TinBoats.net
The original aluminum boat site!
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Blog
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Boats
Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1973 AlumaCraft F7 - A Modified Overhaul In Central Florida
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support TinBoats.net:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Cagey" data-source="post: 358542" data-attributes="member: 10532"><p><img src="https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02157_zps01398d0e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02150_zps4a236873.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02140_zps3af046c1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Showing the cracked welds in the crappy transom repair. Time to rip this junk out!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02159_zps2c116e50.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>A 3/8" plate of aluminum across the transom and it was not even fit in tight to hull. You can see space between this plate and hull. Another reason it flexed and cracked the welds. Out it goes! I need a bigger hammer.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02165_zpsdcf2142d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02169_zps400d956b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Now back down to hull only, and more room inside the boat! Now that's more like it. I can work with this now.</p><p></p><p>And this is when I ran into a situation with the transom knee. I knew something was going on underneath it when I saw this kind of separation from the bottom of the boat:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02143_zps202bdfdc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I found quite a bit of corrosion underneath and had to remove the transom knee along with the crappy old transom repair. Man this thing is turning out to be more work and expense than I had originally thought.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02162_zps6d405f3d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02160_zps42f18921.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cagey, post: 358542, member: 10532"] [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02157_zps01398d0e.jpg[/img] [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02150_zps4a236873.jpg[/img] [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02140_zps3af046c1.jpg[/img] Showing the cracked welds in the crappy transom repair. Time to rip this junk out! [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02159_zps2c116e50.jpg[/img] A 3/8" plate of aluminum across the transom and it was not even fit in tight to hull. You can see space between this plate and hull. Another reason it flexed and cracked the welds. Out it goes! I need a bigger hammer. [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02165_zpsdcf2142d.jpg[/img] [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02169_zps400d956b.jpg[/img] Now back down to hull only, and more room inside the boat! Now that's more like it. I can work with this now. And this is when I ran into a situation with the transom knee. I knew something was going on underneath it when I saw this kind of separation from the bottom of the boat: [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02143_zps202bdfdc.jpg[/img] I found quite a bit of corrosion underneath and had to remove the transom knee along with the crappy old transom repair. Man this thing is turning out to be more work and expense than I had originally thought. [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02162_zps6d405f3d.jpg[/img] [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e214/Cagey1/BOATS/DSC02160_zps42f18921.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Boats
Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1973 AlumaCraft F7 - A Modified Overhaul In Central Florida
Top
