92 pulse 170 BR with mulch for a floor!

[bcrector]

I was out last weekend doing some prelim testing with a new prop and jackplate when the passenger seat gave way with my 240lb buddy in it. The front screws had pulled up allowing the pedestal to rock back some. When I got home, I checked it out and ended up getting out the hole saw and cutting out about a 2 1/2 sample directly in the center of the pedestal mount. I now have a pile of black wet mulch . I could actually sqeeze water out of it with my fingers. There is one solid bolt hole left. Oddly enough, this boat appeared to be in great shape with the original interior in fairly great shape as well. The transom and rear bracing look/feel/sound solid and dry but now Im starting to wonder. However, I did stick a screwdriver in the engine mounting holes on the transom and scraped around and it all seemed pretty solid. Although, the floor feels solid as well. I also noticed black wood underneath the ski pylon hole. If I want to secure down the seat and delay a total overhaul, I would have to use the 1 solid bolt hole left and rotate the pedestal utilizing this in a new location and drill 5 new holes and put in something like a moly bolt. Provided I can get the seat somewhat solidly bolted down (which Im not so sure I can) is this something that I can put off until next winter....I've only had the boat out 3 times since I bought it and would like to use it this summer if possible but dont want to chance it. Also, if the transom needs replaced,is it possible to do so without separating the deck from the hull? Also, how much total could I expect to spend on a rebuild this including, a syntetic material like mantex etc, resin, glass, new interior, etc?? Thanks in advance

 

[JW]

Typical soft spots where the screws go thru the seat pedestal bases and water can penetrate.
One thing you can do to keep from pulling a good floor is to cut the carpet back under both seat bases, then fiberglass a 18"X18"X2" wooden block over the old base locations, then re-secure the pedestals to the new blocks using some large wood screws bathed in resin.
The only disadvantage is you won't have carpet to cover the new blocks, so they'll stand out. You can cut the pedestals down 2" if you like the original seat height.
Sorry to see you found some rot, I'm starting to believe there's no such thing as a boat that's actually made to survive in a damp enviornment!

The transom is fine until you bolt on a larger motor and jack plate and go play in rough water and THEN start to get some serious stress cracks. I doubt you need to worry about the transom at all.

 

[Rob B]

I was out last weekend doing some prelim testing with a new prop and jackplate when the passenger seat gave way with my 240lb buddy in it. The front screws had pulled up allowing the pedestal to rock back some. When I got home, I checked it out and ended up getting out the hole saw and cutting out about a 2 1/2 sample directly in the center of the pedestal mount. I now have a pile of black wet mulch . I could actually sqeeze water out of it with my fingers. There is one solid bolt hole left. Oddly enough, this boat appeared to be in great shape with the original interior in fairly great shape as well. The transom and rear bracing look/feel/sound solid and dry but now Im starting to wonder. However, I did stick a screwdriver in the engine mounting holes on the transom and scraped around and it all seemed pretty solid. Although, the floor feels solid as well. I also noticed black wood underneath the ski pylon hole. If I want to secure down the seat and delay a total overhaul, I would have to use the 1 solid bolt hole left and rotate the pedestal utilizing this in a new location and drill 5 new holes and put in something like a moly bolt. Provided I can get the seat somewhat solidly bolted down (which Im not so sure I can) is this something that I can put off until next winter....I've only had the boat out 3 times since I bought it and would like to use it this summer if possible but dont want to chance it. Also, if the transom needs replaced,is it possible to do so without separating the deck from the hull? Also, how much total could I expect to spend on a rebuild this including, a syntetic material like mantex etc, resin, glass, new interior, etc?? Thanks in advance

You can cut a section of the floor out and glass a new one in place until the winter. I replaced a section to get me thru the summer, then the whole floor during the winter. Check out both off my restos as well as yellowfiero88,groundloop,bigredinohio, suntime and a few others, that will give you an idea of what's ahead.

 

[Weedo]

As you can see here: http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17630

Previous owner replaced the ENTIRE floor/wood. I've since replaced all the bad wood in the backrests where water seemed to settle and ruin the wood. I had no idea until I took the seat covers off that it was actually bad. No way of knowing until you start poking/messing around unfortunately.