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    Mid 1960's OMC Evinrude gull-wing, a work in progress.

    Quantumn, I like your little 1708 holder. Nice little setup. I have built a 5 gallon bucket pouring stand and while it looks complicated, it really was made out a few 2 x 4s and a 6" piece of treaded on both ends 1/2" pipe and 1/2" pipe flanges, a couple flat washers and a few cotter pins... Of...
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    "Save The Manatee "

    Sam, I have to ask, is the red tape there to just hold the parts in place or is there some other reason? I see you use red tape and was just wondering... Yes that 5 gallon bucket looks like a lot until you start tabbing and such. It seems to disappear quite quickly then... You need a bucket...
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    Capacity Plate

    Coldtrain_1, there are lots of place to have such remade. I actually had designed my own and went to a local trophy shop and had them make the plate. They use a process called "sublimation" where they make a printable transfer and infuse it on a metal plate. The heat transfers the printed sheet...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Okay a little update to this issue. Today I laid the CSM on the panel I polyed a couple days ago. So since this panel already had poly that was cured, I rolled out another poly resin on it and then laid the CSM on top and used some more poly on top of it. It presently is curing. But it seem to...
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    Stand pipe for live well ?

    Thanks Scott for the info. But my drain doesn't use the push in stand pipe but the new threaded design that they are now offering. Seems folks were having problems with the push in type with the "O" rings were getting loose and falling out, draining their live wells without them noticing it and...
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    Stand pipe for live well ?

    Okay I did a pretty intensive search but no luck. So I have to ask, what is the tread size for a stand pipe in a live well? I have a 90 degree drain that has a thread inside and states that it will accept a stand pipe. But no info as to what that thread size could possible be. I even took it to...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Okay here are a few pictures of what I was talking about. When I saturated these panels initially, there was basically zero areas with anything that resembled unwetted CSM. But here is what I've been referring too. You can see the whitish cloudy areas and I haven't a clue as to why... Any ideas...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Ha thanks KC. Yes some times things go fast and other times it like nothing gets done. Well here are a few pictures to prove I am still working on the boat project. Between weekly yard work and the neighbor's repairs (and I still have to rebuild his carb too yet), I do get things done...some...
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    Battery Selector Switch ?

    Never needing a battery selector switch before, I thought the only manufacturer was Perko, from reading on these forums. However looking for such a thing has presented a lot of manufacturers that manufactures them. My question is, what is your favorite and why? I know of five different...
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    Boat wireing ?

    Okay before this gets out of hand, I know to use the proper USCG marine wire for wiring a boat. My question is, since I'm rewiring the control cable from the engine to the helm control section, I need a few single properly colored wires to make this new cable run. But what do you do with wire...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Today it rained so I worked on the seat bases, And even a seasoned woodworker can still learn things. As most anybody knows that has ever routered an y piece of wood, that the end grain is the touchiest areas to router because of tear-out. So you usually router those end grain sections first so...
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    Electronic Bilge Switch

    I see a lot of folks talk about installing automatic bilge pump capabilities in their boats. But I also hear of float type switches failing or sticking on and either draining their batteries or burning up the bilge pump, or even worst not turning on bilge pumps and their boats fill up and sink...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    (continued) I also cut out all the front supports to seal off the two outer sides of the floor and a support for the center section. Those will be PBed and tabbed as well. I also took a couple pictures of a few things I found helpful using polyester. This picture show a few things I use mixing...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Okay I have some pictures and a little more update. I now have all the seat bases and tops cut out. And I started gluing the parts together as well. I am using Tite Bond III being how it worked so well on the main stringers. Here are some pictures; I setup my table saw to cut exactly 16"...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Okay here is todays efforts. While it really doesn't seems like much effort, it took a few cuts and tries to get it all worked out. And I am very pleased with the floor I ended up with. And NO it is not installed but merely laying there until I get other things worked out. Then it gets PBed in...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Some times it is better to be lucky then skilled. And luck has shown it face today with my floor template. Seems I can get two cuts from one sheet of plywood and they actually fall on the bulkheads I installed as well. And while that is what I planned on (actually hoped for), it rarely happens...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Ha Wood, I did go to the shop and with just the plywood I could quickly grab and photo, here are those results. This is my first pitiful attempt to use mspaint with lines and such. Obviously I didn't do it correctly BUT, if you are still with me, you can see the actual plywood I used for all...
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    Random

    Well I'm sure everybody know what this is... It's a LAWN CHAIR... :facepalm:
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Okay I have one picture to post as I closed up shop this evening after installing the second wider tabbing today. And my back says..."enough now". Leaning over the hull for hours on end has finally taken its toll. My lower back is complaining asking for some relief. But it is done so I can relax...
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    76 evinrude 40hp upper water tube removal

    If your engine is built like my '76 40HP Johnson, then that water tube comes out from the bottom. No need to remove the power head to reinstall. Just make sure you get it back into the opening and it will work properly. Here is a break down of you engine. The red oval is your water tube. And...
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