silveraire
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Apr 23, 2006
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I just bought an older duel console boat. It has a 20 inch transom on it right now. As it sits, there is a small 12 gallon gas tank under the splashwell. There is so little space, the batteries won't even fit under it.
I am thinking about raising the transom to 30" and raising the splashwell aswell. Raising it 10 inches will put the top of the transom right at the rubrail height. After further inspection, the floor and transom are rock solid. I hate to replace a transom that doesn't need it.
the other dilema is that I now have 2 good running 20 inch johnson motors. I have a 95 120hp fully rebuilt with less than 50 hours on it, and the motor that came with the boat. A 1980 140hp. The previous owner put almost $1200 dollars in replacement parts in the motor before he figured out that the #1 cyl had thrown a ring.(New prop, new coils, new power packs, fuel pump and carbs rebuilt, new plugs, new starter) A quick ring and piston replacement, cyl hone, and the thing is running like a champ. I have a friend of mine that has an really clean 30" 2000 yamaha 135 2 stroke with 150 hours on it that he's replacing with a 4 stroke. He is willing to give me a hell of a deal on it.
I really need the storage for the batteries and a larger gas tank. Don't wan't to really take up deck space for that stuff if I don't have to. It will also help with keeping water from coming over the transom when backing down on fish. So whats all of your expert opinion on this? do I? don't I? I'm not really looking forward to another transom replacement, but if I must I must.
thank you for the help in advance
chad
I am thinking about raising the transom to 30" and raising the splashwell aswell. Raising it 10 inches will put the top of the transom right at the rubrail height. After further inspection, the floor and transom are rock solid. I hate to replace a transom that doesn't need it.
the other dilema is that I now have 2 good running 20 inch johnson motors. I have a 95 120hp fully rebuilt with less than 50 hours on it, and the motor that came with the boat. A 1980 140hp. The previous owner put almost $1200 dollars in replacement parts in the motor before he figured out that the #1 cyl had thrown a ring.(New prop, new coils, new power packs, fuel pump and carbs rebuilt, new plugs, new starter) A quick ring and piston replacement, cyl hone, and the thing is running like a champ. I have a friend of mine that has an really clean 30" 2000 yamaha 135 2 stroke with 150 hours on it that he's replacing with a 4 stroke. He is willing to give me a hell of a deal on it.
I really need the storage for the batteries and a larger gas tank. Don't wan't to really take up deck space for that stuff if I don't have to. It will also help with keeping water from coming over the transom when backing down on fish. So whats all of your expert opinion on this? do I? don't I? I'm not really looking forward to another transom replacement, but if I must I must.
thank you for the help in advance
chad
I wouldn't go hacking that thing up one bit and it has a fantastic engine on it as it sits. Just reorient the gas tank to make room. (Some interior pictures would help us come up with some ideas).
