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Aiming to get some help and pull the motor off this weekend in preparation of a scale trip early next week. I must have removed 4 and a half pounds of stainless screws randomly spread out throughout the boat.
No sealant on any of them. But, in defense of whoever put these screws in, the mfgr. never sealed the bottoms of the oarlocks! All water was sitting in each holder, with no bottoms, waiting for the wood to suck it up. By the way, I did remove the transom drain tube and let the weeping begin. Oarlocks will not be reinstalled during this remake. I have no plans on rowing this thing.