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    OLD Mirrocraft modification.. Possible?

    Hello friends. Do you think it would be possible to sawzall the front metal from this boat and make it an open bow style with a side console? I love how heavy duty this thing is, but i need more fishin room. I am thinking any rigidity i take away could be compensated for when i install a floor...
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    problems.. 1976 50 merc

    well.. went to winterize it after the first year i owned it, and when i drained the lower unit oil, hardly any came out, and what did was milky. I did fill it back up with fresh, but i am out of time this year to have it serviced, or to service it myself. Do you think it will be fine with the...
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    old.. old town kayak.. i think

    Hey there.. I just bought an old town kayak off the side of the road for 50 bucks. It was camoed, but in good shape. My question is.. It is a very basic kayak with just the hull, and the seat appears to be molded from the same material the hull is crafted from, and molded into the kayak. No...
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    Do i have a thermostat?

    Hello again. trying to troubleshoot a 1976 blue stripe Merc 500 50 horse outboard. Im getting no water thru the telltale, but the passages are clear. I am planning on an impeller replacement, even though it was done last spring. Is there a thermostat in the mix somewhere as well? And i do not...
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    new inpellor, but not pumping,,

    Just bought the boat and motor. It's a 1976 merc 500 in really good shape. Very very clean. Guy i bought it from i know, and he had it on the water last year without issues. He replaced the impellor , plugs, lower unit lube last spring, and it has been used about 4 times since. So..i cleaned her...
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    buying new rocker switch..Advice needed

    I am going to re-wire the 16'er tonight..All easy access. The old wires in it i just dont trust..I have a couple of questions. I will be buying a 4 panel rocker switch. Firstly..I will be using the starting batt. Just for starting. The other..A deep cycle i would like to have run 2 lights, horn...
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    My newest aquisition

    1976 mirrocraft with original merc 500 50HP outboard and gator trailer. Old, but run's sweeet. ANyone know if these mercs are decent?.. I have only owned J/E before. I paid a grand for it..Maybe too much, but i like it. Thanks..
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    approx. boat width?

    Sold my old one yesterday to buy a nice grumman 16' with a 35 hp merc on it. Aluminum of course..I don't think grumman makes a FG boat. It's a 91 or 93 for the year. Anyhow, i want to buy one of the Bimini top's on iboats, but need a good guess on how wide the boat might be.. Any ideas? I won't...
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    4 Horse Carb settings

    Hello..Put A carb kit in a 1990 4 Hp yamaha last night and seemed to rectify the issues it was having, but i cant get the idle quite right. Does anyone know what the initial setting should be for the only idle screw there is to turn? And possibly if there is any other adjustment that would...
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    Yet Another should i buy it..

    Heres the Ad.. I haven't seen it yet. But i would love to have a classic wood boat like this..He want's 950 for all of it. 15? wooden boat with galv trailer (has new hubs, lights and wiring), three electric start-40 hp motors, one five speed trolling motor, depth/fish finder, anchor, new...
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    canoe camoing..

    Heres a strange question for you all.. I have a Butt Ugly lincoln canoe that floats but looks really beat. I found at a local discount store a huge surplus of Camo duct tape. What i would really like to do is cover the entire thing with the Camo tape, and find some sort of spray on laquer to...
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    I have a dilemna

    I had every intention of buying a 1989 grumman in good shape with a galvie trailer and a great running 30 horse merc. Had a different guy offer me an old mirrocraft with a windshield steel trailer towable, and a 50 horse merc for the same price. 8 Bills. Mirrocraft is older.. Probably 70's, but...
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    Grumman hull #'s

    Hello again friends..I will be buying a nice 16' grumman very soon with a 30hp merc,and galvie trailer for 8 washingtons, but i cant seem to find any reference for older grumman boats. I did however find a fleabay auction that has the SAME boat.. right down to the paint. The one im buying is in...
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    need advice again.

    Looking to purchase a slightly larger boat for this year. I have a 14" alumicraft now, but grossly underpowered with a 6 Hp yammie. And she's old. Guy at work is offering me a 16" 1989 Grumman aluminum V-Hull with a galvie trailer in good shape, and a 30 Hp Merc probably same Era. that runs...
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    Have a chance to buy.. What do you think?

    I saw a neat older bowrider in the CL yesterday. Guy was asking 600, he will take 400 or it. ALl the ad said was that it ran good, was taken care of, and had lots of life left.. I know that means i will still have to do lot's to it probably, but.. Here are a couple of pics.. Kind of neat looking...
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    Powerhead cooling passages

    Hello all. 1954 evinrude 7.5 I have learned here all that i need to know about tearing it down and putting it back together. Firstly got her running, and needed to hit the brass ring under the magneto plate to stabalize it due to too much play. I installed a new impeller over the weekend, and...
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    Couple more questions..

    Firstly.. Thanks for the help so far with my 1954 7.5 evinrude. Thanks to this forum and all you guys, i have torn it apart, and got it back together. And.. It actually ran in the barrel yesterday very briefly. I had to shut it down quickly after no water was spraying. SO..I have used the...
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    FR I now owe you 2 beers..

    In a previous thread i was having trouble with the flywheel banging the magneto plate on my 1954 7.5 fleetwin. I never took the brass ring off to dig deeper as i believed i was the first one in there to work on this thing, and that couldn't possibly be right. Low and behold, the armature plate...
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    sierra part #

    Hello.. WOndering if anyone can help me locate a sierra part # for a carb kit. This is for a 1954 evinrude 7.5. Closest i can come is from 1955 and up.. That kit is 18-7043 Possibly similar enough to get use from?.. Thanks in advance..Oh.. Impellor # would be mint as well if it's easy to see..
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    Glass carb seperator bowl

    Hey guys.. I could really use a line on getting a glass seperator bowl for my 1954 evinrude 7.5's carburator. Any lines on this would be appreciated.. Nothing on fleabay, and no e-mail response from Iboats as of yet. Thanks!!
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