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Shelby
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Initially Posted - 12/15/2003 :  16:45:21  Show Profile
I finally made it out to my boat and finished installing the remote controls (there are cables) to the Honda. When testing the engine, I of course put it in the water, then tested the remote..worked great. But I found a leak (very tiny) next to what appears to be the depth indicator thru the bottom of the boat.

My question is, do you think it is possible that some part of this hole has dried up (its been a few months since its been in the water and it has been very hot here)and all it really takes is to allow it to sit in water for awhile to fix itself, or I should take it apart and reseal the whole thing? To test my theory, I also put some water in that part of the bildge to see what happens.

Ideas are welcome!

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Shelby
'82 C25 "Third S", #3208,SKSR,Honda 9.9, Lake Pleasant, AZ
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triley
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Response Posted - 12/15/2003 :  17:08:35  Show Profile
It is possible that it might seal itself. Does your transducer go through the hull? Mine does not. My knot meter rotor does, however.

Will you have to remove everything to seal. or can you use a little sealant at the point of the leak?
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Shelby
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Response Posted - 12/15/2003 :  18:28:20  Show Profile
My transducer does go through the hull (next to the port battery). My knot meter also goes through the hull. I actually hope that it will seal itself. But if not I will try a little sealant before taking it out.

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 12/15/2003 :  19:36:53  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
I know wood boats seal themselves......in fact I remember some boats that had to marinate in the slings for a few days before they'd float.......fiberglass on the ohter hand, no. 5200 cures with water, but once that's done I don't think it expands when soaked after drying.

You can put some 5200 around it on the inside and see if it stops it, but like always, if you want to do it right.......just take it out and re-bed it. Gives you a chance to check it out too. What if some piece of plastic has cracked.....

Oscar

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 12/16/2003 :  00:58:57  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
If she was on a trailer or in a yard something may have hit the xducer where it goes thru the hull. Hall it out and re seal the unit. It wont seal itself. Do it right the first time and you wont have to do it again.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 12/16/2003 :  09:49:06  Show Profile
I'm with Oscar and Douglas... best to take it out and re-seal it properly. You'll be really ticked if you get her back in the water and rigged... and the leak doesn't fix itself (but gets worse)...
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nate
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Response Posted - 12/16/2003 :  13:35:49  Show Profile
Shelby,
A third nod for finding the pulprit and fixing it right...this summer when I had my boat out for a bottom job I didn't rebed the speedo thru-hull. When I launched the boat a couple weeks later, I had a leak around the speedo thru-hull ( thank God I checked it as we floated the boat!). I must have accidently removed a little bedding compound when preping the bottom and that was all it took to cause a leak. We wrestled the boat back on the trailer and pulled her out to rebed the speedo...no more leak and piece of mind.
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oldsalt
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Response Posted - 12/16/2003 :  21:22:45  Show Profile
I'd rebed it and seal it properly rather than let water migrate into the laminate. I don't recommend trying to seal leaks around through hulls from inside the boat.
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