin

[@Gabe-ABNCW3]

Ouches Von Doom:😂🤣😂🤣

[@jimjohnson7931]

. . .

[@gertraba4484]

that statement BLOWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Gabe-ABNCW3]

ger traba: 😂

[@Gabe-ABNCW3]

Jim Johnson:😂

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

Any updates on the 420 Crawler Tractor?

[@daddynichol52]

Add a small air tank that is charged by the compressor. That will give you the volume needed for a blast to the horns

[@detroitredwing919]

Very cool THANKS 💪MUCH LOVE FROM THE "D"

[@El_Chompo]

It would be a really fun and interesting experiment to try a variety of materials for those diaphrams to see how it changes the tone. Nylon, plastic, metal, different thicknesses and stiffnesses, you could try plastic 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.

[@aaronbrown284]

have you thought about using Meguiar's PlastX on the windshield to clean it up the stuff works great

[@reynoldsrunabouts]

What air compressor did you use? I have the exact set of horns from 1959ish. Also, I have the spotlight with a rusted intenrnal cable and need some tips on making it work, too. Thanks!

[@blevins6584mopar]

I like my horns a little on the trashy side .🤭

[@akhtarkh]

Good mechanically inclined talent is hard to find now a days. Your dad will hire you in heart beat when you are willing to work for him.

[@watchjaredwork1487]

Comfort Zone he used to but he got fired 😂 that’s a story for another day...or never 😂

[@keegan773]

Reminds me of the time my toilet flush stopped working. I took it apart and replaced the lifting diaphragm with heavy duty polythene and to my surprise it not only worked but I had no parts left over when I had finished.

[@Mumblix]

Would thin metal diaphragms sound better/louder?

[@watchjaredwork1487]

Squad!

[@juxtarepublic6106]

Hahahahahah... Two Horns.... You boys.... blowing your own Trumpets..... again..... :-)))

[@TroyFujimoto808]

WatchJRBlow! Great video JR.

[@homer4163]

I had "trash" in the WatchJRGo drinking game. Now I'm drunk.

[@regabernathy6039]

Maybe get a small air system with a tank and pressure regulated compressor and just use a solenoid to control the air to the horn.

[@realsonnysullivan]

Really important that you have a working bilge blower to evacuate gasoline fumes from the bilge! Without it you stand a near 100% chance of blowing yourselves up!

[@WatchJRGo]

Blower motor works great 🍻

[@anomamos9095]

A soda can may have been a better choice. The proper diaphragm are usually a spring steel. The plastic will die fairly quickly

[@dowen1511]

polish the plexiglass window too. 👍

[@Zerodghjj]

I did the same thing. But instead of plastic, I used a tin foil pie pan worked great.

[@pussygalore5947]

There's a little McGuyver in everyone.

[@ealhughes]

Just so you know where we're at... I skipped over Freddys new exhaust to watch this. I'll go back to Tavarish, but WatchJRGo comes first!

[@DavidBugea]

“I hope my diaphragm works.” There’s a really bad joke in there, but I’m going to resist... 😂

[@shitloveaduck]

David Bugea - I couldn’t resist,,,, feel a little guilty right now, sorta, well not really,,,, haha

[@haydenuk02]

Keep up the awesome work thanks for the awesome content and if in doubt use some rubbish from home

[@Ridgeroader]

Dumpster Diving with JR

[@drivenserb7152]

Eyyy my man

[@jefferywarburton2116]

this reminds me of making gaskets from the cardboard off the back of notepads

[@rahmanaridho]

The reason why this horn using plastic diaphragm is, because it's used direct drive compressor. It only make 15-20 psi (mine is 20 and it using short and big wire size), the longer the wire or the thinner the wire having higher resistance, making the compressor weaker. Try to use bigger wire and closer to the battery, or simply buy one more compressor (it would be great and loud)

[@vickygreene7524]

Could you add a small storage tank to the compressor to help the horns work better?

[@RobertSmith-di5ll]

What a tune - Will you be streaming

[@TheLampaklocka]

Love ur vids! Saw you on hoovies livestream!

[@fabiantolano2080]

Poor JRgo he needs a break.

[@darrenswails]

Can you make an old air compressor work using trash? Mine wont hold pressure in the tank and air blows out the intake

[@plus1497]

What else do you need? A Nathan K5LA of course.

[@WatchJRGo]

You know it, all about the Nathans (boat would probably be fine with a 3) 💪

[@BBPissed]

New channel: WatchJRDumpsterDive

[@ChrisVargasrpht2000chris]

I see you using Klein tools. I like the brand.

[@DarthVaderX31]

Thanks for the dance

[@jimellisGF_Exotics]

Ohhhh all you need is a small tank and compressor and that could be so much better like the train horns sitting in my garage waiting for the truck

[@grguy793]

Keep the boat and restore it it’s a great name brand. Cover it.

[@HiggsBJ]

Love the boat content!

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Cool fix. Does gabe use Nair on his arms?

[@WatchJRGo]

I don't think so 😂

[@Gabe-ABNCW3]

Erik Stenberg: No. 😂🤣

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

They are so smooth looking.

[@Gabe-ABNCW3]

Erik Stenberg: 😂🤣😂🤣 Genetics, man.

[@charlieknox6706]

Nice. My only question is, what is the business in the shop? Wondering what the cylinders with tubes inside are for ??

[@watchjaredwork1487]

charlie knox it’s an ASME pressure vessel shop and those are steam generator assemblies.

[@PikevilleDroneServices]

“Doctor.....Doctor.......Glad I’m not sick! 🙄😂

[@FILETBUSTER]

Wish wouldve seen the boat run .

[@stanthecomputerman]

What about the VOLVO??? 🛠🛠🛠

[@WatchJRGo]

Finishing it tonight! 💪

[@kirkfox1808]

Love your vids!! Keep it up!!

[@kronos2611]

what's with the stargate at 04:55 :)