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Also what's the strategy for drainage? I tore out 1 floor drain infront of the cabin door. Was that the only one? Anyone do anything different when they rebuild theses boats?

Has anyone tried part pink sheet foam part pour in foam? Seems like when I eas taking the old foam out it was the bottom 4" that was completely saturated. What if I did the bottom 4" in pink foam board and poured foam over that?

What exactly is chine support?

I was just trying to figure out how this thing goes back together. Basically all the wood in mine was so rotten it crumbled so I didn't get to really see how it was supposed to come apart.

Is there a complete islander restore thread on here?

Can anyone recommend a good cleaner? Theres like this scum in some areas under where the foam was. Wire wheel removes it but it's slow.

Like 99% foam free. I think I'll do a little more cleaning and then I'll try and get the motors off so I can start digging the old transom out.

There's the tag on the tank she's aluminum.

Are plastic tanks better?

I believe it's aluminum.

Think I should put this tank back in? What kind of modifications can I do when I start putting her back together for better performance?

Great success! Was probably 30 gallons of this old gas in the tank. Lol

Any tips on getting the gas tank out? I'm really struggling. Lol. I tried cutting around the foam and prying but no dice.

I think I'll focus on getting the boat itself squared away then I tackle these engines. I think I should try and avoid tearing everything apart at one time.

Would this be worth picking up? I think it should cover my engines.

I was really hoping I would get lucky and not have to mess with these engines.

Finally got around to doing a compression test on the engines. I don't think it looks good but I'm not an engine expert. Left 1= 100 3=75 2=110 4=90 Right 1=75 3=90 2=80 4=80

I Is there a specific epoxy you would recommend?

They are randomly located under where the foam was. None are to deep. Maybe like half a pinhead.

Also what is the trick to getting the fuel tank unstuck?