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  1. JASinIL2006

    Somber news for iboats forums members.

    How very sad… he left his mark all over this place and he helped many of us. RIP, GA_Boater.
  2. JASinIL2006

    Hi everyone, I’m new to the forum and a new owner of a 1973 Aristocraft 19. It is a total project

    Excellent! That's like winning the lottery!
  3. JASinIL2006

    Alpha 1 Gen 2 lower end oil

    Glad you got it figured out. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had to do a job twice because I missed something like that. I guess that’s how we learn to do it right…
  4. JASinIL2006

    Hi everyone, I’m new to the forum and a new owner of a 1973 Aristocraft 19. It is a total project

    Looks like a fun little boat! Have you sourced a replacement windshield yet? Those can be hard to find and/or expensive…
  5. JASinIL2006

    Alpha 1 Gen 2 lower end oil

    That's the quad ring seal and it's easy to dislodge it when reassembling the drive. I bet it's partially (or fully) blocking the oil passage.
  6. JASinIL2006

    New to boats need help with battery choice

    Foam doesn't affect how your boat sits in the water; it affects how fast (or whether) your boat sinks in the event of capsizing.
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    Fixing bad motor mounts

    Looks like rotted wood in your motor mounts, which means there is a high likelihood that other parts of the boat's structure may be rotted, too. I'd be checking stringers and the transom core for rot by drilling 1/4" holes into each, low and near the hull, to see if you get dark/wet/mushy...
  8. JASinIL2006

    Storage Compartment Handle For 2005 Larson 268 LXi

    Have you checked with Great Lakes Skipper? They sometimes have old Larson parts.
  9. JASinIL2006

    Rec gas prices???

    Interesting... I don't have access to E85 most of the time, but on a large F150 forum to which I belong, the most common experience of those who use E85 (in Flexfuel F150s) is that it gives a nice performance boost over gas (either E10 or E0) but the mileage per gallon suffers with E85. I'd be...
  10. JASinIL2006

    U Joint bellows orientation

    Replacing bellows was not a fun task. No way I'd do it with anything but genuine Mercruiser/Quicksilver bellows.
  11. JASinIL2006

    Factory holes in stringers?

    Those look a lot like the fiberglass stringers that are in my boat. For my boat, the stringers were clearly cast outside the hull, then tabbed to the hull with fiberglass, then filled with foam as yours seem to be. Looks good!
  12. JASinIL2006

    I am a Pawpaw!!!! :)

    Congratulations!
  13. JASinIL2006

    Upgrading trailer tires and rims - need advice

    Have you had problems with the trailer bottoming out using the current size tires? If not, I'd just replace with the same size. Given the very little trailering you do, I'd not be worried about getting high end tires. Those tires will dry rot long before they'll wear out.
  14. JASinIL2006

    Bimini Measurements - Four Winn's SL262 - 2008

    If you have the old one, a canvas shop should be able to sew a new one from that.
  15. JASinIL2006

    Options for water sealing wood

    I think the formulation with poly is newer and better.
  16. JASinIL2006

    Thinking of buying a Maxum 2400 SCR. Thoughts?

    Even if Maxum were still in business, it's not likely they'd have parts laying around for a 20+ year old boat, so I wouldn't let parts availability sway you too much. You'd be in the same boat (no pun intended) if you bought just about any late '90s early '00s boat. Just from the pictures, it...
  17. JASinIL2006

    Fiberglass Repair with big patches? Or fill with CSM and resin?

    If you look at how much of an outdrive is submerged, even when the boat is on plane, you'll see that it's really not possible to run the drive in a bucket. You need the muffs to force water into the intakes.
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    Need help with transom repair...

    PC-11 works well, too. https://www.amazon.com/PC-Products-Adhesive-Two-Part-Marine-160114/dp/B008DZJJGU/ref=sr_1_3?crid=196NPTHCHA0Q9&keywords=pc-11&qid=1645556502&sprefix=pc-11%2Caps%2C91&sr=8-3
  19. JASinIL2006

    Hey Newbies

    It seemed like the forum software version used by Iboats when I first joined displayed a red banner (for old topics) that warned against replying. Seems like something similar could help. I know of other forums that do allow posting to old threads, so I can see how this could be confusing to...
  20. JASinIL2006

    1990 Bayliner Capri 2050 5.0 V8 200hp

    Looks like a fun boat! It should get up and go.
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