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    water in OMC Cobra outdrive

    I bought this boat after it sat for 21 years. It's an 86 3.0l in a grumman aluminum boat. After a quick before you buy it sea trial when I drained the outdrive it had just a hint of water in it. I chalked it up to old oil and condensation. Well after a way too expensive, and time consuming...
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    Where do you get long aluminum rivets?

    I read in a post a while ago that you could get long (.75 inch) rivets at the local auto parts store, since home centers don't have them that long. I've been to a couple, and all i could find is .75 inch steel rivets, that are a #11 drill dia. They seem to be close to the 3/16 rivets I...
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    Floatation calculations, or what will it take to float your boat ?

    I needed to figure out how much floatation to put into my Grumman I/O that I?ve been redoing. I read the USCG rules, but found that the answer wasn?t there, at least in a way that helped me when I was standing in the insulation aisle at HD. So I did some math, that I thought I?d share with...
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    how much does a mercruiser or OMC 3.0 engine and outdrive weigh?

    Need the weight to figure floatation for a boat I'm re-doing....
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    what does a mercruiser or OMC 3.0 engine and outdrive weigh?

    I'm trying to figure how much floatation I should put in my boat... (yes, I read the CG threads, need the weight to figure this out) thanks, mike
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    Questions on using Gluvit to seal a tinny????????

    I'm at the point where I'm going to be sealing up my project Grumman. http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=362705 Here's a pic of a typical spot in my hull... How do you seal the rivets that go thu something on the inside of the hull like these ribs? I can clean around the single...
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    What weight CSM for coating decks and transom???

    like the title says I'm about to buy materials to coat my new transom and decks and am wondering what weight to buy... thanks
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    aluminum to aluminum adhesive needed

    I want to put a 6x6 inch doubler on the inside of the hull of my aluminum grumman boat. What are the thoughts and experience for what to use to do that? 3m5200, epoxy, or PL, or ??? will need to fill gaps because I want to go over a rivet line.
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    need to know what materials to buy - transom and aluminum repair

    I have a thread running about a rotted transom and aluminum damage on my new to me boat http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=362705 what should I use to seal the new wood transom? epoxy or polyester resin? glue sheets of plywood together with gorilla glue or epoxy? thoughts on sealing...
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    New pics added 11/30 - 86 Grumman 184 turned out to be more of a pjt than exptcd

    I was looking for a cheap tin boat to knock around with at camp and not use my 210 Sea Ray bowrider every time we went from the island to the main land. I found a 86 Grumman that hadn't been in the water since 1990 and decided to make a project of it. Got it running, power washed 20...
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    When replacing foam under the floors, what should you use?

    I have to get into the corner of the transom on my 18' Grumman I/O to do some corrosion repair. I'm going to have to cut out a bunch of foamed in place foam to get there. What should I replace it with that won't saturate with water?
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