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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    I wanted to add to my last reply. I would have used 2" thick plywood if I could have found any. I called everywhere and marine plywood could only be had in 3/4" thick. I could glue two of those together, but I would only have 1.5" thick plywood at that point. It seemed more prudent to go...
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    Yamaha 80 2 stroke no oil injection

    I'll check for numbers when I get there on Saturday. Any idea when Yamaha last made a 2 stroke 80 hp engine?
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    Yamaha 80 2 stroke no oil injection

    C80 means a commercial engine????
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    The transom is rated for 115hp. I will be putting a 80 2 stroke on it
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    Well, it's been a few months since my last update, so I thought I would give a quick one. I now finished putting the toons together and getting the plywood on. I've also glued the new carpet down and rehabbed the old console. My transom is a two inch thick plywood piece bolted into a V shaped...
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    Yamaha 80 2 stroke no oil injection

    I have the opportunity to buy a Yamaha 80 hp 2-stroke that has no oil injection, you must pre mix oil and gas. The seller says the sticky foil sticker with model info is gone. He thinks the engine is a 2002 "commercial" engine. The motor is several states away, so i can't examine it until i get...
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    Well, as you read in the above post, an uprooted tree ruined my first renovation project. So, i never got past putting on the new plywood. I was so close to putting the carpeting down..... Anyway, my mining engineer friend completed the design for the hydraulic actuators and i was about ready...
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    Oh, yeah, i cut up the damaged toon and scrapped it. Here is what the inside of a Lowes pontoon looks like
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    Well, it's been almost a year since i started my restoration project and I thought i would give an update. Stripping the old plywood went well thanks to a sawzall and visegrips. In one weekend I had all the rotted furniture, console and decking gone. Then, I put new 3/4" plywood down and...
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    Oh, you are a bad, bad man.... My wife saw this post and she now wants this done! I have a close friend that designs lift systems for mining equipment and he will be stopping by to help me with this. Those linear actuators look like they will do the trick! Seriously, great idea! I'll let you...
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    Hmm....any particular one??? Any links or pics of this setup? It sounds interesting, just need to get the right parts.
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    Hmm... My Carolina Skiff has a regular, soft bimini top and we both love it. However, for some reason, my wife really likes this hardtop on our new pontoon.... I will have to lower it each time to go under the bridge going out and then again to get back to the ramp. I think I'm stuck with...
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    Where I launch, it would be necessary to lower the top to get under a bridge to the main part of the lake. Otherwise, I would be stuck on the small part of the lake, and not much fun there. You are right, there are two bolts on the bottom and two on the top. So, you just remove one bolt at the...
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    New (old) hard top pontoon owner

    Hello everyone! My wife and I just purchased a 1984 Low Sunbird 24' pontoon with an original hard top. The toon needs complete restoration, except for the hard top which is in pretty nice shape. I've had many boats in my life and I'm more than able to handle a simple plywood deck rebuild and...
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