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That was my original plan but then started second guessing myself after thinking about the lack of fiberglass under the previous beam. The center stringer directly under it was still sporting it's pristine 1708 wrap with nothing ever being glassed to it. The beam seemed to be held solely by some...
wow, that's a lot of info. Even found couple threads with very similar issue as mine. A lot on material and how to make them but not one on how to install one or how it is attached yet. So what is that support under the engine named? Something to search on
Pulled the Mercruiser 2.5L engine for a rebuild and decided to check the wood under the engine mount and found mush. Not sure what wood it is, as it was leaching black water back into the bilge it may have been a railroad tie? Pic below, had to handle it very gently not to have it come apart...
