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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Suburban engine is mostly back together...hoping to drop it back in the truck this coming weekend. I've been working here and there on the gimbal housing. It's finally started going back together.
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    Tearing down transom assembly

    More reassembly tonight. Got the new lower shift cable (no pic) and the shift shaft in the bellhousing, and also got the gimbal ring installed into the gimbal housing, with clearance set and everything torqued. I verified my trim limit switch functions and the sender sweeps from about 1-200...
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    Stringer to Transom Joint Question

    I use the little medicine cups that come with kid's medicine. It's also what US Composites puts in with their MEKP. I also tried one of those MEKP dispensing squeeze bottles and didn't like it. Not sure about the different resin manufacturers and catalyst recommendations - I've only used US...
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    Plywood floor replacement...Questions

    Agree with PC. The oscillating multitool is a must-have - use a respirator to protect from the fiberglass dust.
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    Area near motor mount/transom delamination and crack.

    Just a guess...but I bet the motor mount is rotten and has sunk, allowing the fiberglass to break because it can't support the weight of the engine by itself. I would drill a core sample of the engine mount and prepare yourself for bad news.
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    Stringer to Transom Joint Question

    Gap size isn't an issue - just means you'll need more PB in that area. Make sure you're making "hairy" PB with milled fibers in it. I find the angle of a purpose-made piping bag is much better for dispensing PB than the 90-degree angle of a zip-lock bag with the corner cut off. The icing bag...
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    Restoring a 1990 Larson

    What a great job, man! Very happy for you. When you get a chance, pull up the teak hatch cover, disassemble, run it through a planer to just skim cut the oxidized surface off, sand, oil, and reinstall. I was amazed at how much better my ski locker hatch looked after doing this. I'll be doing...
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    What are these pads made from?

    To me it looks like big dabs of some kind of filler. My boat had some of that kind of material that behaved like body filler when I sanded / grinded on it.
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    1973 Glastron CV-16 Restoration

    1 - You have to tab in the new supports, and you should grind the old fiberglass to give the new tabbing a good surface to grab onto. My boat has 5 stringers with maybe 12" between each stringer. If my 2nd layer of tabbing on the stringers extends out 6", then adjacent stringers would have...
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    Tearing down transom assembly

    Got the new upper shift shaft bushing/seal installed tonight - thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
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    Why an increase in engine horsepower will hurt your ‘holeshot’, acceleration and midrange cruising.

    In the turbocharged 4-cylinder game, we call it "area under the curve". The more useable (and fun...and faster on the street) car is the one that makes less HP but has a flatter power curve, as opposed to the one that makes a really high peak HP number but the turbo doesn't light until really...
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    Stringer to Transom Joint Question

    I cut my stringers as close as I could to the transom, but inevitably there was a small gap, so I just piped in PB and tabbed. I have been using the large icing piping bags from the grocery store - I can mix up 17 oz of resin and make PB and it fills the bag nicely.
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    Re-carpeting 18.5 Bowrider Need advice

    For snap in, I'm guessing you still glue in the carpet on the sides and other vertical surfaces, and then just snap in the horizontal surfaces? Gelcoat the fiberglass underneath the snapped in carpet? 3M 4000 UV on the snap hardware? If my guess about gluing in the sides is correct, how does...
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    3.0 tks mercruiser not staying running

    Try running with the fuel cap off? Check your anti-siphon valve?
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    4.3l Merc cruiser

    Thanks for posting that...just ordered one. I can use it on my truck rebuild I'm doing right now, then I'll have it for the boat when I need it.
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    Alpha One Gen 1 Trim Switch contacts

    Thanks - exactly the info I was looking for.
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    Alpha One Gen 1 Trim Switch contacts

    Got any pics? I've got my transom assembly completely torn down, and I'd like to know how to test my trim sending unit / limit switch before putting it all back together. I could just buy new ones for peace of mind, but don't want to waste money if these are still good.
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    Floor and Transom Rebuild

    I'm sure 5200 would probably work, but it may be more expensive than some resin and cloth, and will likely take longer to cure...if either of those are a concern.
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    Bonding Polyester to Epoxy - Will this Work

    Just do everything in poly. It's cheap, it's easy to work with, it cures faster so your project will move along faster, you can adjust the cure speed by how much catalyst you add, it's what your boat is already made of, it's what gelcoat is made of....the list of positives goes on.
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    1990 225 sundowner

    Yes, drill on the inside of the boat. If the shavings are good, just fill with 3M 4200 or 5200 and go boating.
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