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  1. BWR1953

    StarCraft kingfisher. Strip and rebuild.

    Woohoo! Another Kingfisher! Come check us out over in the Starcraft sub-forum. Plenty of great info there. :cool: https://forums.iboats.com/forum/starcraft-boats.131/ Including my Kingfisher rebuild thread. Couldn't have done it without the Starmada! ;)
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    I hear ya about the heat. Down here in central Florida, we reach 95*F (35* C) every day in the summer. Sometimes more. Heat index today is supposed to reach 110*F (43*C). 🥵
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    7/16" is wider than 3/8" ;)
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    Break time's over. 😏 We got back on the job. This morning we finished installing the new water pump and it tested out fine. We finished up about noon and it was too hot to do anything else. This evening we completed the spark test. Looks good to me. I'm thinking that I need to move on...
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    1978 16' Starcraft SuperSport rivet size

    Here's a great thread about rivets over in the Starcraft sub-forum. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/rivets-rivets-and-more-rivets-repaired.741809/
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    Old Boater Collections

    I've decided, and told the boy and my buddies, that once I'm done with my second boat project, that I'm going to sell virtually all my tools and supplies and pretty much empty out the garage. The use the garage to park vehicles! What a concept! :cool:
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    A ghost is stealing my anchors...

    It's not a ghost. It's this guy! o_O :ROFLMAO:
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    DIY : How to dry a wet phone from boating .

    Put it in a container full of rice. Let sit 24 hours.
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    The water pump housing was shot, so I bought the entire kit yesterday afternoon. And last evening, the new spark tester arrived. We'll install the new WP and then test it out. Following that, we'll try the spark test with the new tester. Not sure if I'll be able to see anything in the...
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    Yeahhh... it's burned. Heading to the repair shop to pick up a new one now. :rolleyes:
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    Todays update is a good news/bad news deal. 😏 We went out this morning to do a compression check with the new gauge. Hooked up the muffs, turned on the hose and fired up the engine. I let it idle at about 1100RPM for a minute or two, then pulled the throttle back down to normal idle. It...
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    Thanks for the link. (y)
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    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Good stuff. I did something similar. :cool:
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    22' starcraft islander, crack(s) in hull -- aluminum repair options?

    Bwaahaahaa! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    I need a picture of an unbranded gauge with no other info? 🤪 C'mon, don't tease me! Gimme the brand, a link, a price or something! :ROFLMAO: In my first set of compression tests, I used a $15 HF special. The second set, I used a $25 HF special. The new gauge is $50, came from Amazon...
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    New compression gauge arrived this evening. Testing again tomorrow morning. :cool:
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    22' starcraft islander, crack(s) in hull -- aluminum repair options?

    Solids are far stronger than blinds, which is why they're needed. Here's what I had to do on my Chief. Completely gutted the interior and pulled 3 ribs in order to repair corrosion. 🤪
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    22' starcraft islander, crack(s) in hull -- aluminum repair options?

    1. For the patch at the very stern of my Chieftain, I used 0.080” sheet aluminum. I measured the saggita distance inside the hull for the location, then had the fabrication shop roll it to shape. They got it very close, but I ended up using a rubber hammer to very gently whang it to final...
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    I have been doing simple troubleshooting. Have you read the entire thread? :unsure:
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    1985 50HP 4-cylinder power loss

    Sooo... as I'm sitting here sipping my first cup of coffee and waking up, I had a thought. :coffee: 😏 Is it possible to swap the powerhead from my 1983 70HP 3 cylinder onto the 1985 50HP 4 cylinder? Hmmm... could be interesting. :unsure: 🤪
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