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    Missing Hull ID number?

    I tied up to a courtesy dock at the boat ramp the other day, one that's made of all aluminum, and a wake from a passing boat caused my 14' Starcraft to dip below the dock, it caught the right rear corner grab handle/ corner brace and broke off the rear portion of it, in doing that, it tore the...
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    Seafarer Corner Brackets Broken?

    I picked up a 16' mid 70's Starcraft Seafarer (SF16) Friday for cheap, the hull looks great but both rear corner brackets, (castings with handles), are busted up. It looks like they had something bolted to the top of them and both are missing a good portion out of the middle. I suppose I could...
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    1970 60hp Evinrude

    I just picked up a used Starcraft with a 1970 60hp on it with a broken prop shaft. Its snapped off where the splines end. The last owner said they had issues getting the prop off some time ago and the guy who burned the prop off said that the shaft may have some heat damage. I guess he was...
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    Pontoon project boat...

    I have the chance to buy an older pontoon boat, the title says its a 20' model but the deck measures only about 16'. The pontoons extend about 18" fore and aft of the deck. Its rated for a 70hp motor, its got what I'm told is a blown 40hp on it now with no lower unit. The deck is new, brand new...
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    Trailer tires

    After sitting and reading several recent posts about trailer tires and having had to replace a half dozen trailer tires again this season which probably had less then 50 miles total on them due to dry rot it really got me rethinking the whole deal. Why is it that trailer tires are always the...
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    9.9hp Hood seal falling apart

    I've got a good running 9.9 that needs a new hood seal, the rubber gasket around the edge of the hood that keeps out water. The dealer says its obsolete. Are there any aftermarket sources? Can I buy one for a larger motor and just cut it to fit? The OMC part number is 0325449. I've looked for...
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    1982 Evinrude light metallic Blue paint on 9.9 match?

    I've been stripping off a bad camo paint job from a motor I picked up a few weeks ago. I'm looking for a good match to the OEM color. I tried the Moeller paint listed and the dealer says that original paint isn't available. I tried two Moeller spray can colors, one is too dark and too much on...
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    Deep scratch or gouge in aluminum hull below waterline

    I was given a 15' Starcraft today, the boat is pretty much gutted, the transom and floor are all out and it's been stripped for repaint. My concern is patching a fairly deep scratch or gouge along the right lower side about a foot below the water line. The last owner said he brushed past a...
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    What are these controls from originally?

    These were on a boat I picked up and were running a late 80's or so Tohatsu 40C. What brand are they and how old? They were on a 1960 model boat, they may well be the original controls from that boat?
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    Transom too short

    I picked up a free boat today, it appears to be a 1960 Starcraft Voyager. It belonged to a guy that restored Corvettes, which explains the new plywood and glass deck, and what appears to be a solid transom laid up with fiberglass throughout. It was in the water when I found it and I even got to...
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    Ted Williams/Sears/Chrysler 7.5hp

    I trash picked the above motor earlier today, it appears to have been sitting for many years outdoors but to my surprise, it fired right up on a shot of premix. The model number reads 574-59910, and the stickers say Ted Williams/Sears 7.5hp Electric. The starter is mounted on top of the...
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    Will an I/O Mercury control box work on an outboard?

    I picked up a 1988 Mercury 50hp 3 cylinder outboard, the motor runs great but has no control box. It was wired up direct to the dash on the boat it came from and had flush mounted controls. I can't use those on my boat and was wondering if a set of controls I have from a 1985 I/O boat would...
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    Identifying old Eska outboards

    I came across a half dozen old Eska and Sears outboards this week. two of them run, both that run have no prop. The others either lack spark or just won't fire. No two are identical. Most appear to be early 70's or older. Most have been repainted, several were most likely in use just prior to...
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    How fast would you expect to go?

    Today a buddy that's been tinkering with an older Sportcraft, about a 1966 or so model, 15 1/2" long, closed bow hull, came over for me to mount up a used 60hp twin he bought. The boat has a 20" transom but because of the stepped hull at the rear, I chose to mount it a hole higher than normal...
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    1989 15hp Gamefisher/Force

    I picked up the above motor from an elderly neighbor last week, he's in his late 90's and him and his daughter were cleaning out the garage. He said he bought it for a vacation 20 years ago, used it for a few hours and put it away. The boat was a small inflatable, not worth bothering with but...
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