Re: 1999 Celebrity 190 - Engine Mount and Stringer Repair
Well, my parents were up visiting this week, so I took advantage and re-recruited dad to help out, we got quite a bit done. Here come the pictures....
First off, built a jig for drilling the outdrive stud holes around the keyhole. I had some maple blocks laying around from a previous project, used the drill press to get a straight and perpendicular 1/2" hole drilled through. Then lined up and clamped the jig to the transom, and drilled through. Went very smoothly. After all the holes were drilled, I did a test fit with the outdrive, it slid into place perfectly. Got off lucky I suppose.:joyous:
Then prepped the garboard drain hole so that PB wouldn't squeeze out when filleting the transom. I used a 1" hole saw to cut a plug out of MDF, then wrapped it with enough layers of wax paper to fully plug up the hole.
Then went on to mix up some nice hairy PB and fillet around the transom. Also filled in all the holes, nicks, and low spots in the plywood.
After it set up and cured, this is how the garboard drain looked from the outside. The plan is to use a 1" Forstner bit to core the drain hole after all the tabbing is done on the transom.
