V2o Steplift

[randlemanboater]

Congrats on the "new boat".

There is a current thread going about rod boxes, check it out.http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ead.php?t=9432

I think BeaverDamMarine was scrapping a V recently, he might have a door.

[macojoe]

Before you get going, have you ck ed the transom ?? Make sure it is solid as all the decks! You don't want to go wild and find that you have to tear into something and waste all your time and money.

awlgrip paint is the only way to go if you are going to paint it!! On something like this time is your friend!! Don't rush it!!

CK out this thread, Skools has rebuilt a boat from ground zero lots of info here go thru the hole thing!!
There is another boat in there so don't get confused, but I will tell you will learn all you need right there!!

http://wellcraftv20.com/community/sh...ighlight=micro

[msbhammer]

Welcome to the site man. : )

[nymack66]

Can I mount Evinrude 140 20" shaft on this hull , Its a 1984 v20 Steplift the transom seems to be higher than my 83 v20 Steplift by approximately three inches , Or can I use a Jack Plate , I have seen some pros mentioned "Jack Plates was not meant to compensate a short shaft motor"

[THEFERMANATOR]

Looking at that picture tells me you MOST likely will need a complete transom in that boat. You can see the silicone gooped up on some old transducer holes, and there appears to be some cracks over on the port side where the aluminum is missing. I' malmost willing to bet that boat was pulled out of service for a reason looking at that picture. And no, your 20" shaft won't directly swap over. You would either have to convert yours to a 25", or cut that one down like your 83 is. First thing you need to do is get that aluminum off and look in there and see what you find. But make sure and keep it covered over, many a transom has gone bad because people left that cover off.

[nymack66]

The Transom looks solid, I check the inside also looks good no cracks etc, I will patch and fix the holes you see on the back and the remove and re-seal under the cap, in regards to the height can a Jack plate resolve this it seems to be just 3 to 4 inches higher that the other Transom. Please let me know.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Make sure and check the areas circled in red VERY closely. The lower keft area appears to have screw holes that are open. The upper left in the picture appears to have cracks in it from the photo(weakining transoms often start to show up in this area first). And the lower right is more screw holes. As for a jack plate it could be used, but the problem will be you wouldn't be able to trim your engine up as the cowling would hit the transom. You either have to cut the 25" down to a 20", or make your 20" shaft a 25". WELLCRAFT offered the V-20 with either a 20" or 25" transom from the late 70's to the mid 80'd. Early on they were all pretty much 20" since that was a long shaft, and later on 25" was the standard.