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    Driveway Sealer (so called)

    My driveway takes 2 1/2 pails of asphalt sealer to coat, something I do every year in a futile effort to make it look like it's not falling apart. Last year I bought three pails of the top-o-the-line-8-year-sealer at the Big Box home center, $20 a pail. I had half a pail left over, so I stored...
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    Should I buy this welder?

    I am not an experienced welder but I am interested in it. I have a little toy 110V 70AMP stick weld unit I use for welding nuts to broken bolts so I can turn them out, etc. I take my bigger jobs like boat trailers and such to an old-timer buddy 40 miles away who uses a big, ancient, 220V stick...
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    Rustproofing metal that will be painted later

    I'm restoring a large tool chest and will paint it this Summer. I've taken it apart and am cleaning each drawer, the slides, etc. with Mean Green water-based degreaser. First I'll get everything clean (clean!), then work out the dents, fix loose hardware, etc. As I remove 50 years of grime from...
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    Name that tool!

    Digging through a large box of mechanic's tools, I'm finding some that I don't recognize. So help me out here folks - what are they and what are they used for? First we have a handfull of what look like high grade bolts with the heads cut off and the stump rounded a bit. Like studs with only...
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    Cleaning & Lubing Ratchets & Extensions

    I've got my hands on a huge box of old mechanic's tools. Yay me! They are all very dirty with ancient solidified grease, and the original owner marked them all with orange spraypaint. So I've been cleaning tools for days. I'm now at the ratchets and extensions. I'm afraid to throw the...
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    ID Old Starcraft (pics)

    What is this old gal that's eating up all my time? I bought it about 5 years ago and it's been "Old Faithfull". Very well made aluminum hull. I've grown fond of it so now I'm making it strong & pretty again (seats, transom, repair & glass in the wood rails, yada yada). The rear seat mount...
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    Polyester Resin & "Marine" 2 part epoxy adhesive

    I've gotten my hands on an old Starcraft 14' shallow V with bent oak gunwales instead of aluminum. There are rotten spots in the gunwales from old screw holes, water pooling between the sandwiched boards, etc. The rotten spots are "cavities" from the top, with good wood on either side and the...
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    leakdown tester on 2 stroke

    Do you experienced wrenches use a leakdown tester as a diagnostic tool to evaluate 2 stroke outboards? Advice? Techniques? Tricks? Tips? Idiot idea? Surely this has been covered before, but I tried searching old posts and I'm not finding what I want. Humor me please! Just trying to add to...
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    Old impellers needed

    Calling all marine techs: If you tune motors for a living you must replace lots of impellers. Could one of you please throw the old ones into a box instead of the trash if the customer doesn't want them? If you could put a piece of masking tape on them with the year & make & HP (part #!) that...
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    "Kicker" motor expertise needed

    I like refurbishing older small outboards (3-10HP), and now have a half-dozen in good running condition. They are designed to push small craft (12' jons & shallow V's) at planing speeds, with RPM's around 4000-5000. I'm the only one in my group of pals interested in doing such a thing. My...
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    "Laze-Boy" steering on a '57 18HP Evinrude

    Take a look at eBay item 220033681393. What IS that thing?
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    Gale 5HP water pump

    I've got an early 1950's Gale Sea King 5HP direct drive that obviously isn't pumping water through the cooling channels (running in a barrel it takes three minutes to get hotter'n a 2 dollar pistol). Powerhead is now off, air blown through the water passage seems fine. I've never been into a...
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    Fabricating an impeller?

    There are thousands of old, complete, small outboards for sale cheap on eBay and elsewhere - in the $20 range. Elgin, Arrow, Eska, Scott Atwater, etc. Invariably the impellers are shot and replacement parts were discontinued 30 years ago. Has anyone on this forum successfully altered a new...
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    JW10 carb kit and impeller

    I'm trying to locate a carb kit and an impeller for this '52-'53-'54 3HP. I'd prefer an OMC (Bomby) carb kit with replacement float so I can ditch the cork, if such a thing exists. Can anyone tell me the parts numbers or how to find them myself? I'm having a hard time due to the age. The 1952...
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    Modernize cable/pully steering

    Time to order modern parts to replace the old cable/pulley steering setup on the 15' runabout I'm restoring. Excellent advice on the iBoats boards as usual. But I haven't seen advice on this.<br />My steering wheel "bezel" sticks out of the dash at a 45 degree angle up. The dash is straight...
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