Hey guys so I just found out something interesting and wanted to know why. I picked up a cheap 1988 Mariner 20hp tiller and it was only 350 bucks and compression was good so I didn’t bother running it before I bought it. Anyways I take it home and put it on the muffs and it’s running but not...
So tonight I took apart the whole transom. Ripped that fiberglass outer shell thing out and look at the bottom… more fiberglass! There was a little bit of atrociously smelling water in the corner. Probably has been sitting there for decades. When I would squeeze the wood from the transom in that...
I’ve been digging getting a lot of wood out. But there’s a good amount stuck in there between the fiberglass transom. Is there a product that I could use that could help breakdown the wood to make it easier to get it out without it damaging the fiberglass?
Hello guys I just picked up this cheap Mariner 25hp mid 90s and I’ve had these motors before but I’ve never seen this. Something definitely seems wrong. Watch this video. Thanks in advance.
No the transom was rotted when I got the boat July 2023. I just didn’t notice until weeks later when I felt the transom and it was soft in some spots. Should have checked before buying the boat. Lesson learned. I didn’t know it was this bad until I just took it apart this past weekend. That’s...
I’d say 98% of wood on the rest of the boat is completely solid. All the floors, cabinets, etc. I think the transom went to hell because every time I let off the throttle while driving the boat a bunch of water comes pouring in and soaks the transom. It’s pretty much every single time I let off...
If it’s wood then it’s solid because this transom doesn’t budge. And if it’s wood then it’s completely incased in the fiberglass. I’m not dropping anywhere close to 2k on that other boat I paid $1700 bucks for. So that one’s getting trashed. Sucks. I loved that other boat.
I actually picked up this other boat kinda similar except there’s no wood on it. At least that I’m aware off. The whole transom is fiberglass. Everything looks to be fiberglass. Unless I’m wrong…
