Transom Cap wont Fit

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Problems all day today. Finished all the grinding, put the cap back on and as you can see in this Pic. It fits tight to the new transom.



But I cant get the sides to line up well. Looks as if the cap needs to slide forward, but it wont. *??? ??? ???




Looks like I have room to push the cap forward, but it doesnt budge. *??? ???
The deck is nice and flush, but decided to cut a 1/4 off the deck, thinking "the cap" would slide forward more, but it still wont slide forward.

Thinking of maybe cutting off the back lip of the cap. That might do th etrick, or maybe running straps across the top and maybe torking the traps down, that might pull and align things up. *??? ???

Come to far to quit, but I'm at a loss. I measured 10 times and cut once, the cap should fit like a condom. *:-/