I think that's the route we're going to have to go. I pulled up the floor in the rear to check out the stringers and was able to easily access the furthest ones towards the outside of the hull. I found that they weren't even glassed in (thought they usually were) and had water exposure in...
Got the chance to cut a bit into the transom from the inside this evening and confirmed the worst. Anything that was once wooden in here has completely turned into dust. Very glad that we had enough other things preoccupying us to fix during the season that we didn't get the chance to try and...
Well, shoot. That's definitely the response I was expecting, but it doesn't make it any easier to hear. After the holiday I will cut out a small portion of the fiberglass and take a look at the wood (if there's any left).
If the rot has consumed the whole transom I know that I can't afford the...
Just finished up the bellows job last night. Ended up finding that the brass fitting on the shift cable had cracked and needed replaced as well. It was a bit more tedious that I thought it would be to get it all finished up, but after seeing what a new set of bellows is supposed to look/feel...
We took the boat out yesterday after replacing both gaskets on the trim manifold and everything seemed alright when the outdrive was partially submerged, which I think is an improvement from last time.
We got the boat fully off the trailer this time and unfortunately a new leak started higher...
I have the zinc and manifold removed and there was a little bit of water in the cavity, so it's confirmed that water is getting in there through some means. The gasket that I pulled off seems to be in perfectly good condition though, so I am wondering if it's possible it could be trickling down...
Hi everyone, thanks for the replies. I will take a look into replacing that gasket below the manifold and take it back to the ramp and see if that helps with the leak.
If the leak is in fact fixed by replacing that gasket I will still look into replacing the bellows in the off-season due to...
Hello everyone, I am new to both boating and the forum and am excited to join the community. A friend and I purchased a 1995 glassport 170 at the start of the summer. It is running a mercruiser 3.0LX and an alpha one gen II outdrive. We spent all season getting the engine up and running and did...
