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    Pics of so called new floor in boat I just bought

    I thought some my enjoy some pics of the so called new floor in the boat I just bought. At a first glance I took the other day thought I might have been ok but was very wrong. Looks like who ever did this laid some fiberglass over rotted wood and just dumped a gallon of resin over everything...
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    How much paint to buy ?

    I'm debating on starting to prep my boat for paint it is a 17 foot sportcraft eagle. And just wanted to get idea of about how much paint primer etc i'll need so i can work out a budget. It doesn't need to be perfect it's an old boat I'm just going to fish with and will always be trailered but...
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    First project ?'s about painting/gel coating, etc

    Hi just bought my first boat this week it's a fiberglass 1967 sportcraft eagle 16ft 7". It's a project boat I bought for 300.00 of ebay the engine runs and it has a new floor, carpet and interior. Not sure if I jumped the gun and if it was a good deal or not ? But the out side of the boat is...
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    Air filter ?

    This may be stupid question but I've only owned a boat for about a week now so I will have several more i'm sure. I have a 1978 Mercury 402 40hp and noticed theirs no kind of airfilter on it is their expose to be one? if not should I put some kind of one on it ? Thanks in advance for any help...
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    ? about title for mercury ?

    Hi, I hope this is in the right area I'm new to this forum and new to boats also. I just bought a boat yesterday in Ohio with a 1978 Mercury 402 on it I didn't realize at the time I may need a title for the Mercury. On the internet and according to a couple friends I must have a title. But...
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    need help with year ?

    I just bought a boat today with a all black with blue stripe mercury 40hp on it. It is labled 402 about midway down on it and the serial is #2464011 but I've searched oldmercs and a couple other websites and the serial number doesn't seem to work unless I'm missing something. Can anyone help ...
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    mercury 402 switch box wirring

    Hi, I just bought a boat today with a early 70's Mercury blue band 402 on it. The guy I bought it from said it needed the module wired to run. When I got home I found the thing the guy refered to as the module half mounted and all the wires just hanging their. I figure it is the switch box, it...
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