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  1. eggs712

    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    I got the main part of the upholstery done. I still have to make the running boards for extra deck storage, and the flap that goes below the walk-through windshield for cold days.
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    HELP! 1985 Mariner Ignition Switch problem

    This helped me when I wired my new control box:
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    I got the courtesy lights installed! They all run to one switch on the dash.
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    1980 Mercury 115 power trim wiring

    Thank you, I downloaded that image and will try to figure this out this afternoon. One more question, why does the newer harness have four wires coming out by the motor? They look the same color as trim wires, but I currently have the 4 wire harness from the trim motor running to the control...
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    1980 Mercury 115 power trim wiring

    On my '80 Merc 115 with the separate trim motor, I recently added a newer style throttle control. The wire colors didn't all match up and I couldn't find the wiring diagram for the control box, but the tachometer works. I had the trim motor out of the boat at the time because the hydraulic...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    Well, despite the cold front this weekend, I decided to test the boat out when the wind calmed down for a few hours. The motor ran really well. The low idle was rough and wanted to die at first, but after running WOT for a while, it started to idle a lot smoother. Top speed was only...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    Yesterday, I finally got a few ounces of nasty looking oil to come out the helm end of the cable. I added 5 more ounces of ATF to the other end and hooked the air back up. The air tank lost a few PSI today but the oil is still working its way through. This thing may take several flushes to get...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    I've been busy like everyone else with the holidays, but I shot a pic a couple weeks ago with my seats installed. I replaced the rotten, carpet-covered boards that protect the hull from hitting the wheel covers (it would take a pretty bad driver to hit it but extra protection never hurts)...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    I swapped the nut and bolt on the swim ladder for a clevis pin with a bushing and cotter pin. The next thing I did was fix the walk-through windshield. A few screws were missing and it wound up taking some clamps to get everything back to even be able to replace them. It was just another...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    I got the ladder mounted tonight. In lieu of something better to use, I just used some 5/16" bolts with a lock nut as hinge pins. To keep the ladder from swinging into the boat, I used the railing hardware from the tubing I cut up, held in place with a pop rivet. I've just been crossing...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    The ladder is done, but I hadn't TIG welded aluminum in nearly a year and was out of practice. So some of the welds are ugly looking but fused at least. To do it, I first welded the T-joints using 4 intermittent welds per side. Next, I tacked it all up and welded the top sides around the...
  12. eggs712

    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    I've been looking online for instructions or even the hardware to help replace the missing bottom half of my swim ladder, but with no real luck. So I thought I'd share in some detail on how I am making my own. I have some 1" 10 ga Aluminum tubing from the railing on a scrapped parts boat, and...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    Done.
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    The sprinkled Rustoleum non-skid was so fine that it sunk in the gelcoat and wasn't even noticable. So I mixed the whole packet in with the gelcoat this time; hopefully it works better. I got most of the first coat on the deck done this morning, just ran short of painting the seat box...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    My plans were pretty ambitious on Monday, but all I had time for was finishing all the CSM on the seat box and the area around the fore deck where the ski locker seam meets the deck seam. I've been busy hauling winter hay and setting some out this week. I had yesterday off and sanded the deck...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    Yesterday, I glassed the CSM on the floor, tabbed in the seat box with 1708, and glassed the driver base in with CSM. This morning, I hopefully have time to glass CSM over the top and sides of the seat box, a little sanding to smooth out the floor good, and put down gelcoat on the floor.
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    Friday was pretty warm for this this time of year, and I got some more done. Some of my filets required me to stuff and hot glue some scrap cloth into up to 1/2" gaps. I then sanded the filets and deck seams. Next, I finished all the deck tabbing. I also started to glass the first layer of...
  18. eggs712

    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    I got some sanding done on the seat base and passenger seat box. The inside the box is tabbed and mostly covered in CSM, just have to add a little more CSM where the opening is, sand, and it'll be ready to gelcoat. I'm only gonna gelcoat the inside for now, and will glass the outside of it once...
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    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    I made way too much PB and got some fileting done on the deck. The weather here has been cloudy and cool, so I have to wait for some sunshine to heat the barn up to do more glassing.
  20. eggs712

    1983 Procraft 1750V Boat Restoration

    I put in a 12 hour day on the boat yesterday, but didn't get as far as I expected. I have about all the glass laid out for the deck and have all the plywood cut out for the seat base and box. I'm making the seat box 17" by 8", with 1" ply thickness on top. I used some quick set epoxy to hold...
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