Bradycpulver Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 I have a 2007 F23 and am having an issue with water pooling up under the front cushions. I was reading in here where someone had talked to MB and they told them where to drill holes in each side to let the water drain to the back. Can someone help me and show me exactly where to drill holes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightMax Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 You have to be careful. There’s only one spot you Can drill without going through the hull. It’s right in the corner where the bottom of the pickle meets the observers compartment/cockpit I’m sure I have a pic on my computer. Will try and post tomorrow Bradycpulver and JeffO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradycpulver Posted June 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 That would be awesome! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightMax Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 ok so here is a picture from the build on my old F-23. The arrows are where you need to drill some drain holes in to get rid of water that accumulates in the crease formed by the "pickle". You need to drill into the vertical faces right above the bottom of the crease. Water will then drain into the interior of the stringers and then out the drain holes into the bilge. hope this helps. AZ_MB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hot4teach Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 PICT0519A.jpg We need pictures like this for every hull. Kalen427, The Donfather and MidnightMax 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalen427 Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Was thinking the same exact thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradycpulver Posted June 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 So basically straight down, at the deepest part of the pooling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ_MB Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 So basically straight down, at the deepest part of the pooling? I'm sure Midnight will reply, but the way I read his comments you need to drill horizontally, not vertically (or straight down) as you said. If you drill straight down I'm guessing you're going to end up with a hole in your hull. It looks like you need to drill horizontally through the vertical portion of the fiberglass where those arrows are. MidnightMax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightMax Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 So basically straight down, at the deepest part of the pooling? Exactly what AZ_MB just said. If you go straight down you will drill through the bottom. you need to drill horizontally into the vertical faces just slightly above the deepest part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakz77 Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Nomatter what happens you have to show us pics of the holes drilled Mucker626 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsmobiledriver Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Holes! Mucker626, Hyperryd, The Donfather and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Donfather Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Holes! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I was waiting for that Hyperryd and oldsmobiledriver 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbski Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 I can smell it oldsmobiledriver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradycpulver Posted June 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 I looked again after the lake day yesterday and my pools are on the bigger inside channels... and idea on where to drill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightMax Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 So are you talking about the channels inside of the hump formed by the pickle? Im not sure I ever had a problem there. here are a few pictures from a project that I did a while back. shows the contouring. I only ever had water in the outer crease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker626 Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 Let me tell you about the water midnight had in this boat. All our gear up front in the bow. Back packs, surf board bags and such. All ended up at the transom floating. He knows his shit when it comes to standing water in a F23!! MidnightMax and oldsmobiledriver 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradycpulver Posted June 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 I’ll have to get you photos this weekend. The second problem I’m having is I can’t get my ballast pumps to work and I can’t find a fuse for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradycpulver Posted June 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 Also, did you do the sea deck by yourself? If so, do you have a template? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moto817 Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 Ballast pumps? Did you install plug and play ballast in it? Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperryd Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 pretty sure that is the first year of gravity fill below floor ballast with not pumps. You should have two large chrome grills on the transom. Those would be the intakes for the gravity fill ballast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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