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  1. brewern

    How should I price my project boat for sale?

    I know it's against the forum rules to post items for sale on iBoats, and if my question about how to price it is against the rules, then, moderators, feel free to delete this thread. So, I recently started pulling the floor out of our boat to do a full renovation, and I still may. But, the...
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    Suggestions on how to proceed replacing stringer

    Due to a job change, I no longer have access to my old email, so I can't reset my old password on my regular account on here. So, this is actually "brewern": http://forums.iboats.com/member/338314-brewern Ok, so, you can read about our 1986 Chapperal here...
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    Can not access old email account

    Due to a job change, I can no longer access my old email account, which I used to sign up here originally. So, I can't retrieve or change my old password. Can a moderator help me? My old account is "brewern". Thanks!
  4. brewern

    What kind of battery should I be using?

    Last year, I purchased an older Chaparral run about, with an 80 HP outboard on it. I can get the exact year when I get back home, for now assume mid 80's. I've attached a picture if that helps. Let me also preface this with the fact I'm still a noob when it comes to boats. I had a friend give...
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    Oops, I broke something. What is it?

    I was pulling the carburetors tonight to rebuild them, and I broke a piece of plastic that looks rather important. Can anyone clear up what this is, and what I need to order? Should that metal tube have come out? This is a Mercury 80 outboard, off of a 1986 Chapparral. Thanks!
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    What is this upper unit? Pre-Alpha Gen 1?

    It came off of my 1980 Rinkerbuilt 17' runabout. Was running a 25L 120HP GM 4 cylinder. I think the outdrive was from 1979. I understood it to be an Alpha One, Gen 1, but I found the link below here on the forum. Outdrive Identification And now I'm thinking it's a pre Alpha, Gen 1. Any advice...
  7. brewern

    Advice on preparing my new to me Mercury 80

    With all the great advice from this forum, we recently purchased our second boat. It's a 17' 1986 Chaparral Runabout with a 1983 Mercury 4 Cylinder 80HP . It had been sitting about 3 years in a garage without running, but with a little starter fluid and some cajoling, it sprang to life. It was...
  8. brewern

    Should I worry about E85/ethanol in my older motor?

    We recently purchased a 1986 Chapparral bow rider with a 80HP Mercury outboard. The engines starts up and runs good. It was pretty smoky at first after having sat in a garage for a few years, but it fired up after cranking a bunch. But that got me to thinking about modern day fuels and the...
  9. brewern

    Which boat should we buy? Advice please

    More importantly, which boat shouldn't we buy? We recently have started parting out the old boat, it's just not worth fixing. So, it's time to buy a new one. We have a budget of around $2K. Below are some of the boats we are looking at, and I would appreciate your input on why to or not to buy...
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    Where to sell boat parts?

    I have decided to part out my 1980 Rinker run about, and I've sold some of the smaller engine pieces on eBay, but I'm having a hard time moving the larger pieces, like the outdrive for example. Is there a place on iboats to sell boat parts? Even though I have it listed on multiple Craigslists...
  11. brewern

    Let's play "Name that engine!" (Help please!)

    Please help me identify my boat engine! Here's the deal. Last year, with very little understanding of boats or boat engines, and a small budget of $1500, we set out to find a runabout. After thousands of ads, we found a cool little vintage 17' Rinkerbuilt Runabout with an OMC Sterndrive (Wait...
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    Where to buy a 3.0 OMC Sterndrive???

    I'm in the process of overhauling my 1980 Rinkerbuilt Runabout, and I'm starting to wonder if I should continue rebuilding my engine, or find a good used/rebuilt one. I've had a blast breaking down the engine, but now it's time to start spending the money. Since everything is off now, I could...
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    1980 Rinkerbuilt Renovation (Paint and Powder)

    In the spring of this year, the admiral and I started looking for our first boat on a limited budget of $1500. We wanted a family boat which would accommodate tubing, skiing, 'boat in camping' and fun on the lake. After joining this forum and asking around a little, I quickly started looking for...
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    Thinking about the next boat...

    I'll be in the business of selling my 1980 Rinkerbuilt in a year or two. And after that, my budget for the next boat will be between $3000 - $3500. So, I started looking as if I had the money right now and keep settling on this runabout: http://lexington.craigslist.org/boa/3146434090.html I've...
  15. brewern

    $50,000 floating BBQ

    http://www.hammacher.com/Product/11985 What an amazing display of having way too much money!
  16. brewern

    My sigline won't show

    I've set up my sigline a few times now, and nothing is showing below my posts. What am I doing wrong? Sigline.... in 3.... 2.... 1....
  17. brewern

    How to arrange the bunks....?

    Obviously, it's time to replace my bunks before I gouge a hole in the glass and end up in the resto threads: EEEK! I really didn't realize it was that bad! After a little poking around on iBoats, I have a plan to 'safely' (:eek:) pull the trailer out. But when I do, I can see I need to...
  18. brewern

    My dream houseboat, for CHEAP!

    Just found this amazing houseboat. I'm heading to the bank tomorrow to get a loan and swipe this up before any of you do! http://lexington.craigslist.org/boa/3150946070.html
  19. brewern

    Where can I get a new plastic sides for a canvas top

    The canvas top is in pretty good condition, but the plastic on the sides and back are missing. We have a 1980 Rinkerbuilt. Here's some pics if that helps:
  20. brewern

    Wot @ 3000 rpm?

    As a newb boat owner, and an avid reader of iBoats, I checked my RPMs at WOT on our 'new to us' boat this weekend and it's topping out at just above 3000 RPM. We have a 1980 Rinkerbuilt Runabout witha Mercruiser 3.0, 4 cyl. inline, 140 HP. The prop is 13.75", 21 pitch, and 15 spline. If I'm...
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