I bought a jetski for $75 no title. I have been considering the idea of installing the engine and propulsion system in my 14 foot aluminum jon boat. If it can be done I could get my jon boat in shallow spots like the flats. What do you guys think? I know sealing the "thru hull" areas on an...
I just bought a 1976 or 1977 johnson 115 horse. I dont see the usual line for the stream of water that indicates water flow through the engine. Did these older engines not have them???
I just bought a 1977 115 Johnson. The wiring harness, or big red plug on the powerhead, plugs into my 1992 remote's big red plug. When I turn the key the starter solenoid clicks,but nothing happens. Any ideas????
Can I test the solenoid somehow????
Is the only purpose of a bilge box to provide a way for the keel stringer to "split around" the bilge pump and contact the transom so that the transom pushes against all the stringers? Or does it somehow aid in the draining process?
Why isnt one layer of mat and one layer of roven enough on stringers?:confused:
The boat is a fiberglass 20 footer with laminated 1/2 plywood to make 1" thick stringers, 3 stringers, one in the middle 14" at highest point and one on each side 8" at highest point.
I glassed in a new transom in my fiberglass hull. The old screw in plug type drain fitting is part of the reason my old transom rotted out. The transom is 1 1/2 inches thick. The old drain assembly only went about 1/2 inch through the transom so water penetrated the wood. I am thinking most...
I know alot of you guys are replacing one stringer at a time but I cut all of them out to have more room to work.
Now my question is how can you tell the hull is not warped or twisted before I put the new stringers in ?
Has anyone ever did a stringer job and found out the hull was warped after...
I know it is recommended that when using poly resin a layer of mat be used first then a layer of woven roven. I think it was said that the mat makes a "resin rich first layer" for the roven to stick to.
Why cant roven be used alone? Poly resin is so sticky I cant imagine adhesion being a problem?
I was looking at the grinding wheels at Walmart and they have a new design out. It has what looks like little squares of hard 60 grit sand paper on it arranged in a stair-step fashion. Has anyone tried one of these on grinding out old fiberglass on the hull?
I just glassed in my new transom 2 sheets of 3/4 ply 1 1/2 thick. The drains I am looking at, the kind with the screw in plug, do not go all the way through the transom. The old one I took out was only 3/4 inch long which is why my transom rotted out at the bottom.:eek: I found one at boaters...
On my 1976 johnson 115 alot of the bolts are rusty and Im replacing the steering arm. What is the best bolts to replace all the rusty bolts? I dont want to use something that may cause a bad reaction to the metal the outboard is made of.
I bought a 1977 maybe 76 115 lots of rusty bolts. I have already got the powerhead , midsection and lower unit off after a day of drilling and chiseling bolts. The tilt and trim area is going to be a monster. What type of bolts should I use to replace all these bolts. And no I am not going to...
This is probably a dumb question, not my first, I just bought a 1977 115 that has no power trim and tilt. I have never owned a motor that didnt have it so what happens when you put the motor in reverse? It seems the prop would be trying to come out of the water.:eek:
If I use two different sheets of mat, like scraps I had left over, to put on my transom will I loose strength? I was thinking the mat in the resin kind of works just like reinforcing wire in concrete allowing it to flex without cracking?
