Re: Well I did it now!
Re: Well I did it now!
This is the top piece of trim that goes on the transom cap, not sure that you can see it very well. But it has a pretty good bend/dent in the center of it. The PO had a manual winch on the transom cap to hold the OD up and probably to lift it as well.
The end of the transom cap with more ripped out rivet holes. Really am starting to wonder how many of the rivets in the upper deck are going to be like this.
Here is one of the snaps for the top that I don't have. You can see the corrosion in the center of it, I put a drill bit just in the center and as soon as I pull the trigger it snaps off.
So I decided to pull all of the screws that go around the transom. Used my air ratchet and a screw driver, could only break the nut loose. Found that the ratchet is not able to turn the nut off, got out the impact gun and gave that a try. Ha, no luck that was either. Could not hold the screw driver in the screw head now, could not find any help once again. So out came one of my best friends, my dewalt angle grinder. As you can can see I took the grinder right now the middle of the screw and nut, splitting the nut in half to get it off. Had to do this to every screw on the transom.
The more I thought about all the things I have done for others and then they not wanting to help the more determined I got. I could not just quit right there. After the screws were removed I tried to pull the transom, it was a not budge thing. So I screwed a 2x4 to it and tried Ez's method of prying, broke first 2x4 and then could not get it budge with the 4x4 I wound up using. Was not sure what to do and then it hit me, I have a 12 ton bottle jack. So some short pieces of 2x4 to help extend the jack a bit. Jaked it up and it would not freaking budge, I beat on the edges with a hammer next to the channel and still no go. I then took a screw driver and drove it under the edges of the bracket and it popped loose. I really did not think that I would be able to lift the transom wood out of the boat and onto the ground. You can see that it is a ways to the ground from the inside of the boat.
. So my buddy shows up with another sign for me today, talk about timing. So here is new patch just sitting on the bolts, did not really take me long to cut it out. Can ya guess what kind of sign it is?
