I added 6 new keel bolts and left the original ones in place because it was too difficult to remove the rusted ones. (#785)
A wise man knows what he knows, and a fool pretends to know what he doesn't. --- On Sun, 5/23/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IC27A] Keel bolts / nuts To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 5:44 PM Are you also working on the bilge floor and subfloor. On my 1978, I found there was water under the fiberglass floor of the bilge. I found numerous cracks in the fiberglass, that showed up when I heated the fiberglass a bit. So, I'm now in the process of removing the fiberglass and drying out the plywood subfloor, etc. The guess is that the problem arises due to the age of the boat and multiple freezing and thawings of the water that gets left in the bilge over the many years. Bob You might want to put new threads on the keelbolts, and then use the appropriate nuts. Bob in northern Ohio. In a message dated 5/23/2010 3:40:16 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time, offmgr...@yahoo. com writes: So we thought we were already to launch this Friday but while working today my husband found 3 of our keel bolt nuts are rusted and stripped. Does anyone know the size of the bolt nuts for an 82? I think the years 78 to 84 are the same size. Thanks! Vicki
