Hello. I figured it's about time to start my own project thread. It's an 89 1800TF. Overall I think I got a good deal if the motor runs as well on water as on land. The trailer is mint and overall the boat is decent. It needs floors as both sections of foam are full of water. The transom is also wet so I'll be doing that too. Once I'm done I should have a nice boat. I figured I could have spent 5k on a boat and still had to do these things so why not start cheap! Here are some pics. I currently am very close to having the cap off. Just need to figure out the main floor and the splash well.









It really seems to me that the main floor comes off with the cap. If you put your hand through the large drain hole you can feel that this floor is glassed to the cap from the bottom, and there is a small gap between it and the main floor. The last pic is of a section that looks like it is added under the console after the cap is in place. Anyone have any ideas on this? I'd rather not cut this floor as it's solid as a rock and if my theory is correct I shouldn't have to.

The splash well is also connected to the transom with that bondo like substance and it seems like it goes all the way up . I ran out of time to mess with it, and we had a small oops with the sawzall so I had to give up for the day. My buddy accidentally sent the sawzall into the splash well making about a 3" cut where we didn't need one! Oh well. The cap isnt pretty anyway yet and its just fiberglass. Plus, its under all the wiring/hoses so you'll never see it anyway. Just gotta glass it in from underneath so it wont leak.

Anyone got any tips on separating this area? I'm going to bring it down to my shop where I can use the car lift to separate the cap. I think if I put a 2x4 under the splash well and run rope through the 2 vent cap holes it should give me some even pull on the rear of the cap while using the front 2 legs of the lift to get the front of the cap up. I just cant seem to get the splashwell to separate and I think we've cut all we can cut.