I have almost completed work to replace the transom board on my 1982 Lowe-Line aluminum boat. I am considering painting the some of the outside, but don't plan to paint the interior of the boat... the original finish on both the interior and exterior aluminum appears to be "natural" but is a...
I am replacing the 1" x 8" transom board on my 15' Lowe aluminum boat that has an 18 HP motor. I have drilled out all the rivets (total of 18) and removed the old board and brackets & braces holding the board in place. I will seal/coat the new board with Gluvit and plan to use 1/4" stainless...
Re: Transom Replacement Question
Attached are pics showing work completed and "challenges/questions" remaining. As can be seen, knee brace and what I will call the "Z-angle support" have been detached from the boat by drilling out the rivets. It was necessary to cut away some of the flotation...
The 1"x8" board in the transom of my 15' Lowe boat (1982 model) rotted out. I removed the rotted board and the cover on one side of the foam floatation to figure a way to install a new board. I read several threads on this and it appeared that the "remove the bottom bracket, drop the old board...
