Diplomat82
Well-known member
Well, when I bought my 2000 Persuader last month I knew I had a small area in the engine compartment that was rotted. It was the crossmember right behind the tank and I had a feeling that it might have gotten into one of the stringers.
I got the boat for a great price so I wasn't to worried about the cost to fix it.
In order to repair it right I knew the engine needed to get pulled. That's what I did today. Everything went smoothly (except for one fuel injector that I broke) and now I'm ready to start tearing into the floor and also removing the fuel tank.
It does look like both stringers have some rot in them so I'll need to chase it back to good wood. I plan to remove the massive engine mount structure and replace it with a beefed up stringer with a bolt through aluminum angle. That way I can also bolt the mount to the angle instead of lag screwing them. I believe PowerQuest and a few other manufacturers did this.
Will anyway that's where I'm at....stay tune.
I got the boat for a great price so I wasn't to worried about the cost to fix it.
In order to repair it right I knew the engine needed to get pulled. That's what I did today. Everything went smoothly (except for one fuel injector that I broke) and now I'm ready to start tearing into the floor and also removing the fuel tank.
It does look like both stringers have some rot in them so I'll need to chase it back to good wood. I plan to remove the massive engine mount structure and replace it with a beefed up stringer with a bolt through aluminum angle. That way I can also bolt the mount to the angle instead of lag screwing them. I believe PowerQuest and a few other manufacturers did this.
Will anyway that's where I'm at....stay tune.