pa-skipper-jb
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2013
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hello iboat members,
pa-skipper-jb new to iboats here with a question on my 1975 186 swinger glastron,
I started repairing what I thought would be an easy fix to a week spot in my floor , but without getting to much into detail you all know what I found out with a boat that age .
ok my mechanic abilities tell me to start ripping things out , good ok, but what it didn't tell me but my son found out for me was that the top of the boat could be separated from the bottom ( it's a miracle ) I thought it was one molding, dah!..
ok so I we my son and I lifted the back only to about the dash ( after removing bumper molding ) and was able to remove what was called a transom but now I would like to remove the top completely so I can get to rest of the flooring and the runners ? now here's the question - how heavy is the top and what way can it be removed ? oh let me throw this in also ,I'm doing this at home and on a very low budget ? I live in the country have a two car garage that is full and some trees and a 1 ton lbs. manual hoist. and the low budget thing goes towards the entire project of completion.
and you thought you had problems lol .........
this is a great web site and there is a lot of good forms out there but I just thought that someone out here could help shed some useful light on me . I will try to post some pics if I can figure that out too.
thanks if you can help,
love to boat
pa-skipper-jb
pa-skipper-jb new to iboats here with a question on my 1975 186 swinger glastron,
I started repairing what I thought would be an easy fix to a week spot in my floor , but without getting to much into detail you all know what I found out with a boat that age .
ok my mechanic abilities tell me to start ripping things out , good ok, but what it didn't tell me but my son found out for me was that the top of the boat could be separated from the bottom ( it's a miracle ) I thought it was one molding, dah!..
ok so I we my son and I lifted the back only to about the dash ( after removing bumper molding ) and was able to remove what was called a transom but now I would like to remove the top completely so I can get to rest of the flooring and the runners ? now here's the question - how heavy is the top and what way can it be removed ? oh let me throw this in also ,I'm doing this at home and on a very low budget ? I live in the country have a two car garage that is full and some trees and a 1 ton lbs. manual hoist. and the low budget thing goes towards the entire project of completion.
and you thought you had problems lol .........
this is a great web site and there is a lot of good forms out there but I just thought that someone out here could help shed some useful light on me . I will try to post some pics if I can figure that out too.
thanks if you can help,
love to boat
pa-skipper-jb