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    1988 THOMPSON 240 FISHERMAN REBUILD

    fishbumptv is excellent tutorial also boatworks today is excellent
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    1988 THOMPSON 240 FISHERMAN REBUILD

    hello so i have started getting materials together for transom rebuild and have sourced local coosa board ,now my question is thickness ,my boat transom area was rebuilt sometime ago,,they butchered the whole thing ,so thickness has to be 2-2.25 inches now my outer fiberglass skin is 1/4 ,so...
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    1988 THOMPSON 240 FISHERMAN REBUILD

    as i get into this project i can see that the aft end of the boat 1988 thompson 240 fisherman has been redone before shiffy job ,its all rotted out ,but i was surprised by the lack of craftmanship that this boat had ,and the lack of foam the factory put in ,and who ever re did the aft end put no...
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    1988 THOMPSON 240 FISHERMAN REBUILD

    Hello, my question right now is stringer replacement size, when i measure the existing wood stringer,some is exposed ,so i measure 3/4 wood with fiberglass wrap making it 1 inch ,but i can not find if 3/4 inch width is correct ,most stuff i see on line says (2) 1/2 inch wood glued together to...
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    1988 THOMPSON 240 FISHERMAN REBUILD

    1988 thompson 240 fisherman fiberglass boat rebuild transom (see pics), my question is now that i have removed everything from the transom (trim tabs ,kicker motor bracket speedo tube ,and some other hardware) do i (1) replace the transom wood and fiberglass on the inside first then fill in...
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    thompson 240 transom rebuild

    spent about a year watching videos before i took the bull by the horns ,frisco boater ,fish bumptv ,boat works ,michael romer ,and many more ,now i got to a point in my project where i was trying to figure best way to replace transom wood and take care of my swiss cheese fiberglass transom thanx...
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    thompson 240 transom rebuild

    yes stringer full replacement
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    thompson 240 transom rebuild

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    thompson 240 transom rebuild

    pics
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    thompson 240 transom rebuild

    1988 thompson 240 fisherman fiberglass boat rebuild transom (see pics), my question is now that i have removed everything from the transom (trim tabs ,kicker motor bracket speedo tube ,and some other hardware) do i (1) replace the transom wood and fiberglass on the inside first then fill in...
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    trolling for hours then oil pressure alarm goes off

    boat is in slip ,gonna switch out the prop hub ,now is there a way to check the coupler while in a slip ,or can i take out on lake and try ,will this coupler totally give up or can i limp it back into slip when i go up to boat this weekend what should i check ,is there a way to mark the...
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    trolling for hours then oil pressure alarm goes off

    thank you for your input alldodge , I also like to state that i have sei 106 alpha 1 gen 1 outdrive ,that being said has anyone had issues with the sei outdrive getting to hot and having populsion issues, ,maybe overheating outdrive ,which i don't have a gauge to know that temp ,i don't know...
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    trolling for hours then oil pressure alarm goes off

    1988 thompson 240 hardtop 5.7l vortec /alpha 1 gen 1 ,mercury 9.9 kicker motor ,ok heres what happened, while trolling for 3 plus hours using main motor in gear and about 900-1000 rpm temp normal, and using the kicker motor to dial in the speed, suddenly low oil pressure alarm/horn goes off ,my...
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    5.7 vortec motor starts ,then bogs and dies

    bondo i started motor and moved bracket that has plunger by hand ,nothing , i just discovered this at 6 am this morning ,had to stop to go to work , its the old saying ,WTF it worked before
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    5.7 vortec motor starts ,then bogs and dies

    thanx Lou choke seems to work fine,closes for cold start, i will inspect the fuel bowl ,issue but when i get home tonight gonna focus on shift cutoff switch area and wiring for it, thanx again
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