Anyone here use seacast, and maybe give some pro's cons if you had a ply transom before.
apparently you can easily make a fiberglass shell and pour soem stringers in.......wouldnt this pretty much make a rot proof transon/stringer system?
and on top of it its supposidly floats.
Well I got my transom wood all cut out today....That 4 1/2 grinder with cutoff wheel was invaluable!!! it cut through like butter! But theres a possible serious hull glass issue and i need some expert advice!
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnO75ro-EVo
Here are a couple pics!
Maybe you can help out oops.....
Got my splash well cut out with a sawzall the other day and now i'm going to cut away the remaining fiberglass on the transon and about 12"'s of the already rotted stringers and then sand down evenly the inside of the outter skin.
question is what would be the...
Anyone have a link for an online version for mounting specs for the above motor?
rebuilding a transom on my boat and need to kow all the specs and maximum transom thickness etc....
Ok I had pictures everywhere of my restoration...So i decided to do as a few others and make one continually updating thread.
The back story is that my buddy got it from a guy for $2500.It was on a good trailer and the engine started right up.He had one day with it and worked ok except the...
lol i got the port side of my deck ripped up finally. and got 90% of the port foam out.
I found that using a paint scraper and the claw part of a hammer works pretty well. the 2 port stringer were complete mush and half of them were all caved in. The only thing i found that i don't like is...
Well I stared dismantling everything on my 77 columbian for the rebuild...what a PITA it is to remove hundreds of screws!!! had to drill alot out cuz they were stuck!!! but after remiving a bunch of stuff on the transom i noticed the ply wood was rotted! well the transom is 1/8" fiber 1/8
" or...
Here's a link to my boat
http://picasaweb.google.com/lucid484/Boat#
I'm doing a complete restore...removing all the deck hardware and getting new stuff,new motor repairing old holes from misc equipment etc... now I would really like to paint it a marine blue color with maybe a dark maroon...
Well after spending 4 days taking the power head off and tearing it apart in my basement..i was horrified by what I saw!! As some of you know my buddy gave me a boat and blown engine for free...after taking off the head it looked like it just chewed up some rings...well i just finished tearing...
:redface: Well I went to go take the powerhead off my outbard today and me and my buddy lost. We took off what seemed to be 100 bolts (heads,carbs,diff. links etc.) to try to lighten it up....I goto take off the 6 main bolts and the seal starts to break which is a good thing....but no matter...
Wow as some of you know I got a great boat from a friend and plan on doing a complete refit (deck hardware,top to bottom paint,rewiring,replacing all the guages on the dash, recapeting,and rebuilding the blown engine)...I know the engine is the priority as the boat needs mostly some cosmetic...
Ok well i got a free boat with a blown engine from a friend..the engine is a 1995 Johnson 150hp engine model 150ELEOM
the dealer that my buddy took it to had the heads off of the engine...so I could see the damage when he gave me the boat....all the pistons look fine except the top one on the...
Well my buddy at work gave me his boat because one of the piston on the outboard crapped the bed...rather than fix it he bought another boat.The boat itslef is in great shape for its age!! Just looking for any information I could get on it....When i try to google it it comes up with sailboats...
