Your local Lowe's has 3M spray adhesive for a out $14 a can.
Dap weld wood contact cement is better, and one $20 can and a $4 roller will do your whole job
coming from an industry that had all our products insured by Lloyds Registry and GL-DNV. 100% of the welds were made by AWS certified welders and inspected by LR. there is no standard that is too high
i sold a 10 year old SeaRay for a 23 year old Cruisers......
then spent $1700 in materials and 5 months of my life replacing the transom, aft stringers, bulkheads, engine mounting blocks, etc. and 6 years later I started redoing the remainder of the boat because the wood in the interior panels...
fuel sitting still turns to varnish even in a sealed container. if you use a carbed motor once a week and follow the maintenance schedule, it will run for decades. same goes for EFI motor. if you let them sit. things go awry
first, welcome aboard
nearly all 80's boats have wood in the structure. many boats today still have wood
your boat may have been "overbuilt" when it was new, however it was designed to last 15 years..... and it just past 34.
you should be concerned about the stringers and transom. it is...
your 1992 boat was designed to last 15 years
its now 32 years old
you will find you have wet foam and probably rotting stringers and transom. the floor is the last thing to rot. since you are addressing a soft spot in the floor, your transom, foam and stringers have long ago gotten wet and...
if it isnt a marine diesel with marine manifolds, etc dont even consider it.
if you are talking any of the GM auto diesels from the 70's or 80's, a simple perkins marine diesel will not only be 1/3 the weight, it would be reliable
since the cap is on the expansion tank portion of the heat exchanger. you would never see water moving in it, its not like the top tank of a radiator
you could remove the raw water pump and hook a hose up to the line to the heat exchanger as a test.
did you use a clear piece of hose between...
