75 separator rebuild

connorssons wrote: the plain resin with hardner will hold them together, thats what your saying, then glass back and sides that goes to boat, then with thickened epoxy attach to hull. all treated with cpes of course then glass over top. how much glass over top, size, and layers? thanks for putting up with my ignorance.

Yep the resin is the glue. Weights or clamps depending on size and shape of pieces you are laminating. I did not glass any pieces before attaching them to the hull. I used cabosil thickened epoxy to attach to the hull. As it squeezed out I used the excess to make a fillet. Then I covered them with 2 layers of biaxial. Your transom might need an extra layer of glass given your application. Three layers of biax is super strong.

Good afternoon! took some advice of you fine fellers again, made the 1st piece of transom support wider than original. made it as wide as flat part of transom permitted without bends, then cut smaller gimbal plate pattern for 2nd layer. here is a pic of template made with construction paper and hot glue, the part with an x will be cut out to make the 2nd layer. these pics are of the finished product prior to cpes. there is drywall screws temparaly holding it together, i will also use these when joining the 2 pieces together then removing. Eric thanks for suggesting the planer, I cleaned the transom in less than 1 hr. I owe you a case of beer of your choice i was not looking forward to that job. jeff

chico's kid? looookin goood,
did you understand about pre drilling the 6 transom bolts that hold the drive and also using them as clamp bolts? also i will cut my opening small and sneak in with long vice grips, also too utilizing the u-bo;t holes too for bolt clamps.
I dont think you'll want to use clothe between the layers, coat all sides and then scuff with 36 or 80 for the bonding to the transom, coat the edges very well because thats where it will soak and pull water,
use the cloth (heavy woven) on the edges running it to the corners.
I see you screwed the second piece on, you need to bond that piece also.

Looks great!

Wow you are a real man. I wore tyvek suit for grinding. gave me the ability to take a break and go inside if I needed to. Making me cringe just looking at those pics!

Jeff, nice work!
Looking forward to the next pics!

More pics!

Impressive man!

Bonded the transom pieces tonight, worked out great. does the back of the piece also need covered with resin before bonding to boat. thanks jeff

I HOPE not a SEI alpha generation 2

Eric! did a search and i think i figured out what you were saying. the out drive i got is original merc product with 90ish hours on it, the po put new gimble and water pump and seals in prior to shipping. i got the complete package prop to shifter for a great price. the other boat was crushed by a tree limb, that the reason for parting out. thanks for the concern!

SEI is a company out of Florida, I believe that sells imitated new Alpha drives to the general public for around 1200 bucks, they are fcn junk, great warranty, but again junk...

eric lavine wrote: BTW, your bodyman, alcohol related???

That is a big hell ya his 5th, 2 in 2 yrs thank god we have a personal friend thats a state cop that took an interest in my projects.

The new outdrive arrived last night, pretty nice! today we redrilled the transom and test fit the new OD, fits like a glove. we also cut the transome and made adjustments for the steering arm in the wood, cpes,d the edges. the wet sanding is complete and tomorrow we will be starting the buffing here is a few pics! enjoy

Nice!

The black outdrive looks really sharp against the clean white hull.