Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
I think it's done! Haven't splashed it yet... it's been raining for a month... soon though.
I got a scare when I turned the key for the first time... nothing... turned out that I had somehow knocked the neutral switch wire off of the shifter...
Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
LOL... now I know why boats are named "His Mistress" and such... I'm sure I've spent more time sitting in this boat in my garage this winter than I will in the next 5 years on the lake... but it's better than watching TV...
The floors are back...
Hey all,
Just bought this boat last fall... it's been a big project, new transom & floors, etc... reassembling now.
I had noticed that the boat was louder than I expected when it was in the water... Now that I'm looking at the parts I can see that some of the exhaust is allowed to escape...
Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
Well... Progress!
I took a bit of a break for the holidays...
I had left a few inches of the floor boards in so that I would know the original level of the floors... I made templates for the bulkheads and put them in place with temporary support...
Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
It looks like the stringers and bulkheads were slotted together... stringers high, bulkheads low... I'll re-make them as they were originally done.
I cut it all out today... I am in the granite-countertop biz and I'd highly recommend the tool we...
Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
Just finished stripping most of the foam... nasty job! garden shovel, then chisels and scrapers.... The foam wasn't as wet as I had worried, but it was definitely soaked down low along the stringers. I was amazed that there was no glass on the...
Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
I took a picture of my almost-perfect boat....
And then I took the carpet up, cut out the floor... and took a few more of the carnage beneath. I love carpet!!!
It looks like everything forward of the middle of the fuel tank is pretty bad. They...
Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
I made sure that the new transom was exactly the same thickness as the "good" parts of the old one... 2 1/16 everywhere. Everything appears to be nice & flat and true.
I need to drill out the mounting holes... I plan to make a jig to be sure that...
Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
Well, here it is... new transom... 3/4 marine ply, with a thicker section laminated on with titebond III. The thicknesses and shape match the original transom except that it was OSB with a ply overlay on the thicker part. I have put 2 coats of epoxy...
Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
ok.... The transom came out with only a putty knife... I made a template of the old one before I crumbled it. It consisted of one piece of 3/4" OSB with another piece of 3/4" plywood (approx 2' x 2') in the center.
I plan to buy a sheet of Marine...
I pulled the drain plug and said... "this is not good"...
If there is a leak, I think that it is at the shift linkage... there is a bit of oil coming out, so I assume that water gets in sometimes...
How do I chase a water leak? can I put compressed air into the housing and watch for...
Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse
Well, here a couple of pics showing chunks of transom I removed by blowing on it lightly. ;-)
There seems to be a oval section extending 4" left and right of the 3/4 marine plywood at the center of the outdrive... the top and (surprisingly) the bottom...
Hi all,
My fuel gauge reads E all of the time... previous owner told me that the tank sender has been tested and working.
so...
Should I believe him? is there an easy way to check? I have Ohmmeter, but don't know what to look for...
Can I buy a gauge like Iboats part# 13001 and simply...
I have a 96 volvo Penta 3.0 with an SX-C1 outdrive on a Larson Bowrider... I was recently towing another boat in reverse (unusual situation)... and after 4 minutes I was ankle deep in water.
the boat has been on a mooring for years without an automatic bilge pump and is quite dry otherwise...
