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  1. matt167

    Mercontrol cables

    Pretty sure there is. But I need to be exact and do it without a template. I can make a template from the donor boats interior panel… but ultimately I want to go boating. I’m sure the parts are available if not a used outboard control is available which I could make work
  2. matt167

    Mercontrol cables

    Finding myself staring at my own pictures… I think I see why StarCraft used the outboard control.. that gunnel wall is fairly low and the control is mounted as far up as it can be. If I use the flush mount controls, and mount it as far up as I can, it’s still going to be a little low...
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Looks like I’m going to wing it and see what the engine I have does. Went to grab the other one and it was locked up tight. I could have got it for parts cheap but I don’t need junk. I probably should have for the coupler but oh well
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    replacement Chevy engine for volvo penta

    Napa carries some stuff for boats as they do carry Sierra. But you will need to know the part numbers
  5. matt167

    StarCraft bilge pump options

    Yup. Somewhere in the 200 gph total loss without actually measuring. It’s somewhere in the 1’ of distance from the bilge to the outlets
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    StarCraft bilge pump options

    I prefer no leaks but expect it might leak a little… I’ll have a little under 1600 gph capacity factoring in some losses.
  7. matt167

    StarCraft bilge pump options

    That’s essentially what I did with the little boat. I just used a cutting board as it never rots and drills easy
  8. matt167

    Mercontrol cables

    Was in the boat earlier so i snapped a picture
  9. matt167

    Mercontrol cables

    Indeed it is the old white outboard control. My dad has the same boat one year older and it too has the old mercontrol. Only ones I’ve ever seen use them. They are both StarCraft Offshore 18s a 1970 and a 1971
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    Will this boat fit on that trailer?

    My little boat is on a bunk trailer. Long tongue. I love launching with it… but I have to get knee deep in the water to retrieve the way I do and get it perfectly straight. Never a problem it’s refreshing… I have not launched my big StarCraft yet but I’m sure I’ll come to like the catwalk the...
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    StarCraft bilge pump options

    I refuse to go out without a functioning bilge pump.. my big StarCraft came with a 500gph Rule tossed in the bilge, not even hooked up ( granted nothing was as it was a WIP when purchased ) It has an outlet on each side so I’m going to install 2 pumps… how should I mount them? On my little...
  12. matt167

    Mercontrol cables

    I’m thinking I should probably replace the old Mercontrol in my StarCraft. It’s very loose and lifting the fast idle lever actually tugs on the shift cables. I’m not sure if that’s right but it doesn’t seem so to me.. however the cables are the right length and they work. Will those cables fit...
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Somehow missed this post.. was trying to re use the starcrafts 1971 helm and cable. But i cant get it to separate from the old steering tube. The brass part is seized in. im going to bite the bullet and order a teleflex NFB helm and cable. I have a couple working helms but I need a cable
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Little change of plans… the engine has a bit of a rear main leak and it looks a little rough from sitting in a water logged glasser… I found a nice engine for cheap, local if checks out. Its identical to the one I just put in
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Do I replace the steering with no feedback cable steering? Is it anything special being an I/O?
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Gaining on it…. Gimbals on. Engine is in. No pics because we were hustling. Bad part is the wiring is different, the steering won’t hook up. The cable is too long, and it’s seized to the old steering tube. So it’s time for a new helm… I pulled the main harness from the parts boat…. The old...
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Didn’t have much time for pictures. My dad’s girlfriend took more… some major modifications. Still working on it
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    How does this steering come off the old transom plate? The Alpha is totally different
  19. matt167

    Four winns question info please

    It has to have foam per USCG. 1999 is new enough it may have some composites in the structure but probably not everything
  20. matt167

    Anybody know about Ford DIS ignitions?

    You could watch the spark with a scope. Scanner you could watch pids… but for something like that, it’s a pretty safe bet to toss a coil on it
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