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  1. tpenfield

    Time to re-upholster - Formula 330 SS

    Quick Update: As per my other thread on sewing machines, I picked up a Consew 206RB-4 yesterday and have been getting used to it and trying out some stitching on some spare vinyl. Here is a mock-up of the backrest panel with the channeled panel. I have been working on being able to make very...
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    DIY Upholstery & Canvas Repair Advice

    I came across this machine today. . . it is a Consew 206RB-4 . . . the one that I was hoping to find. :) I'll spend the next few days getting it all adjusted, etc. and trying out a few test pieces.
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    Time to re-upholster - Formula 330 SS

    I finished seat dis-assembly today. It is a good thing that I am doing this now, because I am finding more rot in the seat structure. These pictures are from the forward section of the 'U' shaped seat. . I filled the back of the Explorer with seat components. I'm going to need to re-fab...
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    Time to re-upholster - Formula 330 SS

    After sorting through a bunch of sample colors, I think I have come up with a decent color scheme that will be close to the original. . . Pink = Nautolex Capitano 'Party Pink' Purple = Morbern Seabrook 'Purple' Teal = Morbern Sanibel 'Teal' White is going to be Morbern Seabrook 'White' The...
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    Time to re-upholster - Formula 330 SS

    I took apart one of the seat backs this evening . . . The base board had a bit of rot going on in the top right corner. So, I'll want to make a new board. Hoping that I can do as well as the factory folks. :)
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    Time to re-upholster - Formula 330 SS

    Quick update . . . I brought a few of the seat pieces home to begin working on them. The plywood bases are really wet, but still quite solid. So, I'm going to dry them out, treat them for mold and them apply some wood sealer to them. . . maybe just some resin or something similar. This base I...
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    Formula 330 Cabin Floor & Ceiling Work

    I did the aft and mid section about 5 years ago, but stopped at the cabin bulkhead. So, what I am looking at in the cabin is 23 years of age. I drilled into the keel stringer this afternoon, and sure enough, the shavings came out dark & wet. This really shows how far moisture can travel...
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    Formula 330 Cabin Floor & Ceiling Work

    The more I look at the darkened pattern on the cabin floor, it looks like I may be ripping up the floor, instead of doing some patchwork. The 'rot' pattern is that of the underlying stringer/ribs, which tells me the moisture is coming from below. I suspect the structural wood under the floor...
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    Formula 330 Cabin Floor & Ceiling Work

    My boat (Formula 330 Sun Sport) has developed a rather nasty 'banging' sound in the area of the windshield when I hit waves a certain way. This has developed over the past couple of years, and I figure that I will look into it. This year, in particular, I began to notice some gelcoat cracking...
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    Time to re-upholster - Formula 330 SS

    Thanks Lowlysubaruguy now that you mention it, I can see how Formula addressed the curves with some extra paneling. It looks like the large white piece of the curves fans out a bit at the top. I'll have to keep that in mind as I make the patterns, etc.
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    Time to re-upholster - Formula 330 SS

    I noticed towards the end of the season that the vinyl seating in the cockpit of my Formula 330 SS is starting to dry up and crack. . . A few places now, but these things only get worse. So, I am planning on re-doing the seats this winter. I plan on keeping the boat a few more years, and if I...
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    DIY Upholstery & Canvas Repair Advice

    I am compiling the list of fix-its for the boat to do over the winter. I've got a couple of items that will need a sewing machine . . . 1) Vinyl seats are starting to crack. Plan is to make new seat coverings and replace the old. Most of the seats are fairly simple. The helm seat is the most...
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    Time for a new boat . . .

    I stopped the boat today to anchor for a while and noticed that I was close to the 1,000 hour mark. So I ran the engine for another couple of minutes to get to an even 1,000.00 hours :) I guess I should start working on getting the next boat.
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    Mercury 7.5 water pump melt-down . . .

    Quick update . . . I have not had much time to fiddle with the Mercury 7.5 . . . Today I was able to get the impeller hub 'sliced' open with a sharp chisel and managed to get the hub and water pump housing off of the drive shaft. . Not much left and part of the impeller was fused to the SS...
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    Technology comes through . . .

    I don't do much trailering anymore, since I have a larger boat that needs a boat hauler instead of trailering. But . . . recently I was moving the family Boston Whaler around with our new Ford Explorer and took note of the wonderful feature this car has in lining up the trailer hitch. Just...
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    Evinrude 25 HP Persistent Cough . . .

    The Evinrude 25 hp ( Model # E25ELCTD) that we use on the Boston Whaler has had a persistent cough for the past few years. The situation comes and goes, but never fully disappears. Warming the engine does not help much. Here is a 30 second video of the engine running in a 100 gallon tub...
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    Mercury 7.5 water pump melt-down . . .

    Oh what luck . . . as I was working on removing the remains of the water pump impeller, I noticed gear lube coming out from around the propeller . . . Looks like I'll be re-doing the lower unit seals too :facepalm:
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    Mercury 7.5 water pump melt-down . . .

    The Yamaha after sitting for 30 years works !!! :) . I ran it for about 2 hours tonight with a heavy dose of oil and seafoam in the fuel to clean out the carb and get some break-in done. This will take the pressure off to fix the Mercury.
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    Mercury 7.5 water pump melt-down . . .

    Last year the water pump on my 1969 Merc 7-1/2 hp crapped out (S/N 26346XX). No big deal, I figured, I'll get a new impeller. I took the lower unit off yesterday and went about disassembling the water pump. the thing looked more like a melt-down than just a simple failure of the impeller...
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    Preventative Measure for Posting to Old Threads . . .

    One of the forums that I frequent has this nice feature to prevent/warn folks about posting to old posts. It is a message with a check box that gives you a heads up before you can/should post to an old thread, as shown below. . I am just wondering if a feature like this would be possible and...
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