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  1. tpenfield

    Came across a BUYER BEWARE situation, wanted to spread the word . . .

    On another boating forum, I came across a question asked about an Auto/RV/Boat consignment company, asking if it was legit. After Googling a bit, I came across some other forum threads about the company and its predecessor named companies. . . Looks like people, who have fallen for the scam...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    IDK, but I guess we will find out this weekend. Speaking of this weekend, look at the weather forecast . . . We are going from 18 F to 57 F in 2 days :noidea: Maybe that will separate the hull & Deck :D
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    Quick Update: I think I have the transom bonding figured out to a point where I should be able to finally separate the boat 'halves' After scouring the Mariner Web site, I found a couple of pictures that I believe show the area of bonding between the cockpit and the transom internals. There...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    Update . . . I got a new jig saw this morning and did the cutting. Did not take too long, but I made my cut marks a little too deep and took the top of the keel trunk off :rolleyes: Upon inspection, I noticed a strip of brass/bronze that was embedded into the top of the keel trunk...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    Before I start cutting, I took a few pictures from underneath the cockpit sole to see about the clearance around the keel trunk. Good news is that there is a fair amount of clearance at the rear of the keel trunk. As you can see in the picture below, the 'sheet block mounting plate' is at the...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    Yea, I know . . . seriously :) However, my chainsaw is on the fritz right now, so I'll just have to deal with the boat as is. After giving my predicament some thought, I came up with a plan to separate the boat halves without any serious cutting. I do know that serious is a relative term...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    Keel Trunk Update: Well it looks like I am stuck . . . or at least the cockpit is to the keel trunk. I have not been able to make any headway separating the cockpit from the keel trunk. In reviewing the factory pictures from the Stuart Marine web site, it looks like there as an adhesive that...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    Any time that I can use my wrecking saw is a good thing . . . Today I separated the starboard side rail using the saw and it went much faster than removing the staples as I had done previously. There was a little bit of CSM at the bow holding the boat halves together. The saw went right...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    Well, I disassembled the crankcase half and then fitted the top bearing carrier to the remaining crankcase. things seemed to line up better and I was able to reassemble the crankcase with the crankshaft spinning freely. I put the flywheel on temporarily to be able to turn the crankshaft.
  10. tpenfield

    Gen V to Mark IV Swap - Sea Water Pump Changeover

    I've had both Mark IV and Gen5/6 blocks in my day. The sea water pump bracket for the Mark IV setup is a simple hanger with a secondary tensioner bracket. Mercruiser Part numbers 15295T (Hanger) and 15751T ( Tensioner) the fuel pump is the simple engine block mounting type. Mercruiser...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    Yes, I am thinking that either I have not got the bearing to seat properly, or as you say something is amiss further down the line. I will go back through the assembly. Here are an 'old' and 'new' picture of the bearing carrier. I cannot really tell if it is seating fully. It looks close...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    It seems like nothing goes back together the way it came apart . . . As I secure the top bearing carrier to the crankcase, the crankshaft binds up. If I loosen the 4 bolts holding the carrier about 1/4-1/2 turn, the crankshaft loosens up nicely. So, I'm thinking that with the new 204...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    I did it !!! :D :D :D :clap2: Once I saw the pins in the piston groves, I was able to line up the rings and get them to close up. It just so happens that on the other piston, I was positioning the rings in about the right place, so it must have been a matter of chance that they would be...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    I have begun putting the powerhead back together. I honed the cylinders to get rid of the glaze on the cylinder walls and have got all of the old gasket material off of the mating surfaces (no easy task). I put the new rings on the pistons and pressed the bearings into the upper carrier, etc...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    I got the boat put back on the trailer and put the rig out in my yard. I'll have to get a tarp for when the weather sets in. I tried to separate the hull & deck along more of the stern rubrail. It looks like the boat will come apart fairly easily . . . no super duty adhesive holding the...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    UPDATE: It has been a while since I have done much with the sailboat restoration. So, today I decided to flip the boat back over and begin working on the upper hull and deck sections. I hooked up the straps that I used to flip the boat originally, but this time made sure I had the boat plenty...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    Quick Update - Salt/calcium cleaning I got some salt eliminator to clean out the water jackets and side panel of the powerhead, while the engine is apart. One area in particular was the 'Flush' tube and plug fitting. I had not been able to remove the Flush Plug since I have owned the engine...
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    Boston Whaler 17' Montauk for offshore?

    This is what we call Boston Whaler days . . . and there is a reason for that. The 13 and 17 foot Whalers will not take much of a chop. 2 feet is probably the most for the 17. The boat will be fine, the captain and crew will wish they had a bigger boat. The newer designs are a bit better...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    I have received most of the parts for rebuilding the powerhead. . . I just need some flange gasket maker and maybe a few other pieces of hardware. Some of these parts look like NOS, based on their packaging, etc. . . . other parts look fairly recent. I ordered some 18-8 stainless (304)...
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    Got an IR Camera . . .

    OK,I figured out how to display the temperature . . . there is a 'bulls eye' that you can activate. then the temperature within the cross hairs is shown Here is the kitchen. . . oven is on. The counter top is at 70.7 F degrees. I put my hand of the cabinet for about 1 second. . . then...
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