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
![C7518168-44A0-4D10-A24D-B4A400419CE0.jpg C7518168-44A0-4D10-A24D-B4A400419CE0.jpg](https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/data/attachments/15/15758-cc7fd2424505d3b66dd360effb55bf3a.jpg)
![09451175-D93C-4940-A1DC-FF001A604B27.jpg 09451175-D93C-4940-A1DC-FF001A604B27.jpg](https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/data/attachments/15/15757-d83a8d454215ef27a77ebb33e61fb635.jpg)
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
![88996A43-2472-421F-A5A8-59A8F0D06783.jpg 88996A43-2472-421F-A5A8-59A8F0D06783.jpg](https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/data/attachments/15/15756-1349dd5e05986fdd67e0b4eab27bfe2b.jpg)
![C7518168-44A0-4D10-A24D-B4A400419CE0.jpg C7518168-44A0-4D10-A24D-B4A400419CE0.jpg](https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/data/attachments/15/15758-cc7fd2424505d3b66dd360effb55bf3a.jpg)
![09451175-D93C-4940-A1DC-FF001A604B27.jpg 09451175-D93C-4940-A1DC-FF001A604B27.jpg](https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/data/attachments/15/15757-d83a8d454215ef27a77ebb33e61fb635.jpg)
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.