Issues with my 1981 Ski Supreme's Shaft Log

[81SkiSupr3me]

I recently bought a 1981 Ski Supreme with a 351Windsor Inboard engine.
Took the boat out a few times and all of a sudden I was taking in ALOT of water.
JUST got the boat on the trailer before disaster struck and found out that the hose that attaches to the shaft log lost its hose clamp (snapped)
when looking at how to reattach the hose clamp I have noticed that the shaft log has taken some abuse over the last 30 years...
someone must have damaged it at one point and used resin to build up an area to mount to. It doesn't look TOO bad from the top, however there is just no room on the bottom to fit a hose before the hose hits the floor of the boat. im thinking about doing an autopsy to find out how thick the resin is that has been piled on. my first thought is to carefully dremmel down the resin snout to a more uniform shaft instead of a belled edge.
but option two would be to cut the entire log out and find some sort of replacement to fiberglass back in, one that actually has a long metal mounting point for the drive-shaft seal hose...

any ideas??

 

[Tahorover]

Re: Issues with my 1981 Ski Supreme's Shaft Log

You could cut it all out and glass in a bronze one.

or glass in a new mount plate and bolt on a new barb:

Great inboard parts page:
http://www.buckalgonquin.com/pages/ProductPages/drivetrain/drivetrain.html

 

[81SkiSupr3me]

Re: Issues with my 1981 Ski Supreme's Shaft Log

Yea, I think cutting out the whole log and replacing it will be a good winter project, however if I can safely get it back on the water for the rest of this season it would be great...
I am new to boating, and fiberglassing but am a very competent automotive mechanic so I doubt i would have too much trouble...
your "glass in a new mount plate and bolt on a new barb" suggestion... pardon my ignorance, but what is a barb?

Thanks for the quick response!!

 

[Tahorover]

Re: Issues with my 1981 Ski Supreme's Shaft Log

A barb is one or a series of groves for the hose to grab on to. There is a fair amount of rotational force on the hose and without a barb it will most likely spin off. I bet you have seen a hose barb under the hood of you car?

 

[81SkiSupr3me]

Re: Issues with my 1981 Ski Supreme's Shaft Log

oh, yea.... I thought it was more complicated than just litterally a barb on the pipe.. heh. I was overthinking it.
Would I be able to somehow fiberglass in the mount for a bolt on barbed flange? without removing my whole log?
I am also most likley going to buy a new dripless shaft seal to help prevent rotational friction on the log end. I figure with a bearing on the drive shaft it shoult not put as much torque on the hose...

 

[Tahorover]

Re: Issues with my 1981 Ski Supreme's Shaft Log

Here is the whole process:
http://www.bertram31.com/proj/struts/struts.htm