Ist of all I'd like to say this appears to be a great site! I have a 14' Gregor and the inside is like new, seats, spray on bed-liner, carpet, downriggers, FF etc... While not as tricked out as some of the photo's of boats I was looking at on this site, it is perfect for me. I recently noticed the engined mount screw plates were pushing into the wood transom as if it were kind of mushy. It is sprayed with the bed liner spray but I believe it is either plywood or partical board I would love to post a picture but not sure how, so I will try my best to describe the back of the boat. It is pretty typical. Directly below the motor (on inside of boat) are two braces which angle down. The bottoms attach to the floor (welded) and the backs are bolted into the transom. I will quit rambling here...because I can't remove these 2 braces, how hard is it to slide the new wood down in there between the brackets and the top lip? The back wall of the transon (the aluminum part) goes to the top and then is currved around the top of the wood. This 'lip' cannot be removed or bent. Just by looking at the area, it seems like this may be a real project squeezing the new wood in place. I'm really sorry about no pictures, but I'm not sre how to do that.
Also, I read somewhere on these boards not to use pressure treated wood up against aluminum??? Is that true? Whatever wood I use, I was thinking about notching out an area (4" X 10") with a router and placing a 1/4" aluminum plate in there where the motor screws go. Any thoughts on that?
Thanks in advance! John
Also, I read somewhere on these boards not to use pressure treated wood up against aluminum??? Is that true? Whatever wood I use, I was thinking about notching out an area (4" X 10") with a router and placing a 1/4" aluminum plate in there where the motor screws go. Any thoughts on that?
Thanks in advance! John