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

    Updated the bow stop on my trailer to a roller. Then I started wet sanding the port side of the hull with 500 grit. The "EVENTUS" ghost is gone, and I'm working my way towards the bow to remove the pinstripe ghost.
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    Is my fuel pump dead?

    Could be the anti-siphon valve on the fuel tank or a clogged fuel tank vent. After running it on muffs and having it stall, remove the gas cap. Is there a whoosh of air? Leave the gas cap off and start the engine back up. Will it run without stalling with the gas cap removed?
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    A buddy of mine cut the logo vinyls for my boat as well as the registration numbers in a similar font. It may be a few weeks (months?) till I get these on, as I want to wet sand / buff first.
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    Mercruiser 350 ignition timing, and speed / RPM

    Thanks Chris and Scott! It is a center-bolted valve cover 350 with the TB IV mounted to the exhaust elbow. Thanks for confirming I used the correct base timing. I'll look into the laser tach. As much ad I love new tools, an $11 solution sounds good too.
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    Mercruiser 350 ignition timing, and speed / RPM

    Thanks, I've been wanting to get a new timing light that has a tach built into it....this may be a good opportunity.
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    Mercruiser 350 ignition timing, and speed / RPM

    Engine is a 1987 Mercruiser 260/V8 - serial number 0B651656 Drive is an Alpha One Gen 1 - serial number 0B612075 Boat is a 1987 Power Play XLT-185 (19 ft closed bow runabout) I splashed my project this past weekend - man what a blast. This is my first boat and it felt great out on the water...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks Mark! I appreciate talking me off the ledge several times during the build! You were a welcomed voice of rationality.
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    Brandnew retro fitted water shutters making tons of noise

    We had a panic moment last weekend starting my boat up on muffs for the first time - exhaust shutters sounded like rod knock on mine too, @Lou C !
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks! Long winter nap unfortunately. It was 55F on the water yesterday, dropped to 28F last night. After the river I got it home, winterized, and threw the tarp on it.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks everyone! As promised, here's some video from yesterday:
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks sir! I'd be honored for her to let me do as much. 😅 ...and I humbly accept the nomination. Thanks again.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Officially splashed! Whew, it was a busy few days to get everything ready, but we made it. Today it was mid-50's air temp and we launched on the Tennessee River and rode around for about 90 minutes, letting various people drive and ride. We got it up to about 50 mph at around 4,000 rpm - the...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Other than a final sanding, the keel is repaired. We did not try to color match the gelcoat because I am just going to put a keel guard on before next season. I'm still hopeful for a splash tomorrow afternoon. Here's some progress shots of the keel repair:
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Made some good progress yesterday. Got most of the work done to repair the gouge on the keel. May need one more round of gelcoat today. Here's the before picture. Cut down the seat bases to get the seats lower so we catch fewer bugs in our teeth. We installed the drive. And we...
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    2021 Splash of the Year Nominations

    All set to splash tomorrow at noon. We ran on muffs yesterday and will spend today buttoning things up to be ready.
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    Sea Ray 180 sig series termite/water in ski locker rot

    You're on the right path being on this site and watching Frisco Boater's videos. Go ahead and assume the transom is rotten too. Get the engine pulled and spend a few days with a tape measure, pencil, and paper, and make lots of sketches with measurements. Do this before getting too wild with the...
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    Alpha One Gen 1 transom repair kit - where do all the o-rings go?

    OK, I see where the big rubber ring goes. So I just put it into the bore of the bellowing as deep (closest to the bow of the boat) as it will go? Use bellows adhesive? And then do I need to grease the inside of the rubber ring so the drive installs easier, or no?
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    Alpha One Gen 1 transom repair kit - where do all the o-rings go?

    Appreciate it! No groove in the middle of the input shaft. Where does the large rubber ring get glued into the gimbal housing - got a pic or video to help show it? I honestly don't remember pulling the old one out when I disassembled the gimbal housing earlier this year.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Got lots of things done today including installing the windshield. I'm still not happy with how the paint came out, but I'm going to deal with it for a season. I'm thinking I'll remove the windshield next winter, pull the glass, and have the frames powder coated. Some of the small things I...
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    Alpha One Gen 1 transom repair kit - where do all the o-rings go?

    Drive serial number 0B612075 Transom assembly serial number 0B667146 I've got an Alpha One Gen 1 on the boat I'm almost done restoring - hoping to splash this coming weekend. I pulled it apart a little over a year ago, rebuilt the transom assembly (using the Mercruiser kit PN 30-803097T) about...
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