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    water in fibre glass???

    Re: water in fibre glass??? One pick showing the cleaned and sanded new glass ready for Flow coat and one of the first layer of Flow coat painted on.
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    water in fibre glass???

    Re: water in fibre glass??? I have investigated more on accessing the back of the repair and I am convinced that it is just not possible. I would not only have to put a hole in the deck I would also need to put a hole through the moulded stringer that I have worked out is what I could see...
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    water in fibre glass???

    Re: water in fibre glass??? Thanks for all the advice. I have attached pics of the layed up glass. 10 layers of 225g csm. One of the pics shows where I would to cut a hole to get to the other side. I will try to take the live tank out over winter to lay up some glass on the other side. By...
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    water in fibre glass???

    Re: water in fibre glass??? Just ground it back. As I suspected I went right through. Photos attached. I have feathered back about 1 inch and now plan to use polyester resin and chopped mat to build it back up. Is 1 inch of feathering enough? Thanks, Harry Love the forum updates!
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    water in fibre glass???

    Hi, I noticed a patch on the bottom of my boat that has had the gel coat ripped off. It is about 4" long and 1" wide. I can see the fibre glass woven mat. Was planning to just re-gel coat it but it seems to be soaked with water and slightly spongey. When I push on it water drips out? What...
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    150 Black Max Carby problem?

    Hi, I have a 150 Black Max serial OD262377, I believe this is a 1992 model. I was told that is has a dirty carby/blocked carby from the 2 stroke fuel. I have started it and it seems to idle ok, when you rev it I noticed that the top 4 throats wet the butterfly with fuel but the bottom 2 dont. I...
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    1963 850 gear oil/How much? Also how much slack when in reverse?

    I have changed the gear oil. 500ml went in from empty. I have noticed that i can almost move the prop 90 degrees freely when reverse is engaged. is this much slack normal? Thank you in advance! Harry
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    1963 850 Fuel Pump leak?

    Hi I have been trying to get this motor started with some success as in I puled the leg off and did actually get it to start however... I primed it today and the pump did not get hard and I had fuel leaking out of the bottom of the leg (leg is removed so It seems to be coming out of the crank...
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    1963 Merc 850, Distributor rotor wont come off?

    Hi, Can anyone tell me how to remove the rotor so that I can get into the points? I tried pulling it but it seems to be stuck. Is there a trick to it? Harry
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