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  1. JASinIL2006

    opinions....

    Is that caulking around the gimbal housing in the fourth photo? That's never something I like to see...
  2. JASinIL2006

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    You can always order some of the stuff you need (e.g., 1708) from US Composites.
  3. JASinIL2006

    Onboard Battery Charger

    Also, you'll want to make sure that the battery posts where the charger leads are connected are shiny clean. You might just be getting a poor connection.
  4. JASinIL2006

    First boat! 1989 Quantum 1800xb Force 125

    I learned so much fixing up my boat. Fix it correctly, do a good job and you'll have something to be proud of. In addition, you’ll have a good, sound boat for less $$ than it would cost to buy. Parts of a resto are itchy, miserable work, but much of it is fun and challenging.
  5. JASinIL2006

    Stuck Transom Wood

    What sort of boat are you working on? I/O?
  6. JASinIL2006

    Pressure treated plywood in aluminum boat

    Others will hopefully chime in, but I think it works fine on surfaces that are to be carpeted with contact cement or glue. If you're really concerned, you can use straight polyurethane as a top coat. That will dry hard for sure. Just be sure to give it a good 72 hours or more to soak in and cure.
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    Pressure treated plywood in aluminum boat

    If you are not planning to encapsulate the wood with fiberglass cloth, poly resin by itself might not be your best choice. When used on wood alone, it is prone to cracking. A better choice might be to treat the wood heavily with Old Timer's Wood Sealer (see here for formula...
  8. JASinIL2006

    Boat Cover Supports

    We supplement our poles with inflatable swimming rings that we wedge under the cover in the spots where water pools. It works pretty well on our small boat. Without the swim rings, we'd always have water pooling.
  9. JASinIL2006

    When do you pull your freshwater boat?

    Personally, I'd be more worried about winterizing the engine correctly than whether the gas tank is full, empty or somewhere in between. I bet if you polled a large number of boaters, you'd find people are all of the map on this issue and despite their varied winter gas routines, the vast...
  10. JASinIL2006

    1989 Formula 26PC Twin Mercruiser 4.3LX, Alpha I, Gen 1 - Water Leak at/in Transom Assy

    Terrible idea to fill your boat with water. Not only will water get in all sorts of places where it should not be, but the water in your boat will not represent the same pressure against whatever it is that’s leaking when the boat is floating. Bad, worthless advice.
  11. JASinIL2006

    Cheap floor and foam replacement for weekend.

    And wear your life vests.
  12. JASinIL2006

    benefits of side bunks..... are there really any?

    https://marineboard.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20090801_030901_090802boatrampspowerloading.jpg
  13. JASinIL2006

    Covering Built-in Fuel Tank?

    When I did my boat, I glassed over the tank put in a round access port to get at the sender, etc. I figured if I really needed to get the tank out, I was probably facing a pretty big job and I'd just cut the deck to get at the tank. I'd rather limit the places where water can get under deck than...
  14. JASinIL2006

    Photo dilemma

    That's a terrible idea. One of the greatest resources on iboats are the threads documenting restorations. If photos are deleted after a period of time, those threads become worthless. Restoration threads without photos are not nearly as useful to folks wanting to fix a similar boat.
  15. JASinIL2006

    Favorite motor flushers?

    I've used these since I got my boat, too. They've worked great for me... except when there has been operator error...
  16. JASinIL2006

    Blue Sea Add A Battery query

    One thing to consider when wiring your bilge pump to the starting battery: if your bilge pump is the sensor type, which senses the presences of water electronically, it can put a major drain on your start battery (which is not good, of course). If your pump has a float valve, there is less...
  17. JASinIL2006

    tahoe 1950 trailer guide pole

    The poles are mainly useful as a visual indicator of where the trailer is, which can be helpful if you have trouble seeing the trailer when backing up or when trying to load the boat. But they are not so good for guiding the boat onto the trailer; their brackets bend pretty easily if the boat...
  18. JASinIL2006

    Coast Guard Requirements

    We get checked coming off the river (Mississippi or Illinois) by conservation police about once a season. I appreciate it; one time the officer noticed my fire extinguisher needed to be replaced, something I had missed.
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    Can the base of engine work? Two to bolts under engine are rusted and can

    Could be a hole in the bellows or a bad seal of the bellows to the places it attaches to the boat. Could be a bad transom gasket or one that was improperly installed. I'd be checking the bellows.
  20. JASinIL2006

    Changing outdrive on my inline 6 165 HP.

    If you are referring the part circled in red, that's the end of the shift cable.
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