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  1. gm280

    Paint?

    I have painted over many different surfaces with most of that being metals. I did paint my OB and it had a glass cowling and I used regular automotive catalyzed acetylic enamel paints from PPG. But I never painted as an expert and therefore will only explain what I did as an amateur painter that...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    I got an idea (yes another lame brain idea from this peanut gallery). :facepalm: If I rebuilt the stringers in my hull like shown in the attached picture, would it be a good idea to use mix and pour foam BEFORE applying the actual floor over top? What I mean is, if I installed the stringers and...
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    Please be very careful folks

    Not sure if everybody has read the tragic event the recently occur in Georgia concerning a elderly couple responding to a "Craigslist" listing. The couple were looking for a 60's era Mustang and saw an add in Craigslist that somebody had listed for sell. They lived in or around Atlanta and...
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    15 hp Johnson Project

    Bullie, do you know how to use a volt/ohm meter (DVM VOM) ? If so remove each condenser lead and set the meter to ohms and one lead on the wire lead from one condenser and the other meter lead to ground. If the meter reads zero, that condenser is shorted. If the meter reads and the needle or...
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    Stupid things we do some times

    For the last year now my left front tire on my lawn mower has had a slow leak. And I always just fill it up before using it every time. Well the recent post about "green slime" here on iboats got me to thinking more about it. So rather then inject the green slime hoping it solved the slow leak...
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    The Domino Effect...

    I have to ask this because I seem to get caught up in it all the time. Has anybody else got themselves into a "Domino Effect"? By that I mean I wanted to move my present Tom Boy boat hull into my shop so I can continue with the project rebuild without worries of the weather. BUT, to be able to...
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    Random

    You know we all see signs everyday and take them for granted without seriously understanding their meanings. Here are two such signs I think it is a total shame that out DOT has to post such a sign letting people know that have a square-handed man working with them... I say if he can do the...
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    Shifting Rod Seal problem in Lower Unit . 1985 Evinrude 30 hp.

    That particular brass bushing is very hard to remove but it can be done. I worked and worked with mine until I finely just knocked it out and of course damaged the brass. But I just bought a new one (pretty cheap) and installed the new gasket, "O" ring and brass fitting back in. BUT, that was...
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    Random

    I didn't even know these were in season now...
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    Saw questions and opinions.

    Ha, good area to work in I'd say. Here are some pictures of my presently cluttered up shop. I am working so many little side projects besides the Tom Boy boat presently that it is in serious need of clean up. I can't really work in clutter. So obviously I have to go in there and clean for a full...
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    company that makes replacement capacity rating stickers...

    Check out your local trophy shops. They can make either "sublimated plates" or engraved ones and the cost isn't as much as you may think. Here is the one I had remade in sublimation process for my old 1976 Tom Boy tri-hull I'm rebuilding presently. That is a heat pressed process of infusing...
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    Where do old boat molds go?

    Reading tons of comments and questions on all these forums, I see so many boating manufactures that open up and make/mold boats for a few years and then close and sell out to somebody else that starts out their boating company. But eventually what happens to their molds that they made to build...
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    Info about Lowrance LMS-332c and LMS-480m

    Hello all. I realize these two Lowrance depth finders/sounders or fish locators are not remotely new, but I was given them and supposedly they both work perfectly. I'll know more when I get the associated power and transducer cablings in. One is gray scale (LMS-480m) and the other a color...
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    Need help identifying a tree...

    Ha thanks for the replies. Let me see if I can respond to some questions. NO I do have plans of burning that tree this season. I have a good size wood rack and that tree will go on the bottom portion for next season or much later this season in the next year. So that isn't an issue. I actually...
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    Need help identifying a tree...

    I know this isn't probably the best place for this issue, but seems so many these forums are so knowledgeable about so many things, I'm going to give it a try. Yesterday I managed to cut down four trees in my back yard that were not the best of shape. Now I do love trees, mostly hardwoods, and...
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    Need some Computer help, I'm a fish out of water

    Okay, I tried my best to fix this computer all by myself, but while I do understand electronics very well and can do wrench turning equally well, and even wood working pretty good too, Computers are my Achilles Heal. I own two identical Dell INSPIRON laptops and have been fighting a problem on...
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    Some intersting info for Poulan owners

    I realize that this as far from boating issues as you can get, but I recently found out why I now have TWO Poulan BVM200SV (and FE) leaf blowers that won't start and run anymore. I owned one a few years ago and the usual carb cleaning and fuel line issues UNTIL is finally stopped cranking...
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    Some interesting info for everybody

    Not sure if this is where to post this, but here goes. The folks in the know can move it if it is not the proper forum... Within the last few weeks I had a water pump become an issue in my Blazer. And being how it is so old and many miles, I really wasn't too ill about its life expectancy. So I...
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    Soldering Issues

    You always have the option to make your own locking system pretty easy. I made these and it will surely slow any thief down for a while. I made these tire locks for my trailer spare. But just use two straight flat bars instead of 90 degree angles like I used here and weld two nuts that fit your...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    WOG: Ok I found this old pic. Does your rub rail wrap over the top edge of the boat???:confused: Answer; NO! that picture is kind of misleading. But the actual rub rail stops about even with the top of the actual haul. Here is a later picture and you can see the outside rub-rail might go a...
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