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    Premium Paint for big aluminum boat

    Browsing through the iboats store, there are many many brands and types of paint. Which paint would be best for an aluminum boat? I'm having it professionally sprayed, but my and auto painter. I called 25 different places in my area and no one can refer me to a marine painter that does aluminum...
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    1997 Smoker Craft Pro Alaskan 172

    Here's my project that everyone is asking to see. I have already removed the interior. Just a lot of screws and drilling rivets. Pretty self explanatory. The floor was in bad shape. The foam was water logged. This wont ne a quick project because I want it to be like new when done.
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    Soda blasting

    Anyone ever had their aluminum boat soda blasted? What can I expect to pay for an 18' boat?
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    Replacing wood with aluminum

    Anyone ever replace a wood floor with aluminum in an aluminum boat? What size did you use? Pecentage wise, how much more was it? How has it held up? In my other post I was asking about plywood, but thinking about an aluminum floor like in the newer boats. I have a center console, so I'm not...
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    Decking thickness in 97 Smokercraft

    Tearing out the old floor and it 1/2" and not pressure treated. Few questions: 1. Should I replace it with 1/2" since all the aluminum sides and console were made for that size? 2. Does it need to be pressure treated? The original wwasn't and its lasted 20 years, without a cover, nonetheless...
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    1997 Pro Alaskan 172

    Picked one up for a project. Anyone have one of that era that can send me some pictures? Looking for some interior pictures.
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    Need to recoat center console

    I have a bayhawk center console that needs to be repainted. Im not really sure what to use. Right now it has some sort of flat white paint with a darker paint drizzles for design or maybe anti skid function. Well I had a big piece of it peel up exposing the glass. I repair that, but I want to...
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    A lot has changed in the last 12 years....

    Since I joined this site. I was 24 or so and needed help with a fuel pump on old evinrude. There were no categories for topics, just one forum. You had to swim through all the other stuff to find information. I believe that there were only about 2000 or so members when I joined. JB was the top...
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    QL16V vs QL77JC4 in 1994 90 hp Johnson

    The manual lists both plugs for my engine. The first one is a surface gap plug and the other is a regular type plug. I have a 18' Crestliner Fish and Ski. I usually run around the lake around 5000 rpm's and don't idle that much or troll or anything. About the only time I idle is when moving...
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    Looking for a top for a 1994 Crestliner

    I dont know what you call that top that snaps to the top of the walk through windshield and covers the drivers area. But I want one. Anyone know what they are call and where to get one? Like I said, it snaps to the top of the windshield and goes back over the driver and passenger seats. I guess...
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    This one has me stumped**Updated**

    The motor: 1994 Johnson 88SPL (90hp without VRO) The problem: Battery going dead I had the battery tested, it tested good but it kept going dead. I would charge it up, it would last about two or three fishing trips, and it would go dead. I thought the rectifier was bad, so I talked to two or...
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    Post a picture of your Crestliner

    Here is a picture of my 1994 SportFish 1750.
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    Long time no see

    Its been a while since I have been on this site. Man how things have changed. I remember when this forum was all one thread. LOL . How have all of you been? Are any of the original members still here? I'm still living in TX right outside Fort Worth. I was working in the oilfield until it...
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    Buffing Bars

    A couple of years ago there was a guy on here talking all these great things about the buffing bars, so I went to the website that he said, and I bought one. They werent expensive about six or seven dollars plus shipping. They work great. So great that I used that bar to buff out everything that...
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    Laddies

    What is the Wiseco# for ths Merc piston? 777-9009T13
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