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    Electrical question

    If you wire radio polarity backwards you have made a paperweight. Test polarity with a meter. Then check load carrying capacity with a big INCANDESCENT light like a fog light or something. 12v @ .5ma will show 12v on meter but not power anything bigger than a small led test light
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    1972 Checkmate MX-15 Rebuild

    I vote blue n white I think those colors are clean looking
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    Restoration frustration before it starts

    I was lucky with my cuddy that I was able to make a pvc frame to cover the back half and threw an old billboard sign tarp over it.
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    Pedestal Seat Base

    Those toggle bolts with the plastic zips ..... we get ours thru Hilti but I know there are other mfg's. They are good wall anchors and nice thing is screws can be removed and anchor dont fall
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    Pedestal Seat Base

    I didnt want any holes at all in my deck so this is what I did. I cut a 3/4 piece of plywood as big as would fit in my helmet. Drilled holes for pedestal and inserted stainless t nuts. I did use a router to carve a pocket so the nuts sat flush. I then used a bit of foil tape over the back side...
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    wiring help please

    See if you can verify wire colors at the drive. Maybe they were spliced along the gunwales somewhere
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    wiring help please

    Also to help verify. Get a volt meter and some long jumper wires. put on continuity with beep enabled and as you figure these circuits out you can test them.battery disconnected. IE..... for temp sender unplug from sender unit on motor and run jumper to helm. check wires til it beeps. Meter...
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    Adding trim tabs, positioning, transducer placement, etc.

    I would ponder either a thru the hull transducer (drill hole) or a thru hull (bond to bilge)
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    1981 Citation Marquis restoration...

    After you brace however you choose and remove the cap do a rigidity test. Get in and out, pretend to do work, shake and wiggle. If the top deflects it probably will when you glass. If it does move and you dont catch it while resin is curing...... bad! So if it isnt solid put the cap back on and...
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    Looking for specific hardware (small drywall anchors)

    What about tec screws?
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    Gas tank issue

    If it was abandoned for leaking fuel need to pressure test and see if it bleeds off. Remove old fuel,crap. Plug off everything....but one...fill line, fuel line to pump and vent. One line gets a 0-10 psi guage, a valve and a way to pressurize like a shrader valve. Fill to 3 -THREE!- psi only and...
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    1988 Crestliner Nordic FishHawk V16 Repair Help.

    Dont know about what material boat is made from. But.... if you dont get an answer try looking for 3rd party ndt (non destructive testing) services. We use a company at my work that does everything from xray ut and concrete radar. They also have some kind of test equipment that will tell what a...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    Monsoon season here. High humidity with thunderstorms. But it's been cool at least.... 104 was the high today
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    Gent's, I think I screwed up

    Hand her the grinder!
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    A ghost is stealing my anchors...

    I do industrial climbing as part of my profession and wear fall protection. Our snap hooks have locks on the gates. I would never climb with a regular snap hook. You can twist a snap hook to apply pressure on the gate and it will open right up. I bet same thing is happening to you.
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    1974 reinell cuddy restore

    Been 3 weeks. Metal/plastic knee joint is set. Access hole is mended. Just need to build up walking muscles but I am already walking ok. Just not for any real length of time before it gets sore
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    1974 reinell cuddy restore

    So the boat rehab has been put on hold due to me getting rehabed with some new parts. I had done wheel bearing and complete braking system before getting cut. 1 knee done 1 to go
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    Replacing Flotation Foam

    Also foam is sticky and when poured into an assembled deck it bonds to the hull and deck and stringers making one solid thing
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    Replacing Flotation Foam

    "And finished tabbing"
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    Replacing Flotation Foam

    I stood mine up at around 30ish degrees. Maybe more. The holes were placed to be above where the foam would land and expand up to hole, then cover and weight hole plug. Pour in next hole and work my way up. I also left little gaps In the tabbing along the sides of the hull to allow the air to...
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