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aussie 03-29-2011 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by bksah2 (Post 170374)
I Wonder :head: you said that your speed with the 3.7 was very slow and now your truck cant pull a hill with the v in tow ..Just a though ,,i wonder if your foam under the floor is totally saturated and water loged this would add hunderds of unwanted pounds to the boat whick may cause both problems

well how do i check that

Destroyer 03-29-2011 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie (Post 170376)
well how do i check that

Easy way would be to lift the floor panel by your fuel tank, and then take a 1" piece of copper pipe, sharpen one end on a grinder, and take a core sample of the foam in that area. If the foam is dry you should be ok.. if it's saturated with water that's not so good. :head:

aussie 03-29-2011 09:14 PM

ok ill try it then if its wet then what can all the foam be removed rrrrrrrrrrrrrr i give up:cry:

bksah2 03-29-2011 09:30 PM

I think you can also get to some of the foam from taking out the rod holders..I know the foam is for safety but i HATE the stuff ..Had a few boats over the years and they all had saturated foam from one degree to another..Its like wet snow and when its gets wet it weights a TON.. the bad part is there is no way to get it out ,,,you have to dig it out.. I did here that there was a liquid that you can pour on it and it will desove it but i have looked and looked all over the net and in stores and cant find the stuff ..I have poured everthink from gas to acid on it and no luck..:cry:

aussie 03-29-2011 09:42 PM

this boat is getting better and better each time

THEFERMANATOR 03-29-2011 11:26 PM

Break
Out
Another
Thousand

Didn't you know that's what BOAT stood for? I know I sure learned this one teh hard way, so don't feel alone.

aussie 03-30-2011 12:01 AM

well i dont mind doing the work seems like rust in a car u find a small hole then when u start cleaning its half the car lol

phatdaddy 03-30-2011 05:36 AM

how old is your hull? not very many had foam under the deck from the mid 80's & older. mine is an 83 and no foam, i think all of the in deck fuel tanks were foamed in, but that is only in the fuel cell compartment.

aussie 03-30-2011 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by phatdaddy (Post 170440)
how old is your hull? not very many had foam under the deck from the mid 80's & older. mine is an 83 and no foam, i think all of the in deck fuel tanks were foamed in, but that is only in the fuel cell compartment.

mine a 88 mopdel havnt checked it yet but i will

bradford 03-30-2011 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by phatdaddy (Post 170440)
how old is your hull? not very many had foam under the deck from the mid 80's & older. mine is an 83 and no foam, i think all of the in deck fuel tanks were foamed in, but that is only in the fuel cell compartment.


No foam on my '85.


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