Operation "Hatch Repair" underway

BGA, sorry I didn't respond to your post about weight transfer. The wood cross pieces seem to transfer the load to the edges of the tank instead of having the weight pressing down just in the middle of it. Seems to work.
 
frayed, i used these, not sure what you call them.  i got them at west marine.  i mounted them on a small piece of wood and "5200"ed them to the underside of the lip on the deck. you need to use something that will let you move it around until you get all in and tight and then will set up

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pics aren't too good. its a threaded flat washer with teeth to sink into wood. look in the fastner section of west marine they also work great on the rod boxes in the gunnells
 
Phat...those little puppies are called T-Nuts...handy items on boats ... several on mine now includin' the 4 that hold the elec. trollin' motor on the bow ... like I said...handy ... and they're so cheap, too ::) ... ;D ;D ...
 
i'd have to take the tankcover off. i replaced the screws with the threaded ones. i kept having to get bigger screws because the holes were getting "wallerd"(its a southern thing) out. i took these and pressed them on a piece of pressure treated wood and "5200"ed them to the bottom of the lip the deck plate fits in. i then got the bolts to fit and snugged them down let it set 3 days and now i have a mech fastner not a screw hole.
 
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