Post a message

Muskie Discussion Forums

Search | Statistics | User Listing

You are logged in as a guest. ( logon | register )

Posting a reply to: Re: buying used boat

Muskie Fishing -> Muskie Boats and Motors

Guest name

Subject

Message

Emoticons

[QUOTE]Ranger - 8/3/2009  4:58 AM

Ha!  I just learned this one.....

Make sure the transom is sound.  I heard that's a big big issue because a transom filled with wet rotty wood is a very tough, long hours repair.  But a must repair because of safety issues.

To check the transom, while the boat is on the trailer, trim the motor halfway down and then get back there and lift up and push down on the motor shaft.  The more flex you see in the transom, the bigger your problem.  The boat I'm fixxing has this problem but it was caught while still an easy fix.  We'll lift off the motor and inject some weird and expensive epoxy resin down into all the wood.

Now this is getting long but you might like this ditty.....The guy I hired to oversee my rebuid described how he'll take off and then replace the big 150 off the boat in my back yard.  He'll arrive with a load of tires and landscape timbers and he'll use the power trim to lift the motor off the transome.  Then he blocks in down somehow and pulls the boat forward.  He's saying he can do this transom job for me in a single day.[/QUOTE]

HTML: Yes
Anonymous: Yes
MBBS Code: Yes

Disable HTML
Post anonymously
Enable emoticons

You are replying to:

Ranger

Posted 8/3/2009 4:58 AM (#391961 - in reply to #390663)
Subject: Re: buying used boat

Posts: 3913

Ha! I just learned this one.....

Make sure the transom is sound. I heard that's a big big issue because a transom filled with wet rotty wood is a very tough, long hours repair. But a must repair because of safety issues.

To check the transom, while the boat is on the trailer, trim the motor halfway down and then get back there and lift up and push down on the motor shaft. The more flex you see in the transom, the bigger your problem. The boat I'm fixxing has this problem but it was caught while still an easy fix. We'll lift off the motor and inject some weird and expensive epoxy resin down into all the wood.

Now this is getting long but you might like this ditty.....The guy I hired to oversee my rebuid described how he'll take off and then replace the big 150 off the boat in my back yard. He'll arrive with a load of tires and landscape timbers and he'll use the power trim to lift the motor off the transome. Then he blocks in down somehow and pulls the boat forward. He's saying he can do this transom job for me in a single day.