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  1. matt167

    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Perhaps I should do the swap. Stick it in the water and see what happens. I’ll have some bugs to work out and it’s a $20 set of gaskets if something is amiss. I grew up with my dad running sketchy boats. Sometimes in sketchy conditions. We had a lot of fun fishing the finger lakes. I still go...
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    Decoding Horsepower by S/N

    350 Mag MPI
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Now the question is to bellows or not to bellows?. They look great inside and out and the bearing is smooth… but I don’t know how old they are. I pulled the drive off yesterday and I expected it to put up a fight. But it practically fell off and everything that should be greased was greased so...
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    $100 Paint Job Question.

    I can’t say for sure except probably. I don’t know if BarryK still owns SPI or not but it’s a very good company with tech support. He was on a number of car forums in the past. But they do have a real tech support
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    $100 Paint Job Question.

    I think that means it’s water based…. The good old standby lacquer thinner will work for alkyd enamel
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    Mercruiser decals

    I opted to buy original style decals from EBay in the original colors. I looked up the OEM set and it’s $150-220 depending on who has it…. I paid the $20 for the aftermarket decals and I’ll paint it with black rust oleum and it’ll look better than it does.
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    Mercruiser decals

    eBay is loaded with decals. I asked both places that is listing them if they could customize them a little and use the newer 2004+ Mercury M logo on the alpha Gen 1 format ( they have them for Gen 2 ). But both of them declined to do it. I’ll probably put OEM decals on it. I see the one place...
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    Mercruiser decals

    Anyone know if there is anyone who makes modern looking decals for an Alpha gen 1? Or if the lack of quality makes OEM a necessity. My drive is in good shape but I might as well give it a coat of paint and re decal it while I’m doing stuff with it. Several places sell blue versions of the...
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    Jerry-Buddy?

    The magic of this if you can call it that is simple.. the fuel filter fits inside the cap with the nozzle removed and that’s literally all it is. Nothing special. They add the check valve so that it can’t siphon but nothing marine grade about it. It has more use with the guy who owns an old car...
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    Supersport dash and interior side panel ideas?

    little chrome bling from the period if you want is a 60s Mercruiser gauge panel. There’s a few variations.There is always a few of them on EBay at any given time.. I’m actually going to put one in my rat rod, and even leave the Mercruiser decal as it’s going to be powered by a Mercruiser 2.5
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Will the shift and throttle cables work from the old 1971 drive? It’s the kind that has the cables on the transom and a separate for the carb: The alpha has the cables on the top of the valve cover
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    Restoring a trailer vs replacing a trailer

    It’s a fiberglass vs tin boat. It’s gotta be close for the StarCraft but even if it’s heavier it’ll be under 3,500 and that’s a heavy tin boat if it actually grosses 3,500
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    Restoring a trailer vs replacing a trailer

    This is a single axle with 175 80 r 13 tires and 5 lug hubs. The 16’ boats listed dry net weight is 1960 lbs iirc where the StarCraft is 1400 something so Im nowhere near the weight requirement for brakes. I will have to adjust the rollers for sure
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    Restoring a trailer vs replacing a trailer

    Looking into the supplies to lengthen the trailer 2’. I’ve found a local supplier of 3x3 1/8” for way less than eastern marine. $100 or so less. But I’ve also realized that the tongue itself actually has the 2’ to spare but it makes the tongue really short…. Can I install a 2’ swing tongue...
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    I’ve got 4200, 5200 and Debond coming
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Do I use any kind of sealant on the bolts through the transom? I’m pretty sure the guy I bought the StarCraft from used 5200 on the transom assembly when he put the new transom in. Sure looks like it. So that one is probably going to be stubborn to come out… if only he didn’t screw up the...
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    Do I need 5200 for anything with this swap or anything? I wasn’t planning on shift cables or anything as the assembly was running fine in the donor boat 5200 isn’t available locally anymore except at a couple marine shops farther out so if I need it I have to get it
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    2019 Mercury 20HP EFI 4 stroke, hard initial start.

    It has an electric fuel pump after basically a mechanical pumped reservoir that has a float in it. Wonder if it’s siphoning. It’s basically the bottom half of a carburetor and the high pressure pump might be part of that assembly
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    1984 starcraft islander

    Pic looks like marine grade which would be Douglas fir, AAX plywood basically. How thick is it? Looks like it’s varnished. You could use exotic woods like Ockume or Meranti but you don’t need to and that is a stupid expense… simply ABX or better but you could even get away with CDX in a pinch
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    May 18th-19th is the day that hopefully I’m able to swap the drives and at least get the new engine in. I might actually send it down the road to a marine shop to get it serviced if it needs anything. There is actually a shop local that will do older stuff. Boating season is basically here so...
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