All the talk about transoms had me concerned on my 94 186. Everything looked good as far as I could tell but, I wanted to know for sure. Dropped the boat off at the repair shop for routine maintenance and to replace my rite hite jack plate with a rapid jack. They called me once the motor,jackplate and rear trim cap were off so I could inspect. Everything looked great. Snapped a couple of pics with the iphone (sorry for poor quality) just encase any one was interested. Hopefully by now they have it all put back together.