seperating tthe cap from the hull???

[whisker]

hi guys,
i trying to remove the cap from the hull to gain access to everything. i hav a 91 wellcraft fish. the floor is in perfect shape but to me it looks like the floor and cap are 1 single piece. can i get this to come off at same time or what do i do?

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

Pull the rub rail, disconnect all your wires and steering, (gather a bunch of friends) under the rub rail you might see screws or riviets .... get them all out. That should do it.

LIFT!

 

[JustMrWill]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

I am doing the same thing on my rebuild...

Unscrewed caps from rub-rail...pull rubber insert out carefully...unscrew all screws...grind down/drill out rivots...

front came up "reasonably" easy...BUT...

Stern looks like it has been glassed to the transom...looks like I am going to have to grind/dig out the old transom before I will be able to separate the top.


You may have the same situation.

-JMW

 

[Kevin70]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

Let me know if I should be starting another thread, but....

How do you get the rubber back into the rail. I need to remove mine also, but I'm scared :%

Can you just pound it back in with a mallet?

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

It slides in like a track from one end. Use WD40 (lots of it) and grasp one end with a vice grips and pull, helps to have someone guide it in. Oh lot's of patience!

 

[Kevin70]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

I think I'll buff around it :%:%

 

[tommays]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

I have taken apart a 16 and 18 ft Donzi to change fuel tanks and there was a WHOLE lot of of glass holding the deck to the hull that was hell to cut

Tommays

 

[Kevin70]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

Whiskar, you still with us, buddy? I feel like a highjacker.

 

[whisker]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

im still here... its all good ..all input wanted

 

[rost495]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

On the rubber insert into the rubber rub rail, we always put the insert into a heat cabinet. Then it got pretty hot and was very pliable and would insert the bottom in and slide the top in with a smooth screwdriver blade along the way. Worked pretty good as I recall it. May still work today. I know the rubber was way more easy to work with hot.

Jeff

 

[Kevin70]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

Should there be a thin strip of rubber between the boat halves to keep water from coming in?

 

[rost495]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

have never seen one. My current project had silicone along that seam but I did not replace it. Actually see no need to though I may get paranoid and go back and do it anyway one day if I have time before I buy new rope and put it in.

IF any water gets in there it should be no different than water over the sides anyway.

Jeff

 

[JustMrWill]

Re: seperating tthe cap from the hull???

Between my 2 halves (the top overlaps the bottom) there is a 2" wide strip of (what looks like) bathroom caulking tape...you know..the stuff you can use instead of actual caulk. I don't know if this is factory or from an earlier repair job. I was thinking of just leaving it there...since I am of the same mind as rost495...water is going to get into the boat from tubers/swimmers etc...

Just spent 2 days grinding and still havent got the tramsom section separated...*growl*

-JMW