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  1. JimS123

    Im stuck on choices, need some input.

    Re: Im stuck on choices, need some input. I only buy new (except for my collection of antiques) and have no particular money issues - I buy what I want and don't look back. In 1971 I saw a beauty at the Chicago Boat Show and had to have it. My local dealer was a personal friend with the...
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    3.0 Liter Mercruiser 140 Rough Idle

    Cold start is perfect and once the choke lets off it runs 100% perfect. Hot start later in the day after being off (a few minutes or an hour) and when restarting the idle is rough, no matter how long you let it warm up. Once you get it up past idle, and then slow down, its OK again. Its not a...
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    Floorboards for an Aluminum boat

    Re: Floorboards for an Aluminum boat Not a good idea. It'll add a lot of weight to the boat. Crap may collect under it. You'll lose freeboard. I had the same issue. I didn't like my old boat since I was always walking on a wet slippery bottom, so I upgraded to a model that already came...
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    Trouble finding a name for my boat

    Re: Trouble finding a name for my boat For true Boatmen, naming a boat is part of the tradition. For a guy that just owns a boat, any stoopid name is OK. For military vessels, naming a boat after a fallen hero, or a state or a city is traditional. For the traditionalist with a pleasure boat...
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    Roller bunks

    Re: Roller bunks Then you need to read the threads again... Most of the load sits on the keel rollers and most of the load sits on the bunks. The bunks should be located halfway between the keel and sides and they should be located closer to the sides. No are you more confused? If I tell...
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    Where to mount rod holders?

    Re: Where to mount rod holders? No welding needed. I've been using Fish-Ons since about 1982 and they are still available. The new ones are virtually identical to the originals. Here's one in the fishing position, and the other tilted up... PS - you DO understand that what you have is...
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    Original color of goodyear model #025-3562 1.5hp

    Re: Original color of goodyear model #025-3562 1.5hp Dull aluminum, trimmed in Evinrude blue with highlights in yellow (SeaBee name, Goodyear Logo and Magneto lever). This is his bigger brother made the same year (1948).
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    4200 vs. 5200

    What's the difference? One more permanent than the other?
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    Butt Ugly Doos

    Just got back from the boat show. Just window shopping, but it wouldn't be the first time I traded for a new one that really grabbed me. We've had many SeaDoos over the years, ands lots of experience with Yamis as well. The new doos look like a cheap plastic toy. They have eliminated all the...
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    Is it OK to rename your boat?

    Re: Is it OK to rename your boat? Sometimes its not the "renaming", but the "unnaming" that's a problem. I painted a beautiful script name on my buddy's transom some years ago. It was named after his wife of 30 years. A few years later he divorced her. A few years later he remarried. Then...
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    Need some help with winterizing - is it too late?

    By the time I got the round tuit the water was a bit hard. If I pour some anti freeze in the block, will it be OK? Should I keep the battery in so my bilage pump will still work? How can I get the cockpit cover snapped back on - it seems to have popped off the windshield. All kidding aside...
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    Exhaust Manifold Service Life

    I was reading the Q&A column in a major boating magazine and was surprised by the answer from their reputed "expert". The question was regarding loose bolts on an exhaust manifold of a 1970 3 Liter stern drive. The "answer" said that ....quote..."exhaust manifoilds are good for 6 years, 8...
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    Cold Weather Repairs

    The 8' fiberglass dinghy I bought last fall is upside down in the garage. My winter project is to make some repairs to the keel. Just laying down one layer of glass cloth over some gouged out spots. The repair needs to be functional not pretty. The "kit" I bought is polyester and the...
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    Fiberglass Repair Techniques

    If the repair is not structural, but just cosmetic, how thick can a layer of unfilled polyester resin be before it cracks or is too brittle? In other words, can you fill a 1/4" gap with resin and then coat over the top with a resin saturated mat?
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    Pond Boat Keel Repair?

    I've been boating for 55+ years and have built and / or restored several boats. My only experience in that regard is with wood. I just picked up a 1960's classic dinghy and could use a little guidance how to repair the keel, or even if I should bother with it. She's a very crude single layer...
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    Yamaha 25 HP 2-stroke stalls

    Its a 2007 model. Not oil injected - premix. Runs fine 99.9% of the time. I drift fish often, which involves a half hour drifting, then start the motor back up and run a mile back up the river and shut her off again. Starts back up fine first pull. Shift to forward and increase the throttle...
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    3.0 Points / Electronic Ignition

    When did Mercruiser make the switch away from points / condenser on the 3.0 liter?
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    beaching my boat

    Re: beaching my boat The longitudinal scratches will make the boat go faster. Google it! Been beaching mine on sand for 28 seasons now. Only the very bottom of the keel will be scratched, and none on the stem. I can't see it unless I get on a crawler and go under the boat. From the trailer...
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    '59 MFG 15' Model ?

    Re: '59 MFG 15' Model ? Interesting story here.... Yours might be an MFG, but you might call it a Lyman as well. The MFG company made fiberglas truck fenders. Mr. Morrison, the owner, decided he wanted to expand his client base by making boat hulls. He didn't want to get in the boat...
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    Fire Extinguisher Replacement Date???

    In a recent thread (I don't remember which one) someone replied that fire extinguishers must be replaced 10 years after the date on the label. Since one of mine is already 28 years old I did a little R&D since I never heard that before. The old regs called for "servicing" by monthly weight...
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