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    Which 'aluminum acid wash' to use inside hull - restoration

    I've also seen bleach recommended , its 5% chlorine I think , but I know pool chlorine is 14% which would for sure do the trick but you would need the special mask that could handle the gas to work with it.
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    Which 'aluminum acid wash' to use inside hull - restoration

    Pickling Vinegar is 7% - that should do the trick!
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    1974 R-1 140 Outdrive Shift Cable and Kill Switch Adjustment

    This is the switch that was used to modify https://octopart.com/z-15gw2-b7-k-omron-19899 This was the old link to the method of modification http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=290793&highlight=shift The link now goes elsewhere drat.
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    1974 R-1 140 Outdrive Shift Cable and Kill Switch Adjustment

    I have the same problem with my 73 Islander 140 merc Bin through 2 of those switches The fix from Merc is an ugly contraption that costs $150 clamps onto the engine beside the carb/intake that I hated and pulled off when I repowered. Once upon a time there was a way of modifying an easily...
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    1990 islander 191v camper top

    I have both an 73 Islander and a cruiser. Islander came with pro built camper tops done ~ 2004-5 . I bought the boat 2007. Never used the tops ex. the bimini. But I had the tops on the cruiser done by a mobile guy on Georgian bay last summer . He came to the marina and worked out of a cube van...
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    Is it safe to weld a winch post to the coupler?

    I am the worst case senario kind of guy Figger out what the worst case could be and prevent it Welds done by pros in a controlled jig etc. are the best but on aircraft they frigging x-ray them when they are aging !!! That trailer was built in 1981 those welds are fatigued for sure. Had an...
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    Is it safe to weld a winch post to the coupler?

    On the Starcraft forum a guy had just totally restored a beautiful 22ft runabout . He splashed her for the first time and on the way home the hitch popped off , the tongue nosedived and every weld failed - winch post ,tie downs and the safety chain welds. Boat skated right through a fence...
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    Is it safe to weld a winch post to the coupler?

    Also welds can fail while high strength bolts are preferred
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    Is it safe to weld a winch post to the coupler?

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    1973 ISLANDER REFIT

    The transom is 99% good and solid - only one small section is rotten - one inch high and six inches long where the aluminum bracket holds it up. When I was going to inspect her when in water I saw a major trickle coming in port side where the transom meets the side of the hull in the 90 degree...
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    1973 ISLANDER REFIT

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    1973 ISLANDER REFIT

    Gonna have to either build a shelter or drag her off the trailer using a winch onto some supports - my garage ceiling is a concrete deck - very low ceiling no way she's going in on the trailer.
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    1973 ISLANDER REFIT

    LOTSA PROGRESS !!!
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    Need a new block!!! 1990 fourwinns 4.3

    Somewhere in the Mercruiser forum I read that the 4.3 out of an Astro van with do the job if you switch everything from your marine engine onto the truck block. The big deal seems to be that marine engines need hardened cranks journals etc. so they can run WOT all day . Its my understanding that...
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    Adding a kicker motor

    Just gave away a 22ft Thundercraft pocket cruiser that had brackets to cradle an inflatable flipped up on one side. If the swim platform on that could take an inflatable then yours should be able to also. Bring yur own tow boat! The swinging kicker bracket on my 22ft Islander Tinny with a 9.9...
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    1990 70hp Evinrude Synchronization procedure problems

    Buddy had a pro mechanic adjust the carbs on an old Johnson 70. He used a stethoscope to listen for the fuel/air flow ! Adjusted them by ear!
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    Struggling

    Starcraft forum has a couple zillion threads where guys have restored Alu hulls. Check em out. I have just started one too!
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    Bilge pump runs does not pump

    Spiders and caterpillars block mine virtually every year!!
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    2008 Tahoe Q4 3.0 Mercrusier

    Is there a junction block? On my old boat crappy junction block always has loose connections Also I have a line fuse in an out of the way place for panel that has blown. Check grounds for corrosion too.
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    1973 ISLANDER REFIT

    The plan, as it's formulated currently , is to use some of the alu planks as Mcguyvered structure. Under the floor planks I could custom cut and rivet in lateral rib beams that sister for strength and level the floor. Yah headaches to get them rivetted in right.
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