Hi all. Im restoring a 86 searay seville with the mercruiser 140 I/O. Searay used three 2 x 6s boards laying flat stacked on top of each other and cut to fit in the V part part of the hull to create the mount. The mount goes between the stringers My question is. Is pine or whitewood 2 x 6s...
Hi everybody. im working with uscomposites epoxy resin with the 3:1 hardener. my question is how thick can this stuff be poured and not be brittle and break off. i would like to make a ramp out of resin. my goal is to make a surface flush to the bottom edge of the bilge drain hole so all the...
Hi everyone Im restoring a 86 searay seville It has the 3.0 mercruiser alpha one outdrive. Im restoing the boat and im too the point of glassing in a new front mount. I failed to measure where the old holes were at when i tore the hull down for a rebuild. i got the transom done and the...
last night i was laying a 8ft x 24 in in between the stringers from the stern up toward the front of my searay boat. I was sweating like a rain storm last night. Quite a few drips have made in the lay up. Now there is quite a few spots in the lay up. Kinda looks like dry spots in it. some...
Im using epoxy resin for the rebuild of the stringers transom and deck. I was wondering what would be the best epoxy paint i could use for uv protectection to prevent deterioation of the epoxy? Is there any protective paint that doesnt have to be sprayed on? I plan on putting carpet back in...
Hi everyone. Im rebuilding a 86 SeaRay Seville bowrider. Im new to this. Im the greenhorn to boat building i would say. Im rebuilding the entire boat transom stringers and deck. The stringer intersects the chines at the front of the boat. The stringers before was the consistency of potting...
I've asked this question before but I now have a few more things I was asked to include. I have a 40 h/p mercury pro and 18' pontoon and I can only get about 4700 rpms is this the correct prop? Going by the gps with 2 people in the boat it will only go about 15mph is this about right? The prop...
I have a 1986 140h/p mercruiser with the alpha one outdrive. The exhaust bellow has a tear in it. It seems like the engine is not performing like it should. Also, im not sure but could water enter inside the boat through the exhaust bellow. The exhaust bellow is the only boot that is torn...
have a 40 h/p mercury pro and 18' pontoon and I can only get about 4700 rpms is this the correct prop? Going by the gps with 2 people in the boat it will only go about 15mph is this about right?
I have a 40 h/p mercury pro and 18' pontoon and I can only get about 4700 rpms is this the correct prop? Going by the gps with 2 people in the boat it will only go about 15mph is this about right?
I have a 1986 searay with a 140 h/p mercruiser I would like to buy a prop that will give me more speed I just don't know what size I can go with anyone have an ideal what is the largest size I can go with? Thanks Jimmy
I have a 1986 searay with a 140 h/p mercruiser I would like to buy a prop that will give me more speed I just don't know what size I can go with anyone have an ideal what is the largest size I can go with? Thanks Jimmy
I have a 40 h/p tracker that won't get fire to any of the cylinders. From what I've read that is a pretty common problem. Does anyone know what else the problem could be? I've tried to ohm it out from blue to blue/white and red to red/white . I get 1 ohm reading Does this tell anyone anything...
I have a 40 h/p mercury tracker engine. Engine was running fine then all of a sudden it bogged down and then died. It won't start now! A friend of mine said it was getting enough fuel but that it didn't have fire at the spark plug. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks Jimmy
