Shooter

Hi all,

Some of you know latet Baja project swapping my Instatrim tabs for a real set of performance tabs. I bought a set of 24" tabs from a 35' fountain, sandblaseted (ground the Fountain logo off!), painted black. Look brand new. I'm also swapping all my indicators out for mechanicals including the drives. I'm a masochist, what can I say, but they are coming out great.

Anyway, I pulled my starboard trim tabs off and noticed soft wood. Water had leaking into it at the trim cylinder and where the tabs are screwed in. Long story short I too a dremel and cut out a small section from the inside and scooped the mush out.

I using a product from www.rotdoctor.com to fix. Drilling holes to inject the CPES and then using the filler to patch the scopped out areas.

I am very glad I caught this before it could spread and become a real disaster. Once water is in there, it does not come out on it's own.

Just a word of advice, I would periodcally take the screws out and shoot some sealer in there from time to time, epecially older boats. I sure some of you might have this going on right now. The new tab plates I gooped the hell out of with marine sealant as well as all the bolt holes.

B.O.A.T. - Bust Out Another Thousand.

BonnieOutlaw

please post a pic of the mechanical trim gauges. I do not like the led trim indicator on our 25, you can't see them when its sunny.

Shooter

You can't use the mechanical inicators with the Instatrims, unless you rig something yourself. I removed all that stuff.