1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

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On the pedestal seats would they not be bolted thru with a t nut? No expert, pure ignorance here.

The bases are 2 - 3/4" marine plywood (left overs from my stringers) glued together. I'm going to use 1.5" screws going down into the base and put 5200 on them. The holes in the pedestal are 3/8" so there will be 6 heavy duty screws holding it down. I thought about doing the bolt through but decided the screws would be more than enough.

The original design had a steel plate under the deck with bolts coming up from under the plate. It was heavy duty but those holes in the deck catch up with you eventually, at least in the case of this boat it did.

 

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I thought about doing something similar at first. But I was having nightmares about screwing it up and having to do a major transom fix so I dropped the $25 on the guide.

I only had a half inch bit on hand so I prayed when I did it. Ran a bur through one hole to clean it slightly. But if the assembly slid all the way on by hand, I figured it was good. Knock on wood, no issues... yet.

 

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Dry fitting the gimbal housing and the transom plate are coming up on the agenda. New gaskets are on their way. Fingers crossed...

I was also looking at the drain plug. It appears there is some kind of sealing material was around it but it wasn't a gasket of any kind. Is it just sealed with 5200? or something like permatex form a gasket sealant?

 

[Pmt133]

More than likely for a brass garboard. Silicon, 5200,4200, boat life... anything they had open at the time most likely.