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I’m thinking of sealing up the transom with either bondo fibreglass resin or total boat penetrating epoxy. Any thoughts on these. Also any suggestions for a closer cell foam. Most I’m seeing are in a liquid I was hoping for one in a spray can.

Ok rollmops thanks very much for the info hopefully I can figure out how this splash box comes out. It would make cutting all this foam away much easier.

Looks like I won’t be able to use a liquid product the wood of the transom is just secured to some mounting brackets as shown in the pic the rest is open to the bilge so nothing closed to contain the product. Sorry about the pic the boat is very dirty right now lol

The hull is aluminum not Fiberglas but yes the wood should be pretty easy to get out it’s so rotted just messy.

That would be a lot easier. Anyone have any experience with these products? Are they as reliable as marine plywood?

Thanks for the info I will def look into that. I finally got the top rail off and thank god I’m doing the job now the wood is so rotted I’m lucky my motor isn’t at the bottom of the lake. I can poke my finger through it with ease. Lots of work ahead hopefully I can continue with progress

Hi i am changing out the transom on my 1994 princecraft super pro 196but having some difficulty. The top rail that needs to come off to access the wood is tucked underneath the side walls which has a lip that rivets the 2 together. I took the rivets out hoping I could bend this lip and sneak the rail out but it’s solid and won’t really straighten. I was going to cut the top rail and repair it later but if the transom wood goes all the way to the corner I won’t be able to get it out. Also all the Philips screws along the outside of the transom that need to come out appear to be bolts as they are just spinning. The problem is there’s so much foam I can’t get to the nuts on the inside. Im not sure if I should just hack it all out and replace the foam or is there a better way to attack this. The depth of the foam is 14” and prob 2-21/2ft wide on each side of the motor. I’ll attach pics any advice helps. Thanks in advance.