zz28zz

A friend of mine who bought a mid-late 80's Cigarette has a water leak. He says it's getting past the gimble housing/transom seal.
When he tightened the bolts up, some black sticky stuff oozed out around the gimble housing.
Do these seals start melting after a certain amount of time?

phragle

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You sure its not black water squirting out of the transom when you compress it by tightening??

zz28zz

That's what I'm afraid it is. I haven't seen it personally.
Owner is hoping for the best. I'm trying to stay optimistic for him.
He did a tap test on the transom, but with some boats it really takes a trained ear.

It's a bad time of the year to be finding out the transom needs replacement.
Boating season is getting close around here.

picklenjim

What drives does it have, TRS? If so they have a cork seal between there. Never seen them melt before.

zz28zz

It's got bravo 1's..
My B1's have felt seals. I'm assuming he does too.