Hi everyone, I recently got a V20 1986 dualC

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by hardboiled

It was I/O..

I can't figure the part about the cut down transom on an I/O...

...but I wouldn't think in the greater Miami-Dade area you'd have much probs findin' repower for your "V"...

[THEFERMANATOR]

He's talking about 2 different boats here. He had a 73 I/O and now he has an 86 outboard with a cut down transom. In 86 the transom could have been cut down by the factory as well though as 20" and 25" were both options at that time. As for your XRI, that is one POWERFUL SOB when it's running, but it sounds like somebody done tweaked the goody out of her. The XRI's were cheater engines that pushed the 10% rule for ALL it was worth. I know my 150 XRI I had on my flat's boat was one MEAN sucker. The 200 XRI's were said to run with any of the bigger 225 MERCURY feeshin motors. As for an engine, there are plenty of good used 200HP 2.5L powerheads around. I would head over to screamandfly .com as them guys are all MERC fans and you can possibly find a good freshawater only powerhead over there. Your also close to LAKE O, there are alot of good used engines over there as well(That's where I picked my cherry 150 up at).

[randlemanboater]

Welcome to the site! You have come to the right place for all of the answers....boating and otherwise.

[bradford]

Welcome! Try some of the green Kool-Aide, you'll like it. Everyone else does it. The chicks will think you're cool.

[hardboiled]

Here where i mark in red have a scratch missing the gelcoat a little


Here soft floor all around this area, maybe the water got inside under the captain chair? not sure.


soft around these circles, how i fix or fill with something between both fiber glass layer to make it firm?


here a view of the transom cut, it looks fine to me but i was just wondering if thats fine, because i havent seen any other of these boats like that. IF is ok then nothing to worry.


other view, i had to take these photos with the cellular cause i couldnt find batteries for the digital camara but either way is the same.

[bradford]

Depending on how soft the floor is, that might be the biggest problem. If it's just a little soft I would live with it. V20's came from the factory with lower transoms like yours. Be careful backing down or beaching the boat with waves coming over the transom--other than as long as it's solid (lift up on the motor to see if there's any movement in the transom) you should be ok. The gel coat chipped off the keel can be fixed with fiberglass or marine tex. It's all something thats been fixed before by someone else on this board.

Try using the search feature. There's tons of info available.

[macojoe]

Soft deck plates, thats the gas tank cover, many many are soft!! Remove the whole panale and take all wood of, they will be small squares, you will replace with one sheet ply.
Transom is factory cut and you must have a 20" shaft motor. Might want to remove motor and take the Alum cap off and ck wood, if all is well, (sorry but I bet there if damage) then glass over sand and paint and seal forever, it the beast way.
The floor is by far the worst fix, but cut it out till you ind good wood and start adding new ply. Save the skin of the floor so you just reglass it to the new wood.

[randlemanboater]

That is the same transom that I have, it is factory and the cap on it is fiberglass. When I swapped engines I tried to take mine off but I think they used resin to put it on.....anyway, my transom was fine, I just sealed up the seams around it with 5200 (man I hate that stuff) and stuck on the new motor.

One thing I did have to do was grind a little on the cap where the steering arm is cause it was rubbing. I just put a little paint on it to keep it from sucking water in.

[randlemanboater]

Oh, and in Miami, you will probably be able to get a good used OB out of some rich guys trashcan.

[reelapeelin]

Thanks for straightenin' me out, Ferm...and ain't pics wonderful thangs!!...