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    stern of 14 foot Starcraft bowing out were the motor sits on transom

    stern of 14 foot Starcraft bowing out were the motor sits on transom I have a 1976 fiberglass 14 foot starcraft. The hull looks to be in good shape except for the stern were the engine sits its cracked on the flat part of the transom and bowing out under the weight of the motor. Not sure how...
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    stern of 14 foot Starcraft bowing out were the motor sits on transom

    I have a 1976 fiberglass 14 foot starcraft. The hull looks to be in good shape except for the stern were the engine sits its cracked on the flat part of the transom and bowing out under the weight of the motor. Not sure how to fix this, I thought of cutting a peice 3/4 ply wood and put it on the...
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    1971 Mercury 500 Thunderbolt leaking from water jacket and snapped bolts on water jac

    Hello all, I have a 71 Mercury Thunderbolt outboard, I got it with a boat I purchased in the fall, I put gas in it pulled it a few times and it fired right up. At first it looked fine then I noticed a considerable amount of water coming out of the top spark plug hole. With closer...
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    boat came with extra prop but no rubber hub or splines

    Hello All, I'm pretty new to working on boat motors, but I bought a boat that came with 2 Mercury Thunder bolt engines (one was a spare engine), it came with a bunch of extra parts, one being a spare propeller, its brand new but has no splines or rubber hub to connect it to the output shaft of...
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    cannot match serial number to year for my Murcury 500 motor

    so i just bought a Merc 500 4cylinder 2 carbs engine. pretty sure it is 50hp but when i try to look up the serial number i cannot find what year it is. i think its late 60 to mid 70 being that the boat it was on is a 72. the SN is 5112247. this number is on a plate under the steering pivot...
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    Looking at a TROLLER brand boat, is the hull really a Boston Whaler?

    Hello All, I am new to the forum and hope that I can get a little insight as to the history of the Troller boat brand. I did some research and found they were made in Pennsylvanian from the sixty's to 2004. They have a fiberglass hull that looks just like a boston whaler, I even read that they...
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