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    1987 Sea Sprite 225 SSB transom re build.

    OK at the suggestion of one of the Iboats Mods I'm starting a new thread and Im going to only post to this one. Ill keep all my pics and work progress here also. I'll make a long story short to start. last summer I purchased a 1987 Sea Sprite 225 SSB cuddy cabin. I knew it needed a lil work...
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    1987 mercruiser 5.7 dry weight?

    Im getting ready to pull my 5.7 mercruiser engine and I need to know the approx dry weight so when I build my gantry I can be sure it will pull and hold the weight...Thanks.
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    1987 SeaSprite SSB 225 Transom/partial stringer rebuild w/pics

    ok! here goes, started the other day tearing out all the rear interior of the boat so I could get right down to the bottom of the keel inside the bilge and down around the transom/gimble plate to inspect the transom. Just what we had expected, using the tap/rap test I determined my transom is...
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    Pulling my 5.7 mercruiser engine for transom rebuild.

    OK! gettin ready to pull my 5.7 ltr engine out of my boat. Problem is the top of the back of my boat sits about 5' off the ground and to high for a standard cherry picker engine puller to work. My question is this, has anyone built a rig out of wood over the back of their boat to pull their...
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    Floatation Foam

    Do all fiberglass boats have flotation foam in them?
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    Fiberglass material amount!

    If I post all the dimensions for my new transome can someone give me a good idea of the amounts and types of fiberglass Ill need to finish the project or is there a formula I can use to figure my supplies and material?? I wanna start this before winter hits here in Mich!
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    1987 Sea sprite ssb 225 cc new transome or repair?

    OK! coming over from the Mercruiser I/O forum where we found on my 1987 Sea Sprite ssb 225 cc with an Alpha 1 outdrive the to lower anode bolts very loose and upon further investigation with an ice pick found the bottom 6" up and about 12" side to side from the center V of the transome soft in...
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    Lower transome plate/anode bolts loose

    I hate to admit this but the other day we took the boat out and while pulling it out of the water I happen to leave the outdrive down and drug it accross the pavement for a few feet. Now needless to say the 2 anode bolts are loose, I can take the anode cap off and wiggle the bolts in the hole. I...
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    87 sea sprite 225 cc taking on water

    Noticed the other day my bilge is filling with water about 2 gals in as many hrs on the lake with out pumping it out, (I bought the boat early this summer), so I brought it home tilted it up so the bow was way up and found water seeping from the 2 lower gimbal housing bolts and around the bottom...
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    87 5.7 mrecruiser surging under load

    I recently bought a 1987 Sea Sprite 225 nice solid boat owner told me the motor was rebuilt in 09 by a marine mechanic, this boat sat for 2.5 yrs out of the water, coverd and winterized. The boat starts,idles and throttles up fine on the muffs, took it out for its/my first sea trial and it still...
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