Here I started to cut the top of the transom off.

I was surprised as to how deep the fiberglass was along the top of the transom, it was about 1 1/4 inch
thick.

Here is a pic from the inside of the boat. The depth of the fiberglass is 1 1/4 inches. Interestingly, the
depth to the top of the engine bolt is only 1 1/2 inches. There is only a 1/4 inch of wood from the top of
the bolt to the top of the transom wood.

I started opening the transom by using a chisel and putty knife to lift the top skin from the filler inside.
Next I cut the top skin using a reciprocating saw. Next, I used a chisel and putty knife to separate the
inner skin and outer skin from the filler. Once that was done, I began chiseling out the filler. The picture
below is about halfway done. The layout of the transom is skin, filler, fiberglass, then wood. It was quite
a bit of work at this point to clean out the filler.

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