Transom rebuild questions. Nearing the end...
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:23 am
Did a fit-up today. Had to trim a bottom corner of the transom where the pod took a whack. Couldn't straighten the pod and was afraid to move too much metal or the transom wouldn't fit right. So... gotta re-epoxy that corner when I do the final epoxy coats. All the edges will have 5 coats of epoxy, but that corner will have 3 unless I end up with extra epoxy, in which case I'll mix up some tiny batches (like.... half a shot glass size).
Question:
Should I be trying to drill the motor mount holes now? Or do you set the motor, and drill the holes with the motor on there? ( is there even room to do that?)... or set the motor, clamp it in place, mark the holes, lift it off again and THEN drill the holes?
Are the mount holes standard or are they different for each brand of motor? Like...did they standardize on a bolt pattern?
After all this work I don't want to screw it up.
OH! Also... I've read that the epoxy should be protected further against UV. I could just go get some decent Spar varnish or... I have a coil of sheet metal that would normally be used to make trim for houses. Couldn't I just cut some of that to fit? It would certainly protect against UV. Not like it's needed for water tight as the epoxy is handling that (hopefully)
Question:
Should I be trying to drill the motor mount holes now? Or do you set the motor, and drill the holes with the motor on there? ( is there even room to do that?)... or set the motor, clamp it in place, mark the holes, lift it off again and THEN drill the holes?
Are the mount holes standard or are they different for each brand of motor? Like...did they standardize on a bolt pattern?
After all this work I don't want to screw it up.
OH! Also... I've read that the epoxy should be protected further against UV. I could just go get some decent Spar varnish or... I have a coil of sheet metal that would normally be used to make trim for houses. Couldn't I just cut some of that to fit? It would certainly protect against UV. Not like it's needed for water tight as the epoxy is handling that (hopefully)