ThorSen
Active Member
- Aug 17, 2017
- 219
- Boat Info
- 2018 SPX 190 OUTBOARD 150
- Engines
- 150 4-stroke Mercury outboard
Goooood morning and Happy New Year, CSR all !!!
My question is: how difficult would it be for me to “learn on The Admiral’s boat” (her pride and joy) how to repair the crack in the attached photos?
Q-2: Is such an undertaking even advisable , for the first time, in a spot that is so conspicuous? (pretty much the first spot people look when stepping onto the boat :-/
Q-3: What materials, products, tools would one need and where would be the best place to source said specialty items?
Arghhhh! Discovered yet ANOTHER (second) crack or defect in the battery hatch cover ... mere inch(es) away from the one we had repaired a couple years ago (thanks entirely to CSR member Aaronpav, who referred us to a young, local glass guru who made the 1-hour drive up from Lake Norman to repair that first crack with the boat on our dock lift ...)
Alas, and despite the handsome we paid - and are more than willing to pay again - that young craftsman is now fully involved in his post grad thesis and it appears will be unable to help us out, this go round.
The time, expense, hassle and more hassle involved in trying to get the boat to a dealer far, far outweighs such a small defect, at least in my mind*
I have come up empty on finding anyone who is both qualified AND willing to do the repair with the boat up on our dock lift (even though it is under cover with ample lighting and full electric availability, etc.)
*Part of me is wondering if that whole area, if not the entire hatch cover, is somehow defective but, something tells me trying to obtain a factory replacement now that we’ve had the boat 3 years (not to mention the dealer is far, far away) would be like spitting up a rope ...
So, I am left to wondering if it is worth the risk involved (both domestic and financial (I figure boat depreciation will result if I gum the job up :-/ for me to try and tackle this repair myself, for the first time ever .... (very difficult swallow)
Full disclosure: I tend to OCD everything ....
My question is: how difficult would it be for me to “learn on The Admiral’s boat” (her pride and joy) how to repair the crack in the attached photos?
Q-2: Is such an undertaking even advisable , for the first time, in a spot that is so conspicuous? (pretty much the first spot people look when stepping onto the boat :-/
Q-3: What materials, products, tools would one need and where would be the best place to source said specialty items?
Arghhhh! Discovered yet ANOTHER (second) crack or defect in the battery hatch cover ... mere inch(es) away from the one we had repaired a couple years ago (thanks entirely to CSR member Aaronpav, who referred us to a young, local glass guru who made the 1-hour drive up from Lake Norman to repair that first crack with the boat on our dock lift ...)
Alas, and despite the handsome we paid - and are more than willing to pay again - that young craftsman is now fully involved in his post grad thesis and it appears will be unable to help us out, this go round.
The time, expense, hassle and more hassle involved in trying to get the boat to a dealer far, far outweighs such a small defect, at least in my mind*
I have come up empty on finding anyone who is both qualified AND willing to do the repair with the boat up on our dock lift (even though it is under cover with ample lighting and full electric availability, etc.)
*Part of me is wondering if that whole area, if not the entire hatch cover, is somehow defective but, something tells me trying to obtain a factory replacement now that we’ve had the boat 3 years (not to mention the dealer is far, far away) would be like spitting up a rope ...
So, I am left to wondering if it is worth the risk involved (both domestic and financial (I figure boat depreciation will result if I gum the job up :-/ for me to try and tackle this repair myself, for the first time ever .... (very difficult swallow)
Full disclosure: I tend to OCD everything ....