First V20 and its a project.

[GillV20]

Yep, it's bad. So much for wishful thinking. So now the cap I might as well take off as I will be rewiring the wreck too. How hard is this to do. I know there are about 300 screws holding the top to the bottom behind the rub rail, then I have the fuel tank line, so what all am I forgetting?

[Kracker Jack]

Originally Posted by GillV20

Yep, it's bad. So much for wishful thinking. So now the cap I might as well take off as I will be rewiring the wreck too. How hard is this to do. I know there are about 300 screws holding the top to the bottom behind the rub rail, then I have the fuel tank line, so what all am I forgetting?

If your pulling the cap then I would replace the transom from the inside. If you replace from the you will still have the factory strength integrity of the outer skin. This opinion comes from others I've talked to. You might also find stringer rot towards the transom also

[tartuffe]

I pulled my cap about 3 weeks ago. Like you said, fuel lines (including vent line), wire going from tank to fill cap, bilge hoses, thru hulls in the transom.

I lodged a board in the front through one of my floor hatches (center console) rather than tie to that front cleat. Mine weighs around 400 pounds. I used an excavator, came right off. There is a putty they used to seat the cap to the stringers but there was no adhesion to speak of between the stringers and deck.

Project start to cap being off in the air took around 4 hours.

I started with a transom replacement after my "solid" transom leaked water when I installed a new GPS and found my stringers were shot.

[reelapeelin]

Kracker Jack's RIGHT about recoring the tranny from the inside if yer pullin' the cap, structurally AND cosmetically...before you pull it, walk around on the foredeck ahead of the windshield to see if any soft spots up there...if so, that fix is much easier w/cap off and flipped over...

[tartuffe]

I posted some pics on a thread I started "Here she is" that has a couple of pictures pulling the cap off. Give you an idea of what you will see if you decide to go that route.