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  1. badbowtie

    Mercury 350 magnum problems please help

    I am trying to help a good buddy help work on a 97 350 magnum 300 hp that he just got 3 weeks ago only had 100 hours on it. I know the previous owner and he has owned it for 13 years and had it sitting in his garage for the last 5 years unused, 3 weeks ago it ran great when they water tested...
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    74 merc 115 charging problem

    I got a 1974 merc 115 2 stroke outboard on my fishing boat. I have one battery running the gas motor and two graphs and aerator. I am using two more batteries to run my 24v trolling motor. I have fished about 2 dozen times this year and never have had a problem till today I put a new gad...
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    Best caulking to use

    I have a 74 starcraft holiday 18 that I went thru and replaced floor and seats and set it up to fish with. Have been out 3 times know so far and everything is doing great besides when I leave and pull drain plug I have some water coming out. Last week I noticed a loose rivet down by keel so I...
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    1974 Merc 115 help with starting procedure

    I have a new to me 1974 mercury 115 2 stroke that runs great and doesn't even crank just fires right up after you get it finally started for the day. When it is cold it is a nightmare to get started and have a feeling it is due to not knowing the secret. I have a lever on the shifter that is...
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    Do I have a hole or is supposed to be there.

    I was under the front of my new to me 74 starcraft holiday 18 replacing this front v roller with a wider new one and seen this hole the picture from the side you can see the top of my finger it is at the hole so you can see were it is. I am not sure if it is drain hole for that bottom channel...
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    Yes it has power trim and didnt real notice any difference when playing with trim on steering and yes turns real easy while at idle speed or sitting still. I am thinking I should try to lube the steering shaft some. Also moving it the same way it pulls is what I wasn't sure of so I will move...
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    That is close but it is only like 1-3/4 wide for the bolt and decided to just stop at local boat store and buy a normal style and got some flat stock out and started cutting to length and bent them up and should work great know just need to make a set of side bunks to help with loading next.
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    Well finally warmed up enough to take the boat out for a test run ran great. Cruised around the lake for about 3 hours today played with my new XI5 trolling motor and am really happy with that. Only had a problem when it came time to load had really bad cross wind and no side bunks on trailer...
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    looking for holiday bow storage

    I have a 74 starcraft holiday 18' that I have gone thru and converted everything to use it as a fishing boat. I am looking for ideas on what to use under the bowl to store jig boxs and misc fishing stuff in. Any other things or ideas anybody have done under the bow for storage I am really...
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    Holsclaw trailer help

    I bout a starcraft 18' boat couple months ago and trying to get everything ready to start fishing I got the boat all ready but know time to finish the trailer. I know it is a 1974 holsclaw trailer that I have went ahead and replaced bearings and seals already and went ahead and bought two tires...
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    Looking for any help before pull trigger on trolling motor

    I have a 1974 starcraft holiday 18' that I just picked up and have gone thru everything and replaced everything and ready to order a trolling motor. I am thinking the terrova 24v 80lb 60" shaft with foot control and i pilot remote. This is the one I am looking at I will have more in the...
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    1974 mercury 115 question

    I got a 1974 starcraft a couple months ago and have been working on interior and everything else. But it has been sitting for about 14-15 years in a barn so I did get it running couple weeks ago and no that all fuel lines and tank have been cleaned out and everything else is done I installed new...
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    Was shopping today for the big fishing sale and ended up buying 6 of the folding boat seats. Since they were only 25.00 each figured can't go wrong. I am going to put one in each back jump spot on each side of motor. Then I thought for the 350 dollar savings why not buy 4 more and pull the...
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    Well I set one of the old seats in the boat today to see if I would have enough room to install them on both sides and still have enough room behind them to be able to net fish and everything. I will have roughly 44" behind the back to back seats to the back jump seats. I also rewired and...
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    Well floor and all the sides are all back in tle gaps in the floor up front on both sides were the floor ribs showed to make sure I don't drop nothing in them. I will show a picture of them areas later after foam dries and I trim it. I am going to start with recovering the back little jump...
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    I got the 3 coats of the gray paint on the floor and got silica mixed in with it. I am going to decide this morning if that is enough if it is then I will be able to reinstall all my side boards back in today. I also went over to bass pro yesterday to take a look at seats. I looked at swivel...
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    Got all the floor back in and riveted in yesterday, even got first coat of sealer on floor. I am going to put a second coat on today so I will be ready to buy rust oleum and some play sand. What hardener should I add wit it to make it even more durable.
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    Okay well I got all the foam in I ended up using 2 2" 4x8 sheets and 1 3/4 4x8 sheet. I forgot to take a picture of it I ended up cutting the floor sections using old ones since were so good as patterns worked great. So I got all them in know later today or tomorrow I need to locate some paint...
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    Starcraft Holiday Rebirth

    All the floor is out and I went and got 4 sheets of 3/4 BC plywood and got 4 sheets of foam to work on putting in tomorrow. I got boat all washed out and got to use the tilt trailer to make sure it is all nice and dry in morning. I will probably just go ahead and get the foam in and get all...
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