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    Stripping paint from Gel

    I just bought a running 1977 16ft Larson Tri hull for $300 on a tandem axle trailer. The catch is that it's been gutted to be fixed up. The floor and transom look good and it has a great little 120 mercruiser with pre alpha I drive that was just rebuilt, but the catch is that it's hugger...
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    Bound to happen... Stringer/floor question

    Well, I posted a question about crazing on the top deck of my late 60's 16ft Mark Twain V Sonic. The boat came with a "new" floor. So I pulled up the awful colored carpet to reveal a 1/2" pressure treated ply over the original floor that has a gaping hole through it and clearly one stringer...
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    Need some quick info on a Merc 850

    I picked up a this Merc 850 off CL on a trade for an old broken laptop I had sitting under my bed for over a year. It looks like its been stored inside for some time and I saw no critters or anything of the such. It did not come with anything. I want to do some simple testing to see if its...
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    Need direction of a new project... gel coat repair

    I picked up a 16ft 1968? Mark Twain V Sonic. It's in decent shape for being such an old boat and comes with a new floor. The transom and rest of the boat is solid as far as I can tell, but needs TLC. I have a ton of little cracks about 1" or so in the gelcoat. They are not spider cracks and...
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    quick prep question

    I've been working on my 1959 Span/Sea King boat for awhile. The boat isn't worth much and I've been working under a pretty tight budget. I've decided on Rustoleum paint to probably roll and roll for the bottom of the boat hull. I have a number of random scratches and some crazing on the...
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    How would you fix this? My low budget 14" classic

    A little background... I picked up this 14ft 1959? Sea King/Span America boat for free. The floor, seats, transom were all rotten. So I replaced the transom, dug out all the wet foam under the seats and replaced it via the builders foam method. I saw a little water running out of the front...
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    81/82 Merc 18 hp fuel carb trouble

    I got this Merc with a boat that I traded for. It starts on the first pull and has nice spark on both cylinders. I have a few questions. With the choke turned all the way clockwise, the motor will idle rough, but will not die. I see that an arm pushes down a small valve that I assume is...
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    1982? Merc 18hp xtra long shaft conversion

    I have aquired a, what I think is, extra long shaft 18hp tiller from the early 1980's. The transom on the boat I'd like to put it on is for a short shaft. Can I remove the midsection and make it a long shaft motor and then just build my jack plate or transom elevator? Can somebody offer some...
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    1965 Chrysler Sea King 50hp help

    This board is great. This is my first post to this board and I've been lurking for at least 2 years now. I've just aquired this motor in trade for a dusty small router table that a guy wanted. It's free and appears to be in mechanically better condition then when I got my 1960 Evinrude Lark...
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