Early 90's formuls
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Early 90's formuls
was just wondering if its just mine or are they all built like this and this was over looked..
I have a 1992 336,i was in the engine bay pressure washing..i aimed the wand at the foreward bulkhead and low and behold i took the paint off it,upon further inspection i noticed that the bulkhead was soft,formula just tabed in this forward bulkhead and just tabed around the center stringer..THEY DID NOT GLASS THE WHOLE BULKHEAD IN..then they painted over it..the rest of the stringers and transom are solid as a rock and you would think thet would have done the same to the bulkhead that holds the center stringer which holds two engines..
thanx in advance for the replys on how your formula if built..
I have a 1992 336,i was in the engine bay pressure washing..i aimed the wand at the foreward bulkhead and low and behold i took the paint off it,upon further inspection i noticed that the bulkhead was soft,formula just tabed in this forward bulkhead and just tabed around the center stringer..THEY DID NOT GLASS THE WHOLE BULKHEAD IN..then they painted over it..the rest of the stringers and transom are solid as a rock and you would think thet would have done the same to the bulkhead that holds the center stringer which holds two engines..
thanx in advance for the replys on how your formula if built..
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My 89 242LS is built that way but seems to be ok. My SS has a little softness at the top but seems ok otherwise. I'm not thinking to do anything about it until there is a more pronounced need.
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Everything had felt solid to me also except for that one bulk head to either side of the main stringer, not all of it. Checked the transom and it is dry thank God! A lot of the wood came out hard from the bulk head and stringers, it was wet not rotted. I do not see how the center motor stringer on all of these is not wet with how they built them and then left them open on the bottom! As long as I am into it, I am doing it once and then the motors are going back in.
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Thanx for the reply's..one would think with the reputation that formula has they wuld at leaste spend the extra money on what vary little it would cost them to at leaste glass the that section of the boat in so we the people that cant afford a newer boat would not have to go through this...this will be the last formuls i will buy after seeing the way they cut corners to save on a little weight and dollars..
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Thanx for the reply's..one would think with the reputation that formula has they wuld at leaste spend the extra money on what vary little it would cost them to at leaste glass the that section of the boat in so we the people that cant afford a newer boat would not have to go through this...this will be the last formuls i will buy after seeing the way they cut corners to save on a little weight and dollars..