Subsonic762
Member
Drove a 7hr round trip for a 2002 Lowe 14/67 and trailer. $800 bucks looks awesome except for the transom.
Transom was rotten so the previous owner had sprayed Bed liner on it without much prep, Ground out rivets, bent the interior transom plate, cut into the aluminum transom with a grinder. Transom was obviously rotten from the shoddy motor mount for his little Honda motor. He had cross drilled into the bottom of the transom cover where it 90 degrees to the attachment below the wood for attachment. Not terrible but he didn’t seal the holes before attaching.
So my options.
Alum weld the holes and gouges or use a aluminum based epoxy. Fill any voids sand prime etc is obvious for the main aluminum hull.
Use starboard or a piece of maple or oak for wood transom?
On the inner transom cover, do I remove and attach a aluminum plate to the transom and foot or do I straighten the old one and clean up the bed liner the best I can do. Sand prime paint and hope for the best?
Main issue besides the work which I can do easily with time is a legality I am worried about. On the boat the HID plate is both on the inside and outside of the transom along with the capacity plate. If I replace the inner aluminum cover will attaching this to the new cover cause a issue?
Thanks guys, I know this a a pretty big forum and hopefully someone can give me a few pointers. I have replaced transoms in the past but never to this extent. It’s been 15 years since and the new options for transoms is also a new venture for me. If I can do it for under $300 I will stay on budget.
Transom was rotten so the previous owner had sprayed Bed liner on it without much prep, Ground out rivets, bent the interior transom plate, cut into the aluminum transom with a grinder. Transom was obviously rotten from the shoddy motor mount for his little Honda motor. He had cross drilled into the bottom of the transom cover where it 90 degrees to the attachment below the wood for attachment. Not terrible but he didn’t seal the holes before attaching.
So my options.
Alum weld the holes and gouges or use a aluminum based epoxy. Fill any voids sand prime etc is obvious for the main aluminum hull.
Use starboard or a piece of maple or oak for wood transom?
On the inner transom cover, do I remove and attach a aluminum plate to the transom and foot or do I straighten the old one and clean up the bed liner the best I can do. Sand prime paint and hope for the best?
Main issue besides the work which I can do easily with time is a legality I am worried about. On the boat the HID plate is both on the inside and outside of the transom along with the capacity plate. If I replace the inner aluminum cover will attaching this to the new cover cause a issue?
Thanks guys, I know this a a pretty big forum and hopefully someone can give me a few pointers. I have replaced transoms in the past but never to this extent. It’s been 15 years since and the new options for transoms is also a new venture for me. If I can do it for under $300 I will stay on budget.