water in the toons - 24ft monarch

[samm835]

I have a 1992 24ft monarch, I know these are sectioned off but the very front portion of my pontoon has water in it. There are two places to access on top, I tried to get the water out of the front using a pump with about a four foot hose. It seems I couldn't access the water, I am not sure if the hose wasn't long enough or if I can't get the hose through a type of section blocking. I talked with a local shop, they said they will pressure test for around 98.00 bucks and fix the leak....but they have about a two week time frame to get to it. Is this something fairly easy that I could do? I am by no means a mechanic, but I am handy and do a ton of work on my own boat. Can someone tell me step by step on how to do this? I can rig something up to partially lift one side, but I am more stuck with how to hook air up to do the pressure test. I know it won't take much pressure, and def don't want to much.....I have read the above sticky about to much air. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[lncoop]

Re: water in the toons - 24ft monarch

This is probably not something you want to take on yourself unless you are a very good welder. Don't know if the local shop you checked with is a weld shop or a marine place, but you might try dealing directly with weld shops that specialize in boat (aluminum) work. $98 is very reasonable, but if you deal directly with a welder you might get a quicker turnaround. I plan on having this done myself once summer is over. Good luck!