Hello all,
To start off i will add the disclaimer that i did what research i could but ultimately jumped the gun on purchasing a boat.
I ended up with a 1988 Galaxie Granada 18ft 4.3 omc with Cobra out drive. The good news is the Cobra unit is a u-joint unit. That was about the only good thing I have found on the boat if you consider that good. I was in a hurry the day i bought the boat and it ran and the floor was new and solid and for $1400 i new i wasn't getting a perfect boat.
When i brought it home it didnt want to start and the battery had drained. Previous owner wired all accessories on constant and i figured that would be easy to fix. Charged the battery and it started grinding. Upon further inspection i found the outer starter bolt sheared off in the block. Then i noticed the dipstick and realized i hadn't checked the oil. I meant to but i spaced it. Well it was about 4 quarts over and brown, pulled the filter and it was white. Easy enough i thought. had to pull the motor anyway to extract the broken starter bolt.
Started to pull the manifolds to get some room to get the motor out and i look back at the transom. I had checked it on the outside and it was solid. Well i can pull the plywood apart with my hand. So i thought ok easy enough ill just do the transom. I am a mechanic by trade i can handle this.
Looked at the new floor and pulled back some carpet and the stringers a shot too. I know they had this boat out last fall and the wood didn't just rot over the winter.
I know that the transom and the stingers both need done, and at this point whatever i do has to be better than what i am working with. I would guess it is not suggested but I am currently planning on only doing the transom and bracing the stringers. Would the new transom be harder on the stringers than the weak rotted transom?
To start off i will add the disclaimer that i did what research i could but ultimately jumped the gun on purchasing a boat.
I ended up with a 1988 Galaxie Granada 18ft 4.3 omc with Cobra out drive. The good news is the Cobra unit is a u-joint unit. That was about the only good thing I have found on the boat if you consider that good. I was in a hurry the day i bought the boat and it ran and the floor was new and solid and for $1400 i new i wasn't getting a perfect boat.
When i brought it home it didnt want to start and the battery had drained. Previous owner wired all accessories on constant and i figured that would be easy to fix. Charged the battery and it started grinding. Upon further inspection i found the outer starter bolt sheared off in the block. Then i noticed the dipstick and realized i hadn't checked the oil. I meant to but i spaced it. Well it was about 4 quarts over and brown, pulled the filter and it was white. Easy enough i thought. had to pull the motor anyway to extract the broken starter bolt.
Started to pull the manifolds to get some room to get the motor out and i look back at the transom. I had checked it on the outside and it was solid. Well i can pull the plywood apart with my hand. So i thought ok easy enough ill just do the transom. I am a mechanic by trade i can handle this.
Looked at the new floor and pulled back some carpet and the stringers a shot too. I know they had this boat out last fall and the wood didn't just rot over the winter.
I know that the transom and the stingers both need done, and at this point whatever i do has to be better than what i am working with. I would guess it is not suggested but I am currently planning on only doing the transom and bracing the stringers. Would the new transom be harder on the stringers than the weak rotted transom?
