New Guy with New Boat

Brady wrote: Pete, That old differential chain fall looks familiar, I like it old boat, old fall!

That reminds me, when are you going with the electric? You've got most of it done already with the parts I made for you!! How long ago was that? 25 years? Procrastination?

Bill,
Try to check every filled area over the screws. Poking them with a awl will usually pop them out if they and loose. Remove those screws and go oversized as mentioned. Fill them with the Famowood.

Reef all the seams paying real close attention to where the oil has seeped through. Get some oil dry and grind it to a powder in a mortar and pestle. Add a strong solvent such as zylene but not as strong as acetone which evaporates too fast. Since the hull isn't flipped, now the hard part is getting this mix (poultice) into the oily seam overhead. The best way is to get one of the empty tubes for the caulking gun. Fill the tube with the mix and inject like you would caulking. The solvent will loosen up the oil and the oil dry will suck out the oil. A couple applications may be needed.