*UPDATE* The dealer I talked to was incorrect. You can indeed bring the elbow with hose attached out thru the inspection plate. Also, I talked to a Grady dealer today and took his advise and here is what I did. Bought a new inspeciton plate, traced it out in the fishbox bottom close to the starboard side and cut a hole in it. From there that elbow was very accessible. Now, if you use that fishbox alot for fish with ice it will still work but might not be the best idea but it is my belief that most people use it for storage. ( I have life jackets, fenders, lines, etc. in mine) Back to the project, I just finished doing mine and it came out intact. I snapped the thru hull to get that to come out easier. It may have had a small crack in it anyhow. About the hole in the boat where the thru hull came out- the balsa wood that is sandwiched between two layers of fiberglass was pretty wet. I dug most of it out with a bent screwdriver. This was also true on the livewell side of the boat, proof that both thru hulls had been leaking. The hose was very very hardened. I had to slit the hose from around the elbow with a razorblade to get it out. The factory used some goopy brown sticky stuff like pitch on a pine tree. I plan to use only some silicone and Ill just make sure the hose clamp is fairly tight. I guess my plan is to cut the new hose to length, attach one end to the elbow, tighten the hose clamp and send it down thru the inspeciton hole, bring it over and screw it in. Next have a buddy push the new stainless thru hull lubed up with 5200 into the hole, screw it down, slide hose over silicone lubed end of thru hull, tighten down and good to go.