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    whats the AMP draw when starting a 1997 Johnson Fast Strike 175 hp outboard

    I am looking to size the battery cables... I have to run about 20 feet of cable..... does the ground wire have to be as big as the power cable? I know lots of guys say JUST GO BIG!!!, and I did that on my last boat that is running a 115 ocean runner. and guess what.... there isn't much room to...
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    wiring in batter switches.

    OK, I have three brand new Blue Seas Battery switches....they are for one battery each...I am going to run two 12 volt batteries and all systems on the boat will run on 12 volts. I don't know if it matters, but I have an onboard battery charger as well. I am THINKING I can the three switches...
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    new carpet for my aluminum boat

    so I see 14 oz, 16 oz, 20 oz, and 24 oz....and it all looks too plush for me! I want a berber type low profile type carpet. I am installing it on my duck boat and Ill use the boat in the dead of winter when it is 10 degrees out!! I don't want the carpet to hold 200 lbs of frozen water!!... I am...
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    trouble with SS hardware

    In the process of rebuilding a Starcraft I have, I ran into serious issues with SS hardware galling, and locking up , long before it was cinching up the items I was trying to bolt together. This is happening with SS 1/4-20 pan head screws as well as hex head bolt when I use SS locknuts.... I...
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    Splashwell drain hole tubes

    A while back I cam across a thread where a guy has found new tubes that you install in the splashwell holes....and then there is a tool to roll the edge over and make it waterproof.....anyone know a source?? thanks bob
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    is there ANYWAY to contact STARCRAFT MARINE directly?

    they do not list a phone # or contact info at all...no source to email.....its like they DONT WANT you to contact them does anyone have a phone #....... bob
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    question on the Holiday Bow sheet metal

    the thread was just closed, but I was going to ask anyone here who knows or has a 22 ft holiday, if the bow material was one piece or two piece!! It is possible the V5 hulls were made different than the standard hulls.. the widest section of my bow sheet metal is 87" and my bow is made of 2...
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    what stainless steel 1/4 -20 screws do you use on the transom?

    are you guys using hex heads alone? with washers?, or pan heads??? or is there a specialty head screw that gives more support??? I thought I saw a post where the pan head had a recess under it for an o-ring!!!!!!! looking for a source as well/ thanks bob
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    need a check valve fitting for my fuel tank

    I picked up a second fuel tank. it is poly and has an aluminum hose barb fitting with a 1/4 NPT thread on one side. But INSIDE is a check valve... I think id like two get another one for my other fuel tank. I want to install BOTH fuel tanks. I have looked around and cant seem to find that...
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    new torsion axle, which angle setting to buy?

    I am looking to install a torsion axle on my trailer in place of the standard leaf spring set up. For many of the axles they offer different initial angle setting of the torsion spindle in relation to the horizon. they offer 0 degrees, 15 degrees 22 degrees 25 degrees and even 45 degrees. the...
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    would this be ok for a paint prep???

    I have about 5 gallons of this stuff!!, I am getting close to painting my boat. I figured its all sanded and ready for paint..give the boat a wash with this stuff and dry and prime?? I do have a few spots that I have filled unevenness and holes with JB weld....this wont bother that will it...
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    1979 22' Starcraft SuperSport V5 Restoration

    do you have any photos of that?????? are the angles down low near the floor??? or up near the gunnels tops bob
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    1979 22' Starcraft SuperSport V5 Restoration

    how do you plan on making the inside panels. and how are they attached. I didn't get any with my project 22 ft V5 holiday... and am scratching my head on how I can make up some side panels.. there are NO holes in the sides of the boat, so there never was anything riveted!!! most boats are...
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    aluminum tie strips under the floor

    I didn't take my boat apart, but I did get MOST of the parts. Plus I have taken my islander apart and StarCraft used thin aluminum strips about 2" wide to tie the tops of the stringers to each other.. I am installing 3/4 flooring and am wondering how much affect those strips of aluminum are...
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    lets talk gas tank fill hose and vents!!

    so I am assembling my boat now and I have an aluminum permanent tank installed between the stringers. I need to run the fill hose and I have a gas fill cap. The cap has a separate "vent"-"overflow" nipple. Is this nipple for the vent from the gas tank??? or is it in addition to the vent hose...
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    converting a dual axle into a single axle

    Well I think I have a need to retrofit one of my dual axle trailers into a single axle. I have a 22 ft starcraft holiday...it is being rebuilt, and I never owned it when it was complete, so I don't know its final weight...but am guessing that it might fall around 1300 lbs...add a 400 lb motor...
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    erratic tach and water passage blockage

    so I just fired the boat up after not running since feb...started right up!, I was going to de carb the motor and I let her warm up at 1100 rpms...if I tried to push it to 1200 the tach died. but the motor ran fine...I sparayed the decarb and while I am letting it smoke out I noticed the tach...
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    mixing bias ply and radials on a trailer

    So I want to buy some higher load range tires for my trailer. I just want to buy the tires alone, no rims... I have looked around, and it just seems hard to find bias ply tires in load range D in 205-75-15. I want that size because it is the size I have on four or my trailers!!!! so I can carry...
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    pitted gas tanks

    I went through a lot of the restore threads lately..looking for ideas and tips. One thing Id like to know is if covering the outside of a pitted aluminum fuel tank with JB weld or marine -tex...works? I have a 53 gallon tank that id would like to use, but it has at least one pin hole( I can see...
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    looking for a source for the thin "c" channel aluminum transom cap

    I had found a supplier when I was doing my Lowe boat years ago...but I cant find them now... I am guessing 2" wide with about 5/16th legs...in about 1/16th "thickness. would give me and inside measure of about 1-7/8th"....just about perfect. the stuff I found before looked like this on my...
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