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Well the transom is in! All aluminum was primed and glued to the transom board with 5200, then slid into the boat with more 5200 on the back of the rear aluminum piece. "Peanut butter" thick epoxy in the bottom "trough" to bed the transom and further guard against water intrusion. Clamped and...

New aluminum to sandwich the transom board

Here are a few pictures of my progress: The floor is currently undergoing paint. I used a palm sander, etched with vinegar/water, primed with zinc chromate, and painted Kiwigrip with about a 10 minute window before rolling texture. I'll add more pictures.

On the advice of the guys at Raka, I laminatee two pieces of ACX fir ply together. Perhaps "curing" was the wrong word. Next, I put on two layers of epoxy per side,then a layer of biaxial cloth on each side, followed by two more layers of epoxy. Holes were then drilled oversize, filled with...

Anybody have input on the rubber/tape or using just 4200/5200 between the inner transom skin and splashwell?

Well things are starting to come together. I have all the floor pieces fitted,which will be primed, painted, and reinstalled. The transom is currently curing, and I'll dive into glassing it this week. Looking ahead...there was a black tape seal between the splashwell and inner transom skin...

Well, fir bcx plywood and Raka epoxy are here (classy guys at Raka). Aluminum is cut and fitted. Still need to finish the front section where the bow seating will go. Installed two bilges to replace the 750gph (???). One 850 with a float switch and a 2000. Next I'll mock up where the kicker...

I did grind and vinegar wash prior to appying the JB to fill the voids. There are maybe a dozen holes through the skin, the largest of which is less than an 1/8" after grinding. Mine was out of water for about 6 month and was quite damp, but not leaching anything. This has been a midwest...

So I've cleaned and prepped the pitting as best I can. I then used JB Weld and filled all the pits. Those that had pin holes leaked out a bit but they are sealed. Now onto the transom replacement. I'm considering a couple avenues. My transom is 1.450 as best I can tell. One is to buy two...

I fish mainly salmon and mine get a smack on the head and put on ice. I have noticed no difference between bled filets.

Went to work with the wire wheel...worse than I thought.

The pitting in is quite extensive to where there are two small pin holes in one spot. Can I clean these up and fill with jb weld or is there a better fix? Would it be better to buy a sheet of 14ga aluminum, prime it, and prime the transom aluminum. Then slide the 14ga piece in as a rear skin...

Here's my current progress. Looks like I'll have to take out the splash well after all to get all the pitting out :-( This project just keeps getting bigger! Jb weld to mend the pits??

Here's what I got done today. Found two bonus screws hiding where the foam covered them. Wood is so wet it's wedged awful tight. Auger bit to the bottom and hand saw made good progress.

Well yesterday Dad and I got the motor off event and injury free! Started pulling out the transom and wow is it a bugger. The upper section on both upper corners came out easy. The main chunk is another story altogether. My 2 inch eye bolts pulled out with force applied. We finally made it...

Well got to it yesterday. Plugged two livewell outlets. Riveted in plates with plenty of 5200 between the hull and plate. Fitted a piece in the center too. Other side was centered a tad better than this. Figured out my leaking problem...about 20 rivets running from port to starboard...

I had thought about filling the ski locker area below the deck with foam to compensate, but after hearing the input and taking a closer look, I'm going to leave as is. It does seem to be important structurally.

Could still use any advice on the above?? It feels like a snails pace but I've got all the carpet out and scraped off the glue. My foam looks better than I thought...I'll try to get a look at the rear or put the multimeter in it to check for moisture. I picked up a 9.9 merc 4 stroke with...

Could sure use some help on the above if anyone is willing to share... Yesterday I got the rest of the carpet off the hull and gunnels. The motor is ready to come off, and I've begun to sort through the bees nest of wires in back. Got a quote today for $400 for enough 3/16" aluminum to do the...

I'm also curious on what to do with my livewell fittings. I've deleted the livewell and I thought about either using a plug cemented in with 5200 or removing them and replacing with thru hull deck fills and putting 5200 on the caps. This would be for the transom and the overflow fittings. Or...