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  1. Berdink

    Rotate Impeller on Occasion

    Yeah, no, not flipping it over. It sat shutdown for 3 or 4 months. I bought new ones. The pics are the old ones I took out and won't be reusing. The pics show how the fins are bent over more on one side of the circle than the side 180 degrees opposite. I'm thinking for my future care to not...
  2. Berdink

    Rotate Impeller on Occasion

    Yeah, I try to start them up and run them until they get warm every few months. I just happened to have let them sit for three or four months. But, then again, the fins being bent that bad means the impellers should have been replaced sooner. They were losing their flexibility.
  3. Berdink

    Rotate Impeller on Occasion

    I went back and checked, I replaced the impellers March of 2022. That's almost 3 years ago. So I probably should have replaced them last year.
  4. Berdink

    Rotate Impeller on Occasion

    Yeah, I'm just thinking that it staying in the same position for 3 or 4 months caused some of the fins to be bent over more than the others.
  5. Berdink

    Rotate Impeller on Occasion

    I replaced my impellers on both my Suzuki and Yamaha today. I haven't started either since about October. I noticed the fins are more bent on one side. Im wondering if it would be a good idea to rotate the Impeller 180 degrees on Occasion. That way you trade off which fins are compressed on...
  6. Berdink

    Painting Aluminum boat

    I've been using this method: https://forums.iboats.com/threads/1961-lonestar-flamingo-splashed-w-pics.376265/page-12#post-2645276 . I've always had really good results using Rust-Oleum Oil Base Enamel. It holds up very well. . But I have never applied it during the cold wet season. I want to...
  7. Berdink

    Stock Windshield Height?

    Could someone just measure from their boat floor to the top edge of the windshield?
  8. Berdink

    Stock Windshield Height?

    It's 54" from the deck floor to the top edge of the windshield. I'm just curious to see how much higher I am than a stock StarCraft 18 footer.
  9. Berdink

    Stock Windshield Height?

    Here's is the new windshield I'm currently installing.
  10. Berdink

    Stock Windshield Height?

    Yeah, I'm just curious how much higher it's going to be from what it was stock.
  11. Berdink

    Stock Windshield Height?

    Oops, sorry, yes, it's a 18 foot 1967 Holiday. Here's the stock window it originally had but I forgot to get a measurement before I got rid of it. It was difficult to get out on the bow, so I bought one with a center door.
  12. Berdink

    Stock Windshield Height?

    Does anyone have a measurement for how high the stock windshield is straight up perpendicular to the dash? I recently bought one from a different style boat and it's looking like I'm going to be at 24 inches straight up from the dash at the middle. I'm just curious.
  13. Berdink

    '67 Holiday 18' - Make it Usable

    Does anyone have a measurement for how high the stock windshield is perpendicular to the dash? I'm looking like I'm going to be at 24 inches straight up from the dash at the middle.
  14. Berdink

    '67 Holiday 18' - Make it Usable

    I'm still tinkering with the electrical. I've been keeping a lookout for a windshield with a swing door center section. My windshield made it difficult to get out to the bow. I picked this up today. This is it on another boat. By measuring things out, it looks like it's going to be a great...
  15. Berdink

    Painting Aluminum boat

    I'll go back and see if I can find anything about this. But I'm thinking I should be fine by just scuffing it with some light grit. I'm going to go with the Rust-Oleum clean metal primer, and finally an oil based enamel. . I'll post back if I find the answer.
  16. Berdink

    Painting Aluminum boat

    Is it okay to wait a week after etching primer on bare aluminum to then do the bare metal primer? I'm trying to follow the steps posted in these forums, but I don't remember if there was a maximum time frame between etching primer until the second step of bare metal primer.
  17. Berdink

    Painting Aluminum boat

    Is it okay to wait a week after etching primer on bare aluminum to then do the bare metal primer? I'm trying to follow the steps posted in these forums, but I don't remember if there was a maximum time frame between etching primer until the second step of bare metal primer.
  18. Berdink

    Seeing 360 Flasher on Fishfinder

    Thanks, yeah, I don't think I said it was picking up my line on sonar. I'm guessing that zigzag image is either my 16oz Cannon Ball lead, or my 360 flasher. Most likely the 11 inch long 360 flasher. . I thought it was neat to see it and wanted to hear if others have seen theirs. . That was on a...
  19. Berdink

    Seeing 360 Flasher on Fishfinder

    I found this older thread: https://forums.iboats.com/threads/seeing-your-lure-on-your-fishfinder.64237/ but I have searched all over the Internet and I'm not finding this discussed anywhere. My old humminbird broke, and so I found this old cheap Garmin Striker 4 and gave it a run. . I was...
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