1985 Wellcraft 170 American 3.0L front motor mounts

[Ed Harris]

Ideas on best and or easiest way to redo this mounting box.

 

[Scott Danforth]

start over from scratch

BTW, if the motor mount is that bad, pretty sure your stringers and transom are just as bad. time for test drills

 

[Scott Danforth]

read link #14 in its entirety https://forums.iboats.com/forum/boa...r/295740-how-to-s-and-other-great-information

 

[Ed Harris]

Yeah Scott the transom is really solid but the floor of the ski locker is soft about halfway up away from the drain hole. I am gonna wait till the fall weather gets here before i lift the carpet out of the locker and see what the damage is from there.
I did a complete rebuild of the motor mount are with 2 x 12 oak. Cut em and glued em together then made a jig out of a coat hanger to get my hull angle then used a chainsaw to cut my block to fit. Worked like a champ. Glassed the underside of the block before glassing it in to the boat. Have not found any soft spots in the main floor yet.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Still recommend test drilling and taking core samples

 

[Woodonglass]

Was it White Oak? Did you coat with resin and glass?

 

[Ed Harris]

Transom tested good. Yes white oak and coating with glass tonight.

 

[mickyryan]

I have redone 2 well crafts this exact boat ... trust me the rest of it will be shot as well, the stringers on mine , both were only glassed half way no top glassing so once floor went the rest was history.