Quote Originally Posted by matt k View Post
just for context, the bracket on my 87 comp with 800 hours that was bought and has lived its entire life in NH is painted black and pretty much rust-free. The pics of yours scared me enough to go check. I recalled it being clean, but your talk of unpainted steel had me worried! I wonder what caused yours to get that bad. Is the rest of the bilge paint in good shape? What about the other brackets and metal fixtures in there?
well thats the thing. EVERYTHING is glassed over but the bracket. the bilge pump area is fine except for the chunks of that darn bracket floating around in there. But yes. The bracket from what I can see in all crazy positions I make to see it is just bare steel. No paint to be found.