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    Is my engine mounted low enough?

    Be careful if you go this way, the motor clamps may land in a bad spot..
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    Is my engine mounted low enough?

    I stoled this picture from a member. It is what you need.
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    Is my engine mounted low enough?

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    Is my engine mounted low enough?

    You can make the wedge out of Styrofoam, shape it to fit and then glass it.but use epoxy resin, it won't eat the Styrofoam..
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    How is HP selected on old Elgin Outboards?

    Gravity works.
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    Cracked beam an issue?

    Looks good, the truss plates should work well..
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    How is HP selected on old Elgin Outboards?

    That's interesting, most those days were side draft.
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    How is HP selected on old Elgin Outboards?

    Best I remember it ran well and after I got a bit older Pop would set it to 7.5 hp. And finally went to heaven when he set it to 12. God he liked to play with my head!
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    How is HP selected on old Elgin Outboards?

    Well to be honest I don't know if it was marketed as such but my old man also thought it was good stuff.. LOL
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    How is HP selected on old Elgin Outboards?

    I was 9 years old and if I wanted to take the boat out by myself Pop would limit me to 5 hp..
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    Is my engine mounted low enough?

    The mounting board on the transom needs to be wedge shaped.
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    How is HP selected on old Elgin Outboards?

    yep, I had one of those, thats all it does is limit throttle..
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    Add telltale pee hole to 1965 Johnson 75 HP

    Yeah, me too, but that said it's more stuff to break down...
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    my soon to be

    Block off gas tank? Confused.. Be careful with the old alcohol stove. They are pretty good when they work but can go nuke on you if a seal goes bad and one that old would concern me..
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    my soon to be

    That boat looks to be in nice shape looks sharp! Hope you get to try it out this fall. Do you have a motor? 5 hp should do fine..
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    Dust Cap Woes

    Just take a beer can and cut a strip off and clamp it over the cap with a hose clamp..
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    Astroglass 1989 full rebuild

    Yeah, I painted a Austin Healy bug eye. We called it the grape. Always messing with it but it was a fun car to drive..
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    Dust Cap Woes

    Yeah that's what @airshot said. I don't think that's the op's problem..
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    Astroglass 1989 full rebuild

    Is that boat purple or is the camera getting weird? It looks like plum crazy...
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    Astroglass 1989 full rebuild

    Heck yeah! Any rocker worth his salt knows that!
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