Taking the Transom out

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I have taken apart a center consol and it was not that bad of a job. I first grouped the wires to each gauge (only the ones which had to be removed some jumper wires and can stay) then i marked each with diferent color fingernail polish. Now I have each grouped and labled for each gauge and color coded. I then removed anthing else which was attached to both sections, bow lights, gas filler line etc... We then unscrewed the two sections and cut the caulk loose. Oh, we did remove the motor and steering & throttle cable. If I'm correct it only took us one day to get to this point and none of us had done this before. I then rigged a pulley in a tree limb and then to the inner section. Using a truck we slowly raise the section as I checked for anything we may have missed. If you have to go between the two sections brase off the two using 2x4 running across the bottom section. We then raised above the lower section and pushed the lower section out of the way. Lowered ineer section and it was apart. Now you can fix any stringers, transom, and flooring from the inside without tearing up the fiber glass. It did take some time but was not that bad of a job and having access to the whole interor of the hule proved to be very benificial as we made other repairs. I would think that the cabin will added a little more time to the job. I found the the inner linning while heavy was not that heavy we could move around with 4 or 5 guys.