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Originally Posted by tsubaki
 07-18-2007, 12:37 AM
drj 
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: fort myers fl
Posts: 15
 Transom help On a v20 center console
Can Someone Please give me some suggestions or ideas of how to do a fiberglass transom repair and strengthened. Here is the problem. The transom was replaced professionally and he did a good job except he left space between the new wood and the old fiberglass. I know how to handle that just grind and re glass the corners of the motor well. From there I'm stuck. The last owner did a botch fiberglass job to shorten the transom for a 20 inch motor. he did not glass the top of the wood good after he cut it but there there appears to be no problem. the problem is where the bolt holes are. Water got in fro the lack of silicone on the bolts and rotted a 3 inch radius around each hole. Can someone please tell me how i can tie in a piece on the top to make it a 20 inch transom again and fix the holes. The transom is not in horrible condition I took an old Johnson 120 off of it and will replace it with a 200 this is not overrated for the boat but I want to make sure with a bigger motor that I do not have any problems.
Please help
thanks
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drj, are the old repairs that big of a mess or you think redoing the same way will be easier? |
Believe it or not that is the same transom job that I was talking about in that old thread that you found. I had to get my boat out of my dad's shop because he had to bring his stuff in to work on so I haven't touched the boat since then. =(
I'm not sure I understand what your asking.
Before I bought the boat the transom was redone by a professional fiberglass shop. Then the guy I bought the boat from notched it down 5 inches and didn't put the cap back on where he notched it which allowed water to get in just in the center of the transom. I was going to did the whole thing out and re=do it with seacast until I saw yours and mauryc's replies which made me think about raising it with the seacast and how it would not have as much support. So now I am back to square 1 and I think I am going to redo it with wood. I was reading some threads on here and I saw a link to this other site. This looks about what I was thinking to do now. I am not 100% set on it though.
http://classicmako.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15745
tsubaki- I hope i answered what you were asking but if not just let me know.