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    Solar Power Installation . . .

    Did you try using wire pulling snot. I like the clear stuff cuz it dries clean. The yellow cakes up when dry. Make your transition from string to wire as smooth as possible, pour more than enough lube and pull downhill. I did a pull once with 15 cat6 in a 1". 260 feet with a transition from pipe...
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    Fuel Tank Shape - Lesson Learned

    So this is what mine looked like. I had bed one side of the neoprene first and set to cureThe last thing I did was coat the other side of the neoprene with 5200 and set the tank in. When I set the front/rear rubbers I pushed the tank forward and glued in the rear then had to push the tank to the...
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    My OMC, 305 V8 stinger has a Prop Lyft problem

    Have you bypassed everything and fed power directly to motor? I would try that. Get a good ground on the case and jump the up wire (should be blue). I have also read that the aftermarket motors don't quite have the power the original ones have. There is also a thermal overload In Those motors...
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    Fuel Tank Shape - Lesson Learned

    I used 10 mil plastic. Didn't want it to melt when my resin cured. Plus I had a bunch
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    Fuel Tank Shape - Lesson Learned

    I built up pads for my tank with strips of glass with thickened with glass resin. All the strips where progressively wider the closer it got to the hull to prevent hard spots just like tabbing
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    PB'ing new transom wood to boat

    I did use some glass when I did mine. Practice doing it several times and have all clamps screws etc ready to go. Mine setup faster than expected and if I wasnt practiced and prepared it would have been a disaster
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    ideas to mount square saddle tanks

    Of all the researching I have read... screw holes in deck tend to allow water thru floor and then comes rot. What I did was glass extra wood to top of deck and screw to that. Put a lot of effort into a solid rehab and didn't want to ruin it a few years out..... for what its worth
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    Rehab SportCraft 222 1983 deep V hull cuddy walkaround

    I have one piece of plexiglas on my cabin. I got it from home deboxstore..... Was cheap enough and ship to store was free
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    Starting issue

    So I have an omc antique with the true course steering. Well that cable assembly was gummed up so what I did to clean and lube that assembly was I took the slave drum assembly and fed it into a container turned I to a "funnel". Sealed the sheathed end good, hung it in my sons tree house. Then I...
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    Starting issue

    When I troubleshoot things like this I like to use a incandescent test light with a high current bulb. Not led. A meter will show the presence of voltage regardless of the ability to carry any kind of current. I would start at the starter solenoid and work backwards. Don't forget neutral saftey...
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    Plywood for deck

    I don't think a grand will cover supplies. That's not materials either. Supplies are things like resperator and cartridges.gloves glasses mixing cups.... Just a floor, no stringers 10-15 gal at least. 3/4 marine ply when I did my floor was $75 each before covid. I had to go back to get 1 more...
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    Boat starts in driveway and on water but not on ramp

    Check/adjust floats in carb?
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    Humid/Dirty Boat

    What about one or two of those cut in vents for your cover to help moisture to get out
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    Drain plug question

    I would worry about rot. You got 5 gal of water out. How much soaked / seeped into the "bones" of the boat? Foam saturated? Be safe and have someone survey the boat
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    1989-90 bayliner 2159 hardtop.

    I like his vids and they are well done. Too bad he ain't doing them right now
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    Making extra step for ladder

    Or .... Galvanized pipe and nipples 2 couplings or caps, 2 90's, 3 nipples at whatever lengths you need, 4-6 hoseclamps. Make a u shape with the couplings or caps at the ends so the u dont slide thru the hose clamps and tighten clamps around ladder sides and u pipe. Position clamp screws away...
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    Two Layers of 3/4 CSM versus One Layer of 1.5 CSM

    Csm is like a "primer". Its hair like random structure is good for filling voids. The "hair ends" stick into all the valleys and crevasses. Then the woven goes on top for the real strength. Granted any glass will add some support but biaxis is stronger. That's what 1708 is..... a 2 in 1 hybrid...
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    Two Layers of 3/4 CSM versus One Layer of 1.5 CSM

    As long as they are laid as one. The weight of the glass is the same. My biggest issue was doing by myself and keeping a wet edge without a mixer/helper. I had to really hustle but got it done with one minor flaw I had to fix where I lifted the glass back up to reposition and got a permabubble I...
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    Stringer encapsulation.( Air pockets.)

    Pockets can hold water. Try this on a spot and see if you like how it turns out. I got some bags of 1/4" loose chopped glass to add to my peanut butter for strength. Grind out pocket. Mix up some resin and chopped glass and put on spot.
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    Bad News from a Family Member Today

    That sucks arse
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