The "tractor light" looks like an inspection hole I have on my 1976 V25 and the amber color is the glass fiber of the keel trunk.
The glass around the keel bolt could be because of a keel trunk repair for an elongated pivot bolt hole.
On my V25, the keel bolt is 5/8ths.
V 2-22 Survey: Keel Pivot Bolt Size?
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Bob McLellan
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Re: V 2-22 Survey: Keel Pivot Bolt Size?
Hi Bob-
Yeah the amber "light" is fiberglass, but what you are seeing is a mound of it over the head of the pivot bolt. It is fully covered, whereas the nut side just appears to be wafer-like washers between the keel trunk and nut. I'm going to crawl underneath and see if I can find any obvious problems inside the keel trunk.
Yeah the amber "light" is fiberglass, but what you are seeing is a mound of it over the head of the pivot bolt. It is fully covered, whereas the nut side just appears to be wafer-like washers between the keel trunk and nut. I'm going to crawl underneath and see if I can find any obvious problems inside the keel trunk.
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Re: V 2-22 Survey: Keel Pivot Bolt Size?
It looks like someone did a pretty sloppy repair job on your pivot bolt hole. In the pictures, it also looks like the guy fiberglassed the hull liner instead of the actual trunk, itself. IF that's the case, I'd say that explains your mysterious leak. It's probably leaking at the pivot bolt, under the hull liner. If the fiberglass ins't bonded to the liner, then it may not be adequately bonded to the trunk, and therefore still allowing a leak.
If it were me, I would grind all of that repair junk away (and by the looks of it, it will be relatively easy), and go right back down to the original surface to determine the original problem. I'm thinking it's got to be an elongated pivot bolt hole like Bob said. Whatever the issue, redo the repair the proper way and replace your bolt, and you'll be better off. I'm sure there are people on this forum who have done pivot hole repairs that could let you know how to go about the repair properly.
If it were me, I would grind all of that repair junk away (and by the looks of it, it will be relatively easy), and go right back down to the original surface to determine the original problem. I'm thinking it's got to be an elongated pivot bolt hole like Bob said. Whatever the issue, redo the repair the proper way and replace your bolt, and you'll be better off. I'm sure there are people on this forum who have done pivot hole repairs that could let you know how to go about the repair properly.