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Re: Motor Mount repair of my Cruiser's Rogue 2420
spent the day grinding.....and grinding.....and grinding....and grinding..... all this to get some damp wood out
then I had to remove about 8" of foam between the hull and outer most stringers to get access to the rear U-bolts/transom tie down points. removing foam is a PITA. large filet knife to make main cut, then a bunch of small cuts, followed by chipping it out with a screw driver. working between the transom, and the rear panel for the interior. about 12" wide area. not fun....... tried to "pop" out a section with a prybar, and it simply fought back due to lack of space.
transom is half PB (actually, I think body putty). only wood is the 40" wide area around the outdrive, and two 6 x 6 x 1/2" panels for the rear u-bolts/transom tie downs. the rest of the transom is really curved, and has a layer about 5/8" thick of what looks like body putty between multiple layers of roving. going to leave the body putty and roving sections alone, just ruff-n-scuff for another layer or two.
since I cant get in that area vary well were I removed the foam, I will grind the two 6 x 6 panels out with 36 grit....... more grinding..... tomorrow. doubt if I will replace with wood, thinking 3 layers of 1708 over a layer of tiger hair and call it done, re-install the transom tie-downs and re-foam.
A bit more grinding tomorrow and I can start cutting wood to put humpty dumpty back together again.
spent the day grinding.....and grinding.....and grinding....and grinding..... all this to get some damp wood out
then I had to remove about 8" of foam between the hull and outer most stringers to get access to the rear U-bolts/transom tie down points. removing foam is a PITA. large filet knife to make main cut, then a bunch of small cuts, followed by chipping it out with a screw driver. working between the transom, and the rear panel for the interior. about 12" wide area. not fun....... tried to "pop" out a section with a prybar, and it simply fought back due to lack of space.
transom is half PB (actually, I think body putty). only wood is the 40" wide area around the outdrive, and two 6 x 6 x 1/2" panels for the rear u-bolts/transom tie downs. the rest of the transom is really curved, and has a layer about 5/8" thick of what looks like body putty between multiple layers of roving. going to leave the body putty and roving sections alone, just ruff-n-scuff for another layer or two.
since I cant get in that area vary well were I removed the foam, I will grind the two 6 x 6 panels out with 36 grit....... more grinding..... tomorrow. doubt if I will replace with wood, thinking 3 layers of 1708 over a layer of tiger hair and call it done, re-install the transom tie-downs and re-foam.
A bit more grinding tomorrow and I can start cutting wood to put humpty dumpty back together again.
