Thanks. I was rambling around in the engine compartment enough to know what
you mean. I couldn't imagine having to do anything back there. I will take
your point quite seriously and figure out how to make the transom even more
accessible. More demolition/repair!


"Chris" wrote in message
.. .
I did my transom, and after all done, I'd say it wasn't as hard as some
may
make it out to be. If you're good with your hands that is. The key is
getting easy access to everything. If you have to squeeze into a spot,
then
it'll make things so hard you'll wish you never did anything.


"Steve Lortie" wrote in message
.. .
I have transom problems also. Also from previous owners not realizing
water
and wood don't live well together.

I think I am going to do the work myself. I can't see putting that much
money into something I can do myself. As far as the labor - it's all a
labour of love isn't it?

wrote in message
roups.com...
I had a problem with the engine mounts on my boat. When I attempte to
tighten
them, the bolts spun. What happened is that when the boat was
outfitted,
they didn' caulk the holes. Moisture went from the mounts to the
stringer
and the rot propagated 15 ft. down the length of the stringer. It's
like
a bacteria that eats up the wood. My floorboards also had a similar
problem
(no caulking).

The solution was to pull up the floorboards and to strip the stringer
out. I had it done by a professional boat builder. The total cost was
about 7.5K to do the job. Essentially, every piece of wood was removed
and reglassed in to the hull. Not fun to do on your own and a friend
of mine did it. I saw what it involved and decided to throw money at
the problem instead (his material cost was about 1.5K and about 70
hours
of
labor).

b.