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Motor is running now for the electronics

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That's Grrrrrrrrrrreat!!!

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Still no pics. :'(

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GREAT!! ... that always amazes me after a dunkin' ;) ...Congratulations 8) ...

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Great news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That is some good news! What did you have to do, how hard was it, how long did it take, what was the worst part, yada yada yada??

Details. Give us the mental pictures :D

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So whatever happened to the pics. :'(

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Got issues with camara. It's at shop. along with the boat. Pick up both Monday. The bill for repairs if shop does all the work will be 2300. I hope to cut it down to 700 if i do all the work. Might be able to do better with some creative buying and scronging. I will start next week on the shopping list when i get the boat home and can do a full inventory.

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I have a 1983 V-20 CC which sunk about 4 years ago and the engine a 1994 150 johnson and is still running strong. With the repairs that we needed to do I decided to replace my transom myself at the same time. It was not that bad of a job and we made the repair by taking the boat apart and replacing from the inside. While the boat was apart it gave me good time to check the stringers and everything else which is under the flooring. If you want the details of how we did this let me know and I'll be glaid to give you the details of how we did the job.

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Stillrunning, post some pics. of your transom repair. *;D

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At the time I never thought about taking pics of the repair but at the time I did not know sites like this even existed. The repair was fairly easy to do which surprised me and I'd be more than happy to explain to anyone how we went about doing the job.

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Great pic, Whop ... 8) ... was that taken after the dunkin'? ...


...looks like me 'n you postin' same time ... my question was about the 1st pic...2nd pic every boaters NIGHTMARE :P ...

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First is the day I bought it. 3 years ago. Second was my nightmare. I'm now out of denial and trying to decide the big issue. Take two years and couple of 1000 $ and do everything myself. Motor runs great? I don't get it. If I was was in salt water for 5 days. I would puck pistons all over the place. I 'm going to get hold of the guy that redid the 83 and start collecting information for the job. Start with all the the sites and start the process of scronging parts and equipment to put it all together again. Transom and stringers are a must.

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Good luck, Whop!! ...pics and info on how she comes along ...you know how we like 'em ;) :D ...


...glad to hear motor runnin' so good ... keep 'er pickled REEL good ;) ...

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oh man..that is a nightmare! glad to hear the motor runs though!

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WOW. :-[
How long was she under. Would the transom and stringers be comprised ?

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Great pictures!! Now if you had a dome on there might have been the first V20 Sub!

You lazy!! ;) ;D It was down 5 days, and the transom needed repair before it went down.

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I'd be more than glad to show you what we did and how we did the job on the transom. We found my stringers to still be in good shape and only had to beef up a few. We also rewired the boat and I have an easy method which just about anyone could do. I live in Suffolk Va. not far from you and would be more than glad to help with any info you would want. I did the job with help from two friend and none of us had never replaced a transom but we did have experience some experence with fiberglass. The job is not near as tough as it looks. Message me with your number and I'll give you a call. I had a 1994 150 Johnson on mine when it sank and its still running great after 5 years.

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I work in chesapeake on Battlefield . Next to Sams Club. Fatburgers Rest, Cell # 7575707832

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Answer for the stringers. i was going to do them any way. Wood particals coming out from under the deck area into the bilge pump well area. Trnsom was a must.

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Sorry I have not given you a call but we had a baby a few weeks past and things have been a little busy. I'll give you a call this weekend or you can give me a call at 436-7800 which is a week day number.

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Is it a boy or girl? A member to the V-20 club. Thats great. I have been busy too. I will call this afternoon

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Hey Whopper...if ya can post any pics of the reconstruction it'd be GREAT!!... :D ...

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Iwill. When weather breaks . I will start the demolition in a couple of weeks. Got to locat engine lift ,then I will start on hull.

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whopper i have a engine lift in norfolk if ya need to use it to pull motor off....if ya looking to buy one i picked this one up at harbor freight for alil over $100...i have some 20% off coupons

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your on / If you work near battlefield Blvd. Call me 5707832. I run the Fatburger Rest near Sams. I'm good for lunch.

Chic

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We just backed the boat to where we wanted the motor lowered the engin till it hit the ground. Then unbolted the engin and four of us leaned it against a tree and chained and locked it up. Let me know when and if you want to run through how we did my transom job. Bryan