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  1. redneck joe

    Boat Trailer Bunk Carpet

    Really you should stop before you wrap anything at the bottom. Side and top only. That allows for drainage.
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    found a deep cove out of the wind, small fire and ate my crackers, cheese and bologna with a crappy mic ultra beer. Supplied music was the wind in the tree tops (~15 mph). Forgot mustard so wasn't completely perfect shore meal. I'm going to miss most of the spring boating season so trying to...
  3. redneck joe

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Almost 70 today, the jonquils are in full bloom, robins been back a couple three weeks, the weeping willows are turning that special yellow green color and the wild maples at the sides of the highway are just beginning to show a hint of red. So that meant a few hours out. Floating out with the...
  4. redneck joe

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    Yeah i think I'd have enough access to replace thru hulls without messing with the floor, but i went out and did some redneck testing on the lake today and think the plug will be 90% of it until i get to the thru hull replacement. Planning another day out early next week, plug here tomorrow so...
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    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    honestly cannot remember if I looked that deep when I got it. I removed the pump for it and (thought) I had all sealed up. Not sure livewell is removeable and a PO had it converted to an insulated cooler with a custom welded steel drop in for it - really nice. I cannot really access under the...
  6. redneck joe

    What thinketh the membership here..... Useful or just hype

    oh and boat2trailer is a knock off of the original if that matters to you.
  7. redneck joe

    Salvage auction boat - can this be repaired?

    do you have experience boating and have you run this past someone that would fix it? Of course what you would be able to get it for also determines if it will be worth it to fix. Doubt is was sunk, and good bilge can keep up with a hole above the waterline - sure looks like a dock gash to me.
  8. redneck joe

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    thats a bunch of math....
  9. redneck joe

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    gonna tell on myself. Not 100% sure yet i'm going to try to take her out tomorrow. So when i brought her home there was a plug in each of the livewell holes. Took them out to inspect and on the (I believe) drain there was pipe tape on it. So of course I took it off and it wouldn't fit so i...
  10. redneck joe

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    gotta have power trim. Ask him what he thinks would it cost to add now. If too much, ask him to keep looking. This is my second merc, all in my family growing up was OMC (johnson / evinrude) so really had no history but my Black Max 150 did well for me, most of it at WOT. This one needed...
  11. redneck joe

    cooking

    my cookie recipie is alton browns 'the thin'
  12. redneck joe

    What thinketh the membership here..... Useful or just hype

    i looked at those extensively and for the right boat i would love it. I too do the loading and launching and some of the same challenges as you list. I emailed the mfg and they recommended I NOT buy it due to my bow rake is fairly vertical. I did see on a bunch of reviews/youtube/etc that...
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    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    well, if i've done my math right and iirc the new pump i put in was an 800 gph, that is over 6 gallons coming in during a 15 minute period and what little seepage I see coming form the keel hole that doesn't add up and i'll look over again but there was nothing under there that was glaringly...
  14. redneck joe

    marketplace/Craigslist pet peeves.....

    i'd kill for a restored 77 Caprice....
  15. redneck joe

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    ok well as we left to visit friends for supper out tonight, yes it is leaking. Not much but it is coming out of a weep hole in the keel. Didn't know they put weep holes in a keel? About 2/3rds the way of the the start of the bow curve.
  16. redneck joe

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    oh and all the livewell stuff on transom is sealed with plugs.
  17. redneck joe

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    Transom is fine, everything LOOKS like original equipment including floors and vinyl, etc so was expecting a bad rivet or two but as I type this i started thinking would the material at the joints dry up if this was a barn find? Dude i bought it from got at an auction but in such good shape...
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    marketplace/Craigslist pet peeves.....

    we used to have a CL thread about all that...
  19. redneck joe

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    ok kids - got the boat last year, new it had a leak, found 5 or 6 rivets that were leaking (mostly just a slow seep) so replaced those. Blind rivets with ample 4200. Found by putting a good amount of water in the thing with the plug in. Still have my leak. Never thought much about it as I...
  20. redneck joe

    Skee's 1989 Maxum 1700 3.0 Build Thread

    Eight year old thread will not get updates.
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