Sanded, coat of natural stain to raise the grain and see belt sander marks, second coat of stain and final sand before epoxy is complete.
If I can find bases I think I will have enough for benches.
Looking forward to hoses. I will be reinstating the live well, any best hoses to use? Same for bilge pumps I assume. What about fuel, same question of best. Obviously I want all underdeck to be worry free.
Got the service manual in and as near as I can tell I does not cover the 4 cyl 50hbp shift linkage. But with my limited brain function, a close but not quite 40 hp video and the manual covering other models I figured out how to get the two out and replace them. I'll keep old attached and...
TJG!!!
welcome back and great news. Took me a couple rounds to find the right one and almost 20 years later she still loves me. Never mind I drug her nightly....
Hopefully since you have done all the nasty work she can swoop in for the fun finishing g stuff.
I'm tearing into mine...