92 V20 Cuddy Update

[duckdive101]

The boat didn't come with a depth/fish finder. I always like to know my depths so I picked this Garmin up off craigslist for $50.



The transom had some previous transducers and their associated holes. I need to spend some time cleaning them up and sealing them properly. I will probably install something a little more sophisticated than the Garmin 140 next year. I didn't want to Swiss cheese my transom any further so I put the transducer in the bilge with a bees wax toilet ring to shoot thru the hull. Depth works ok but the fishfinder isn't completely happy with it. So I know how deep it is but I probably won't see any fish on it the screen.

[duckdive101]

This was the trickiest repair so far. I dropped the lower unit to check everything out and replace the impeller. The lower unit was stuck so I needed to use a couple putty knifes and wood wedges to get it to drop. The two locator pins were corroded into the housing. I was afraid the shaft was stuck. I had read horror stories about cutting the shaft to separate the two.

Everything else came apart ok but the impeller's woodruff key was pretty corroded and I was afraid it could spin inside the impeller. I ordered the key from boats.net and took it all apart again. The new (and old) are steel. I tried round punches, vise grips, and dikes to get it out. There wasn't much to work with because it was corroded and already rounded over. I took out the dremel with a fine cutoff disc. Split the key in two and it came out easily. The new key was pretty tight. Had to smack it in with a brass hammer.