Hi everyone! Very excited about this community since it was part of the reason my wife and i chose to buy a 1983 E35-3. Now on to the issues!....
Our pedestal has started to corrode, which from looking around does not appear to be a unique issue. However, we don’t currently have the option of removing or replacing the current one because part of our purchase is a holdback of some money pending a sea trial in spring. I don’t want to change anything on the boat that could cause the PO to refuse paying us if something doesn’t work right. So I am pretty much limited to cosmetic changes only, and maybe our pedestal is early enough in its corrosion disease that total replacement isn’t needed yet
Sorry about the pictures, my phone doesn’t want to rotate them....
The question I have is what are people’s opinion on several solutions:
1. Leave it alone - maybe the best thing to do is nothing until replacement?
2. Try and clean it with a wire wheel, prime and paint it?
3. Just put some paint on it to arrest the corrosion - afraid this might backfire and cause moisture to be trapped?
Let me know what’s you guys think. This is our first “big” boat, and I sure we will be doing a lot of learning.
Our pedestal has started to corrode, which from looking around does not appear to be a unique issue. However, we don’t currently have the option of removing or replacing the current one because part of our purchase is a holdback of some money pending a sea trial in spring. I don’t want to change anything on the boat that could cause the PO to refuse paying us if something doesn’t work right. So I am pretty much limited to cosmetic changes only, and maybe our pedestal is early enough in its corrosion disease that total replacement isn’t needed yet
Sorry about the pictures, my phone doesn’t want to rotate them....
The question I have is what are people’s opinion on several solutions:
1. Leave it alone - maybe the best thing to do is nothing until replacement?
2. Try and clean it with a wire wheel, prime and paint it?
3. Just put some paint on it to arrest the corrosion - afraid this might backfire and cause moisture to be trapped?
Let me know what’s you guys think. This is our first “big” boat, and I sure we will be doing a lot of learning.