I'm doing a fiberglass repair to the bilge area where i had to remove the livewell fill thru hull fitting. I'm buying a new fitting to reinstall and was wondering what adhesive to use. It looks like a plumbers putty looking adhesive was on there initially.
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Along the side of the fiberglass grillage/stringer area of my Winner Chameleon water that is meant to drain to the bilge flows along the stringer to the wood that is sandwhiched between the 2 piece liner . There are factory holes to allow water that collected in the outer stringer sections to...
Re: How can i repair the cut out i did in the side of the stringer?
forgot the pics, took one furthest back to get a overview of the area, my earlier posts show that this boat has a all fiberglass stringer system made in one mold the size of the boat adhered into the hull, this area is...
Re: How can i repair the cut out i did in the side of the stringer?
I'm hoping this pic serves as a overall pic. The yellowish thing you see on the right is one of the 2 gas tanks 14 gal. The farthest back area (dirty looking area) is the transom area where the motor bolt heads are ( higher...
I'm going to replace the t-stat on the outboard and figured i would replace the poppet while i'm at it replacing the gasket under the same cover. I have the poppet and awaiting for the diaphram and spring to come in, do i need to replace the black cup shaped piece as well?
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Re: How can i repair the cut out i did in the side of the stringer?
not sure where you see wood, trust me, the only wood is the mounting block of wood that is glassed to the hull that i ground the glass from the top of, pic 1 and 2. Underneath that wood block you see, about a inch lower is...
I cut out a 4" long by 2" tall section out of the one stringer to see if there was wood at the bottom of it. I also made another cut of the same area from the top to the same side of the stringer making the total cut out area like a backwards upside down " L " cutout including the corner of the...
into the foam filled compartments?
This is what I found :
a 1 /16th " diameter hole above the starboard side stringer, so not sure where the water can travel from there ...........
i found out that the previous owner screwed the bilge pump to the hull without sealing the mounting screw holes...
I noticed today in the 1" raised area where the bilge pump is mounted with wood under the fiberglass the wood is soaked. water oozed out of the mounting hole. i opened the hole to 1/2" and sucked the water out with vac, about 14 ounces total.
I also noticed a chip in the fiberglass hull in the...
