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  1. matt167

    Tiny boat performance help

    Principle of a teeter totter. The motor is going to push the stern down so it’s going to plow water until it can overcome that. If you equal the weight and equal the teeter totter more, you get a straighter forward motion. This is why most of the plastic bass boats have sliding seats
  2. matt167

    type and color of paint of Starcraft Islander.

    Alkyd enamel is what SC used. You’ll spend $50 a gallon in today’s money at the hardware store. $75 at the paint store if you want the matched Color. I forgot to mention you’ll also want hardner. Or if you really want to spend some money for a notch above, you can use acrylic or urethane single...
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    Pushing Run-Flat tires to the limit

    Few years ago I had a guy come in who was running on a blowout run flat for a couple days. Then couldn’t afford tires. Somehow that tire was HOT but you wouldn’t have known unless you looked on the inside
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    type and color of paint of Starcraft Islander.

    Alkyd enamel is all you need. Sherwin Williams and possibly others can custom mix for you, or you could get whatever the hardware store has and roll with it. Rustoleum, or like Ace rust stop, Majic paint ect….
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    Eagle Claw Starfire X trolling combo’s. Any good ( enough )?

    Anyone have any experience with them? 8’6 medium heavy with a line counter reel is $90 at Dicks sporting goods. Walmart has a similar rod and reel for same price but it’s probably built for WM as they do that. I’ve got to outfit my boat since I’ve never had a trolling boat myself and I need a...
  6. matt167

    Engine Suddenly revved and speed dropped, then recovered

    Your shift cable probably isn’t holding position like it should. So you get it to pop out of gear and yes if it is no longer structural so to speak. Your cable is spinning on the other end
  7. matt167

    Hangkai 6hp T6

    It’s basically a Yamaha clone. Rebuild the carb. That premix OPE stuff is actually known to be pretty bad and not what an outboard should run anyway. I boil carbs in a light lemon juice mixture
  8. matt167

    Old school Luhr Jensen trolling speed indicator.

    Gonna give it a go with what I got
  9. matt167

    No dipstick on 1989 era 3.0L?

    Will the dipstick for a 250 Chevy 6cyl work? Tube and dipstick for a 3.0 is over $100.
  10. matt167

    New old boat checklist.

    Are there any gotcha’s with the impeller on the 9.9 Yamaha? Every video I looked at made it look like probably the easiest one to do. Ive watched probably 5 videos on it and each one does it a little differently with what gear it goes in to do the service but the basic service is still 4 bolts...
  11. matt167

    Another Free Boat Project

    Yeah the ball gears on the outdrive make it stiff to turn over because they partially bind. ( this is why you don’t start it like that ) If you want to donate it to a non profit needing that much work, just give them $6k and call it a day. That’s the minimum amount you’ll be into it. $6k can...
  12. matt167

    Suzuki oil change warning question

    Oil pressure and oil life are not the same. I have heard of Suzuki outboards having oil pressure switch issues
  13. matt167

    New old boat checklist.

    Both deck and transom are solid and checked out or I would not have bought it. Pretty well kept boat. When I went to look at it, I was looking for reasons not to buy it but couldn’t find anything.
  14. matt167

    New old boat checklist.

    It looks like it takes a low shank walking foot, so I should be able to get one
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    New old boat checklist.

    It’s an alpha gen 1 being 1989. And the machine is a Euro Pro 1262D. It’s designed for denim and light fabrics. I found some old online things that suggests it’ll work and it was $50. Wife wouldn’t go for something better.
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    New old boat checklist.

    It’s a Euro Pro yeah I could add that to the list.
  17. matt167

    New old boat checklist.

    Here’s some pics of it and what I’m up against
  18. matt167

    New old boat checklist.

    Since I have this new to me boat I know I have a few things to do to bring it up to my standard. When the guy test ran it for me, the little 9.9 Yamaha ( which turns out to be a 2002 ) wasn’t peeing like it should so I had him shut it down and he knocked off quite a bit without a second thought...
  19. matt167

    Is this 2k worth of trailer?

    March or April of 2021 I can’t remember I bought my Venture VB1300 for my 14’ StarCraft and it was under $900. Difference though was that trailer was one year old leftover that was in the way so he heavily discounted it
  20. matt167

    Old school Luhr Jensen trolling speed indicator.

    My dad rode with me to go get my new boat, and my dad has trolled for years although he didn’t go out last year due to time and other projects. We talked fishing of course. I haven’t gone out on his boat in a couple years and I’ve never actually had my own boat that was really capable, but now I...
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