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  1. tpenfield

    Bought a 1998 Sea Ray Sundancer 270 wide beam with rot...

    Drew, In the drawings that you got from SeaRay, it shows a panel that can be removed from the aft bulkhead (i.e. the back wall of the aft berth). It seems that the removable panel is there to provide the clearance needed to lift the tank up over the engine mount stringers, etc. In order to...
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    7.5 HP Mercury question

    It is a 1972 . . . I just rebuilt my 1969 7.5 HP. Most of the parts are available. Some are new original stock (NOS) and some are just plain new. For my rebuild, I bought . . . - All the gaskets for the powerhead (new) - Piston Rings (NOS) - Main roller bearings (new) - Upper Needle...
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    DIY Outboard Stand w/ Pictures

    OK, first use of the stand . . . I got a fairly large tub and propped it up on some blocks. Seems to work out well. With the casters, if I put the engine in forward it moves the stand a bit forward :D
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    I ran the engine again and set the idle speed down a bit. I got the in gear speed to be in the 700 RPM range, but it basically varied from 600-800. I had to tweak the fuel mixture to get the engine to stay running at that speed, but it does stay running consistently. So, looks like it is all...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    Here are a before and after pic. . . Before After
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    Thanks for the info on the idle setting. 650 RPM seems pretty low, but I'll see what I can do. :) I did the final coat of paint and put on the new decals. So, it is all spiffed up for the coming boating season. I'll probably wait for some warmer weather or even the beginning of the...
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    For those in the North East...

    And here it comes again !!! :eek: :facepalm: I imagine that most schools in the area will be cancelled on Monday and most businesses will be in the 'work from home' scenario. I was going to go to the New England Boat Show today, but that probably is not going to happen . . .
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    DIY Outboard Stand w/ Pictures

    Final Design and Pictures. . . Thanks again for all the comments and inputs. I have made a few final design changes and now have a stand that I think will work out nicely. I added a cross member to give the stand good side-to-side rigidity. The stand is basically a set of triangles, which is...
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    Super Bowl

    I went to the parade yesterday. . . OMG way more people than 2 years ago :eek: . I'm not sure what the final estimates were, but it was 20-30 people deep all the way along the parade route. Really hard to see unless you got there a couple of hours early. I didn't have much time because of...
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    DIY Outboard Stand w/ Pictures

    Thanks for all of the comments and input, guys. I do remember seeing the stand that is featured in the stickies. My objective with this stand was to design something that would be easy to make, therefore the fairly simple set of parts. I have updated the design as shown below, adding (1) a...
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    97 Sea Ray 210 cockpit liner

    Pictures do help . . . looks sort of like a liner, but not completely. If you can post a few more that would help as well. A few questions though . . . Where the red arrows are, looks like a few inch high sidewall as part of the cockpit deck. What is beyond the sidewall? Green arrow where...
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    DIY Outboard Stand w/ Pictures

    Yes, and thank you. I kept the back of the stand open so that I could position it over the barrel with ease. Will be even easier if I add the casters.
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    Sunday update . . . I decided that the wobbly trash barrel was not such a good thing to be running the motor in, so I decided to build a motor stand. Three 2x4's is all that it took. I was wondering if the idle speed that I set yesterday was gong to be OK. I happened to find a manual of...
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    DIY Outboard Stand w/ Pictures

    My recent running of my Mercury 7.5 HP in a somewhat wobbly trash barrel has prompted me to think about getting/making a motor stand. So, I worked up a design last night and headed off to Home Depot first thing this morning. The design is pretty basic . . . requires only 3 (three) 8 ft 2x4...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    Another Update . . . I ran the engine some more today. I noticed that it was misfiring a bit, so I pulled the spark plugs to check them. It turned out that the gap on one of them had closed up pretty much . . . probably when the plugs were out during the rebuild, etc. Anyway, I reset the gap...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP Motor Refresh (1969 model year)

    UPDATE: I hooked up the fuel tank and ran the engine for the first time after the rebuild. It sure has a lot of compression versus what it used to have :eek: I added some extra oil to the fuel for 'break-in' purposes. . . probably about 30:1 instead of the regular 50:1 I varied the speed of...
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    Formula 330SS Bulkhead Replacement

    Getting back to my 'update' post from August, I plan on adding additional bonding of the stringer grid to the cockpit sole and hull during the Spring prep work this year (2017) So, using my 3D diagram, here is the plan. The Red is the existing bonding that I added back in 2014 when I replaced...
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    Formula 330SS Bulkhead Replacement

    Another follow-up on this project . . . I came across a 3D modeling software that would have been quite helpful when I started the rebuild. I have taken some time based on the knowledge that I gained in repairing the structure of the F-330 SS to 'build' a 3D model of it. Here are a few...
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    Bought a 1998 Sea Ray Sundancer 270 wide beam with rot...

    You are welcome . . . sorry that I can't come see the boat today, but the drawings that Sea Ray sent, plus the pictures you posted are the next best thing to being there. I *think* this would be the way to approach the repair . . . Here is your boat's structure . . . I would . . .remove...
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    Bought a 1998 Sea Ray Sundancer 270 wide beam with rot...

    As far as the fuel tank placement in a boat's structure . . . You want the fuel tank surrounded by the strongest portions of the structure and that is most often between the main stringers. Sometimes the fuel tanks are surrounded by air gaps, which are supposed to provide room for evaporation...
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