23 CC Tear Down Begins

FELLOW-SHIP · #1 08-22-2006, 10:30 AM

One of the things I really like about SeaCrafts is that when you decide to do major work on them it is relatively easy to take them apart to do the work and them put them back together again. In a lot of boats built “now a days” if you need to redo the gas tank there is no way to get to it but to cut your way through. Same thing with the transom area we can just cut the cap in two locations and remove the splash well and those two little compartments. I sure wouldn’t want to work on a boat that I would have to deal with a glued inner liner to the hull and stringers trying to break free to get to what we can do with a screwdriver and a crow bar.

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goodpen · #2 08-27-2006, 12:46 AM

Yes, I have been very surprised how well the tear down has progressed on this boat. I was able to remove the remainder of the transom wood today. Thank goodness for crow bars and sledge hammers!!!. Was able to get most of the inner layer out in one piece so I will have a pattern to work with. One ineresting thing I noticed is that the transom plywood did not go all the way to the sides of the hull. The wood was ground down to accomodate the curve along the transom hull side corner but it was about an inch off on both sides. Have any of you experienced this as well? How did you cut the cut the core when you rebuilt your transom, was it from side to side fully or was a gap left as well?

Also siphoned the gas out of the tank, there were 80 gallons of fuel still in this boat. Used every can I had plus the neighbors and 6 more cans I bought. Gas looked pretty good for being in there for several years. Probably try using it 3:1 in the vehicles to get rid of it. Tank came out without a hitch. Next task, cutting out the floor. I will post pictures tomorrow or today's progress.

Professor

strick · #3 08-27-2006, 02:11 AM

Thats common for them to leave a gap. They fill it with cabosil and glass over it and around the corner. I remember somehing about hard spots on boats but cant remember if it applies to that. Maybe someone can help us out here. I just put them back together the same way I find them.

strick

John R · #4 08-27-2006, 10:09 AM

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Also siphoned the gas out of the tank, there were 80 gallons of fuel still in this boat. Used every can I had plus the neighbors and 6 more cans I bought. Gas looked pretty good for being in there for several years. Probably try using it 3:1 in the vehicles to get rid of it.
Professor

Call your town / state recycling center. They may have a program that will allow them to recover the old fuel.

It's a tough call on running that through your tank again, even at 5-1. If you had 3+ year old gas and you mix it in your car/trunk tank with new 15% ethanol blend gas, well, the two do not go together too well. Could play havoc with your injectors as the ethanol in the new fuel will atack stuff in the old MTBE based gas.

Yeh, pulling all that gas out is a Pain IN the Ass.

What year is your boat? Keep up the good work...