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    Drilling the transom...

    I will shortly be hanging a 64 Evinrude Sportfour 60 hp on my Texas Maid 15 foot aluminum runabout...which requires drilling four holes through the aluminum skin and transom. Thanks to FR for providing the mounting template a few moons ago. My eyes aren't the best and even when I was younger I...
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    Evinrude ID

    Looked at nice 3-cyl 70 hp today...model number is 70773S. Can anyone put a year to it? Thanks.
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    Texas Maid boat emblem for TM owners

    I've had a few requests to share a pix of the port and starboard side emblems on my boat for other Texas Maid owners. So, here's a pix of it. It measures 21 inches long and 5 inches high. Mine are barely hanging on, so I plan to make my decal or have one made after I get the hull paint and...
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    Texas Maid Update...

    Wow, finally got to come up for air...no grading to do this weekend. So I mowed, swept and then rolled the Texas Maid out of the garage to dust the winter off her and snap some pix. Last time the forum saw her, I believe she had the Evinrude Big Twin and a Johnson FD-11 hanging on the transom...
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    Adding a circuit on an old Wellcraft

    My Father-in-Law, great guy and recently widowed, and his bud are cleaning up his ancient Wellcraft for fishing excursions. I was drafted to tune/service the old Lark II and that is done. Yesterday he asked me to help him install some gunwhale lights up front and in the stern, using a...
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    What kinda boat is that...???

    Was watching TV yesterday evening and caught an hour or so of the movie "Striking Distance" with Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker...where they played harbor police. Can't remember where the movie was set...but they ran the river(s) in a really slick open boat powered by twin outboards...
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    Texas Maid Gets A Splash Run Soon

    Been awhile since I updated my Texas Maid resto thread. Painted the topsides bikini blue with Petit EasyPoxy paint back before Christmas. Found a 57 Johnson 35 hp RDE-19 this spring and been working on that since April...mechanical and cosmetic. Finished the Johnson cosmetics last week and this...
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    Johnson RD-19E weird flooding

    I'm wrestling with an RD-19E big twin that has the old style OMC fuel pump, fed by a pulse hose from the bypass cover around the plugs and to the pump on the starboard side. I've cleaned and reset the carb twice. Got it running by rope starting it this morning and it kept flooding...I've checked...
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    One forward tank...twin outboards

    Mods: I reposted this here because I think it fits this forum better. Please delete the duplicate in the Boat Resto forum. Thanks. I'm getting close to having the Texas Maid refitted for a spring shake-down run. She's a 1962-63 15-foot aluminum runabout with twin OMC 35 hp Big Twins on the...
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    One forward gas tank...twin outboards

    I'm getting close to having the Texas Maid refitted for a spring shake-down run. She's a 1962-63 15-foot aluminum runabout with twin OMC 35 hp Big Twins on the transom (the pix show her with a Big Twin and a smaller Johnson 18 hp in an earlier configuration). I've drilled pass through holes with...
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    Grommets to pass cables through splashwell

    I'm closing in on summer and have two Evinrude Big Twins on the transom of the Texas Maid. I plan on installing two leads from the battery to connector posts screwed into the transom, so I can use shorter red & black cables from each outboard (equipped with starter buttons). I'm thinkin...drill...
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    Replacement Gas Caps

    I was digging around in the shop today after fiddling around making a new pedestal for my pilot's seat in the boat and I found an old Chilton 6-gallon plastic tank. Cleaned it out and it's ready to go, except the gauge on the cap is too rusty to use. I can fab up a new pickup tube, but does...
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    Looping control cables for older OMC's

    Need the help of the chiefs and ancient mariners on this one. Attached is a pix of how I had the control cables on my boat/outboards before I painted the topsides on the boat and then put her into winter storage. If all goes well in the next few weeks, I'll be replacing the Johnnson 18 hp on the...
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    2 Big Twins and one battery

    Got an electrical question, so need help from the pros. Mods, move this post if it isn't in the right place. It's about two old E-rude Big Twins so I posted it here. I've got an early 60's 15 foot aluminum runabout (Texas Maid) that is powered by two late 50's Evinrude Big Twins...56 Lark and 57...
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    Need opinions on this...

    Must be getting cabin fever. Ran across a boat like this, see attached pix, and can get it for not much scratch. The outboard is an unknown, which doesn't bother me...other repower options available; electrical will have to be rewired. Anyway, guy says the hull and transom are sound, but there...
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    Venture bass boats

    Anyone know anything about the Venture brand of bass boats built in the 80's? They were absorbed by Carolina Skiff in the 90's is all I've been able to learn. Got a line on a used 82 Venture for a good price. It sports an 82 Johnson V-4 115hp outboard. I love OMC's but know little about ones...
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    Is Spinnerbait_Nut Gone?

    Hey Oops! or anyone else who knows...is the Spinnerbait gone? Just read an RIP tag in one of oops! posts in a thread on the forum...that sux. Any details anyone?
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    What type of bumpers are best?

    Almost through repainting/refitting the Texas Maid...pix attached. Now the question is what kind of bumper works best with this old-style hull? Round, traditional bumpers or the newer, long rectangular style that flexes about 6 inches from the top end? Now that the Maid has a new set of clothes...
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    New clothes for the Texas Maid

    Been busy giving the Texas Maid a new coat of Bikini Blue color on the topsides, using Pettit Easy-poxy paint and the roll and tip method. It's coming along nicely. I was skeptical until I tried it myself, even after seeing how well other's have done with this method. I'm almost done with the...
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    Roll and Tip tools

    Getting ready to paint the topside and gunwhales of my Texas Maid bikini blue, as soon as the Petit paint arrives. Need to ask those with experience what brand/nap roller and brush is best for this chore? I have access to the usual box stores and several small paint stores and run of the mill...
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