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Offline robertv17

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Re: 1984 Intimidator rebuild
« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2017, 07:57:12 AM »
and the transom looks rotted to me.....photo does not really show it, but that digging is at least an inch or thick deep. 
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Offline Plugcheck

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Re: 1984 Intimidator rebuild
« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2017, 08:18:31 AM »
    Seen plenty of transoms like that before.   The fiberglass seems to provide an illusion that everything is OK, much like stringers, but the wood is all black and spongy.   Time to tear it all out.
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1979 CVZ-18 388 CI Vortec Mouse
1980 CVX-16SS 140 Mercruiser
1979 CVX-16 Johnson 175
2002 Bennington 2275CC 90 Mercury
1985 Intimidator project
1989 Lowe 200 Redneck fishin Toon
2001 Godfrey Sweetwater pontoon 115 Rude

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Re: 1984 Intimidator rebuild
« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2017, 09:15:25 AM »
yep, time to get the chisel and mallet out, and go to town.....Will be nice once everything is out, and all is prepped for the rebuild to start....this stage is a bit depressing.

Do anyone have any experience (good or bad) with the use of Seacast material for transoms and stringers?
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Offline Plugcheck

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Re: 1984 Intimidator rebuild
« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2017, 10:04:30 AM »
I've not personally used seacast, but several folks have with good results.
Michael
1979 CVZ-18 388 CI Vortec Mouse
1980 CVX-16SS 140 Mercruiser
1979 CVX-16 Johnson 175
2002 Bennington 2275CC 90 Mercury
1985 Intimidator project
1989 Lowe 200 Redneck fishin Toon
2001 Godfrey Sweetwater pontoon 115 Rude

Offline Hyperacme

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Re: 1984 Intimidator rebuild
« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2017, 10:40:09 AM »
My transom was rotted where they screwed the speedo pilot tube in.
Mush ... removed it with just my hand !

Ron did his with composites.

 Ron's CVX16 project
http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=6488.msg94136#msg94136

Offline robertv17

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Re: 1984 Intimidator rebuild
« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2017, 11:38:12 AM »
yep, that's pretty much the same location where I started digging into it.
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Re: 1984 Intimidator rebuild
« Reply #26 on: October 03, 2017, 01:22:25 PM »
There was a crack (white line) in fiberglass, ripped it off and found rot ran down to hull and across to drain tube.
Was also rotted behind floatation foam box on left side, could remove with just my hand, but foam was dry ?

Diamond Chad's thread ...
http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=5388.0

More info ...
 http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=6790.0

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Re: 1984 Intimidator rebuild
« Reply #27 on: October 04, 2017, 10:22:49 AM »
Those are great threads you attached, with lots of good information, thanks Gregg!!!

Gonna take me a while to strip all the mechanical out of the boat, probably also have to remove the gas tank.  The good news is that this work can continue, even though the weather will start to turn cold up here in North Bay, Ontario.
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Re: 1984 Intimidator rebuild
« Reply #28 on: October 04, 2017, 12:28:09 PM »
I gutted mine over the winter, would work about an hour at a time in unheated garage.
Thankfully winters are nine months long in Minnesota ... LOL