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June 16, 2023, 08:13:32 PM
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Steve

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Stringers/structure
« on: June 16, 2023, 08:13:32 PM »
1999 205 osprey.  Mounting a t-top.Drilling foot plate. Drilled through fiberglass and wood corethen I hit alum. Is this bracing???
It's at side of consol just back from front.any info on stringers would help.

June 19, 2023, 11:12:01 AM
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dbiscayne

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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2023, 11:12:01 AM »
not familiar with that year but I've never seen aluminum bracing used. could be the fuel tank or a tab to mount the tank???
Did you drill all the way through? Smell like gas? Can you push a long stick into the hole and see if it comes out wet?

June 19, 2023, 10:49:53 PM
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Steve

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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2023, 10:49:53 PM »
Definitely not gas tank , tank is poly and between the seats and goes toward back. I did drill it today. Scoped the area as best I could, saw nothing. Think it's a quarter inch alum that joins stringers to a structure that would run side to side. What I drilled was fiberglass  core material (wood), fiberglass  then aluminum. Tapped alum so I will run a bolt in to hold t-top down. Location is to left and right of consol and to front.

June 20, 2023, 05:44:27 AM
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RickK

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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2023, 05:44:27 AM »
Steve, Do the 205 members a favor and document what you're doing with some pics and measurements please.
Rick
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