rookie456
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2011
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- 81
Originally I was just going to replace the plywood transom on my boat, as I started taking it apart, I realized everything was rotted, and some mice had been living under my floor. I gutted the whole boat. My plan is to redo the interior of the boat, I am fine with what the exterior looks like, and I rebuilt my 1980 mercury 80hp a few years ago. Here are some pics of my progress.
Also, I am not the original owner, I bought it about 7 years ago. I am pretty sure it is the original transom and floor I removed, and 3 things surprised me. I found a lot of what I think are mandrels from blind rivets. I found one underneath the pour in foam, and it corroded the aluminum in that area, I also found some mandrels down inside the knee brace of the boat, about 5 of them corroded together into one piece. It also appears the the screws used to attach the splash well were not stainless, you can see in my pic that the screws rusted down to just being pins. It also appears that the transom I took out was just 2 pieces of raw 3/4 ply, not sealed in anyway, and not even glued to each other.
Also, I am not the original owner, I bought it about 7 years ago. I am pretty sure it is the original transom and floor I removed, and 3 things surprised me. I found a lot of what I think are mandrels from blind rivets. I found one underneath the pour in foam, and it corroded the aluminum in that area, I also found some mandrels down inside the knee brace of the boat, about 5 of them corroded together into one piece. It also appears the the screws used to attach the splash well were not stainless, you can see in my pic that the screws rusted down to just being pins. It also appears that the transom I took out was just 2 pieces of raw 3/4 ply, not sealed in anyway, and not even glued to each other.
