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    Primer, Undercoat, Final

    I am painting over old gelcoat sanded and preped. Do I really need a porimer then an undercoat then a final coat?<br /><br />Cheers and sorry about all the paint questions
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    Merc1000 1968 Questions

    ok, have taken the carbs off and rebuilt. Now what am I missing here. When they say turn the idle out 1 1/2 turns from lightly seated position? <br />1.<br />When I dismantled the carbs all idle screws were screwed in 9 turns, that's right 9 turns and idle fine. So I put the needle in and screw...
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    Butterfly Not Open Enough?

    Below is a pic of my carbs butterfly X3 at WOT. Is it open enough, meaning shouldnt it be open 90 degrees to the closed position? does this mean I was never really running at WOT?<br />cheers<br />
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    Carb Removal

    To make my life a little easier, what do I have to remove to get to my 3 carb bolt sets, any help would be great. 68 merc 1000 reband.<br />cheers
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    Flat Battery??

    I have had my battery disconnected from my motor for about 8 weeks now. I want to crank her over again. Will there still be charge in the battery. IT's been on a peice of carpet the whole time?<br />cheers
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    WHITE STEERING WHEEL

    ok, ok now im jelous. Mark with his new wizz bang white wheel. Looks great BTW. I have been searching everywhere for a white leather steering wheel for my boat. I'll even by an adaptor boss for a boat if need be (meaning a car wheel). I can NOT find a white leather steering wheel anywhere in the...
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    Reverse???

    My LU goes into forward and neutral, but not reverse. Meaning when its connected to the shifter. In neutral the prop spins both ways, but rachets a little. In forward it rachets alot and wont turn the other direction. In reverse the prop spins both ways. Of course happened after impeller change...
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    Temp Sender 68 Merc

    sn 23216788<br /><br />68 100hp merc reband, where is the temp hole/threaded plug for the temp sender on this motor???<br />Cant find it in manual.<br /><br />cheers
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    DNS error, has anything changed??

    Im getting a DNS error and can't log onto the iboats site from a number of different computers. I have always been able to access this site from all my computers. Now only one computer will access iboats. Has anything changed in the last couple of weeks, software/website wise???
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    New boat diagram

    Is this how i do it? soory about the novice diagram....
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    Filling Aluminium

    Let's say I needed to fill a few holes in aluminium. Not effected by heat, but will be in water. Is there some putty/epoxy on the market? cheers
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    Cruise Craft Restoration

    Well the time has come. This weekend I will start stripping the boat of all fittings and hardware. I'm really looking forward to this. I have my cash ready, i am going to take it slow and make sure I do things right. This is a full restoration od boat, motor and trailer. I will take full...
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    merc tune up

    my merc 68 1000 runs quite well. During my boat restoration, which starts in 2 weeks, im going to do a outboard tune up. have i got this right??<br /><br />1. Re-built fuel pumps already.<br />2. Pull all 3 carbs, clean, soak and install new floats, gaskets and adjust.<br />3. New fuel line and...
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    Low rpm decrease

    I noticed today while out on the water, in forward gear, but at low rpms, i start to lose my rpms slowly. Example - crusising lets say at 1600-2000 rpms, then by itself it will drop about 100rpms every second. If it gets about 3000 RPM's it seems fine. Any replies would be great.<br />cheers
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    VOTE HERE

    Getting right into this site......i'd be lost without it.<br /><br />Please vote with one word.<br /><br />Aye - Yes, I do carry an Auxilary outboard for peace of mind.<br /><br />Nah - I don't carry an Auxilary outboard.<br /><br /><br />Just curious. <br /><br />cheers
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    VOTE HERE

    Getting right into this site......i'd be lost without it.<br /><br />Please vote with one word.<br /><br />Aye - Yes, I do carry an Auxilary outboard for peace of mind.<br /><br />Nah - I don't carry an Auxilary outboard.<br /><br /><br />Just curious. <br /><br />cheers
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    BRAIN PICKING - foam

    Ok, am i right to assume. <br />1. I know water has been in my hull before.<br />2. Prolly many time even before i bought the boat<br />3. It's a 68 cruisecraft.<br />4. If it has foam installed ( i think )<br />5. It will be soaked correct?<br />6. Thus the extra weight in the boat at the...
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    Approx weight?

    boat and trailer. what do you guys think? merc 68 100 hp. Ive been told the motor is approx 240Lbs, the boat empty is 990Lbs, trailer i don't know.
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    1 Part or 2 Part Paints

    ok here goes. Ive decided to go with international paints and products for my job. My question is they make a 1 part poly paint and a 2 part poly paint. Both require different undercoats and both can be applied by rolling and tipping. Is there a big difference in the end result. I know the 2pack...
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    Cracked hull

    ok, here it is. I only need 4-5 more fishing trips before im ripping my boat apart. I have an issue though. 2 weeks ago i found my hull full of water. after draining it and inspecting i found two 2inch cracks in the hull. I sanded them back and applied 2 coats of resin ( sanding in between)...
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