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  1. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild Windshield put back on. Still need to put all the rails and trims back on Bowrail next to go back on I'm happy w the transition. I followed the curvature of the cap and kept the one section plain white. Just need to add the rub rail to cover the hull/cap seam and...
  2. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild I had to blend the new painting I did w the old painting that I finished in july. It worked out pretty well This platform came out good. Did this a different color and w the texture roller to help prevent swimmers from slipping And here is the other side w the...
  3. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild Here is a quick picture of the boat cap done. Blended the splatter into the old painting and then stopped it right at the contour on the cap where the pin striping was. It was the best place to end the splatter and still have some solid white as well So here is...
  4. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild Rolled the texture roller w this teal on the swim pads Did the same texture rolling on the top of the helm to add a little grip. Ill sand some of this down later so its not so sharp And here is the front where I rolled texture as well
  5. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild Everything taped off and ready for painting
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    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild First coat of gelcoat on the cap
  7. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild This is one of the bases after a quick sand of the fairing compound Here is an overview shot of one side of the boat before painting And the otherside before painting
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    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild Then I mixed resin w fairing compound and recoated everything. The reason for this is the original resin had cabosil mixed in it to which makes the resin very hard/strong and this makes it harder to sand. So the initial sand was done with a flap wheel, and the next...
  9. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild So after removing the rail and doing an original sand this is the rough base mold I was left with And here are some other spots that got an initial patch and rough sand
  10. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild To fill the gaps in the dash I made templates out of foam and traced them onto this 3/4" marine plywood. I left tabs on the ends that I planned to sand down. This would allow me to mount these pieces from the underside and screw into the tabs for support. The sanding...
  11. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild Before I started the actual work on the cap I decided to redo the rivets to connect the hull and the cap. The old rivets were a weaker tension strength and the holes were very worn. New holes and stronger rivets coated in 3m 4200 Now the fun stuff. Thanks to several...
  12. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild Looks a little funny w no glass on it Have pretty much everything removed from the cap
  13. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild So next was to repaint the cap. Here the windows are all removed Steering wheel off and this is the crappy old dash And here is w the dash removed. I called just bc I was curious how much just that plastic cost: $180 = ridiculous
  14. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild next i did the prop vent mod to my motor. omc and mercury have bulletins about this mod and it seems to work: 7/32" hole drilled 5/8" from the edge of the prop, and 5/8" up from the base of each of the three blades i also took the bow rail from an old chaparral boat...
  15. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild all the wood in the side panels, and seat bottoms was shot. also whoever redid the upholstery did not use stainless staples so they fell apart and rusted conform to the curvature of the bow dash if you would rather do that than use the white hatches in the sides...
  16. bleedblue94

    my 1991 capri rebuild

    Re: my 1991 capri rebuild long time with no update: i installed smart tabs to help compensate for the additional weight of the added fuel tank. originally i tried the 80# set, but eventually switched to the 60# set and im happy with them. bc of the mounting orientation i needed to use the...
  17. bleedblue94

    loosing my mind with this motor 1983 175 sea horse idle ignition lean sneeze miss

    1983 johnson 175 v6 sea horse i have had this motor for 2 years and when i got it it would not idle right. eventually fixed it and had over a year of nice smooth operation. slowly it developed an issue where occasionally on hole shot the motor would bog down. youd hit the throttle and it would...
  18. bleedblue94

    spark plug info / suggestion

    1983 175 johnson. I have had ngk buhxw-1 plugs in it for awhile. These are the ngk surface gap eqivanlant to the champ qul77v plugs. They have fouled up after a year of use. The shop manual calls for champ qul77v or ul77v (both buhxw-1 equivalants), however in doing reseach I have found many...
  19. bleedblue94

    1983 175 johnson fouled plugs weak spark

    motor has run great lately, but in the last week became very hard to start, would seem to load up on fuel and hesitate on hole shot, and then became almost impossible to idle. now, it is clearly not running on all cylinder at all times. yesterday when it died at the dock i pulled the plugs and...
  20. bleedblue94

    Looking to install a few gauges on my 1983 175hp and good use some quick tips

    1983 175hp sea horse have most wired and good to go, but i do have a couple questions on a few: Tach: is the grey wire on the oem three pin to the oem tach the sending wire that needs to go to the new gauge? gauge instructions say to set the tach to "5" setting, yet old gauge was at the "6,"...
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