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    This may be the dumbest question you've ever read on this board-"89 J60 TLCE

    :redface::redface:I've just finished building the hull and hooking up the controls. I was just about to come apart with anticipation. The motor had been run periodically on muffs over a span of 4 years. Each time with seafoam in the pre-mix. All the hours and hours of work to finish the resto of...
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    '89 J60 TLCE Loads up under load, won't run out past 2000 rpm

    New champion plugs. Just did a VRO to pre-mix swap. This motor has been on a stand for 4 years. It ran OK on the muffs, at idle, but won't run out under load. WOT?? Not happening. A full carb pull down and re-build?
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    Pitot type pickup placement? Where on the transom do I mount this?

    I've got a completely new transom, inside and out. So... there are no old reference points. I don't know where to mount the pitot pickup in relation to waterflow or water level height as relates to the hull in the water. I've read what posts are available for this topic and am well aware of...
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    Converting to non vro. On new pump which one is the fitting layout?

    :confused:This is an ancient topic, so I apologize up front for not being able to find it in archives. This project has been shelved for a couple of years, and I've forgotten the fitting layout of the new fuel pump. Which of the 3 fittings on a non vro pump is which? Which way to mount the pump...
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    1 layer of chopped mat enough for a deck???

    :confused: Just finished laying up the deck with 1.5 oz chopped mat in poly resin. I had planned on top coating that with 18 oz woven roving, for strength and longevity, but the resin usage is really startin to take a financial toll. The roving is bought and paid for, months and months ago...
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    Brand new transom. Anti-cav plate 1" higher with stainless prop??

    I had to shelve my project for a couple of years. Now she's almost finished. Will update the pics on shareaproject soon. I've looked in archives and found the part about mounting the engine so the anti-cav plate is even with the bottom of the hull. But I seem to remember an old post that talked...
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    Anyone heard from tashasdaddy in a while?

    Haven't been on the forums in quite a while. A couple of years. Any one heard from TD?? The old tri-hull resto is alive again. Hull repaired, new transom, inside and out. All repair work faired in with cabosill-gelcoat home made filler mix... Cabogell?? 3 coats Petit easypoxy one part paint over...
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    Fuse Type?? '82 J35elcnd main ignition

    Read on before you laugh right out of your chair. Just put a new OEM wiring harness on this one. Alas, the fuse recep came empty. I've tried two different types of glass Buss fuses. AGC and ASW-A. One was too long, the other too big in diameter, if I remember right. I live pretty far out in the...
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    This stuff is unbelievable! Pettit Easypoxy

    Seems like it took forever for the days to warm up and quit raining. (I'm working outside) Honestly, I had some reservations. Price, looks, application. I took the plunge and bought a gallon. Bought a gallon of medium fill primer by Pettit as well. Somewhere somebody wrote "Magic" in regards to...
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    Primer question... White undercoater by Pettit OK for below waterline trailered boat?

    This is my first boat paint job. I chose Easypoxy one part topcoat for the whole hull because of the ease of application. Roll and tip. It's a small (15') trailered boat. I also went with their white undercoater one part primer as part of the one part system. That's where I may have made a...
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    Cabosill and gelcoat-nice final skimcoat. Gelcoat putty.

    This goes in the for what it's worth column. I mixed up some cabosill and gelcoat to skimcoat the nicks and other hull repair work. It's pretty labor intensive to get it smooth, after it sets, even with the wax additive, but it makes a nice, cheap, final prep for primer, paint. Serious prep work...
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    One part primer over cured resin?? pics

    I sure would like to prime these repairs instead of gelcoating them all. I have no air equipment. Any gelcoat work will be by hand. I think I've got to coat the outside of the new transom with new gelcoat, but do I have to gelcoat all of the little patches? I'm going to make up some cabosill...
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    10% Styrene, el-cheapo roller sleeves. Nice!! 1st update on Hurst-link

    After my first taste of laminating a decent area, with a chip brush, and unthinned poly, I decided to ditch that method and try rolling it out. The Elmers resin from Lowe's kicked pretty quick at 2% mekp, so I cut that back to about 1.25% at about 60 degrees outside. Mark, from US Composites...
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    Anybody ever reconstituted Poly Vinyl Alcohol?? Gelcoat curing sealant.

    I've got a lot of gelcoat to put back. In different shapes, on the outer hull and on the interior. I'm reshaping the little bitty bilge, gonna put in a splashwell, and coat the water side with gelcoat (over glass). The idea of taping a zillion little saran wrap seals is not too appealing. So I...
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    30 Yr old poured foam blocks. Dry. Sound. Still Usable?? Pics

    These are the 2 large poured flotation blocks Hurst stuck in the middle of the boat, boxed and glassed to the sides. The plywood was rotten, the blocks soaked. I cut them out to replace the underlying decking and have since decided that I didn't like where they were at in the first place. Right...
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    Help!! Where can I find this tiny cable clamp? PICS

    This is the tiny littlle throttle cable clamp for an '82 35hp. It will work in either the motor side, or the control side. I was replacing the throttle cable, and somehow, this little thing got away from me. The one in the pics is from the control side. Where do I find this thing? The cable is a...
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    Finally ready to sand and paint. Primer????

    It's been awhile. I'm finally able to get back to my project. Ready to sand and paint. I've decided to go with a 1 part poly from the store here. Mine will trailer home at the end of the day, so constant immersion is not a problem. The existing gelcoat is chalky and dull, with some dings that...
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    How can I detemine drive shaft length??

    '97 J60 TLE. BRP shows two different shafts. One is a 20", the other a 25". One is part # 437376, the other is 437379. Mine measures 19" to the top of the impeller boot. So it can't be a 20" can it?? Don't they count total shaft length in the measurement? One nutty thing about this shaft, the...
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    Will new rings clean this up? (Pics)

    '73 18hp. This one was given to me. It's for my Jon. It didn't run, and know I know why. Some history. This one was locked up at some point. Last owner (a really big guy) broke it free. Judging by the sheared flywheel key, he didn't use enough, if any, solvent. There is NO ring ridge, pistons...
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    Why do some folks take the air silencer off? Is it flow?

    If OMC puts 'em on, why do some people take 'em off. If air flow is the goal, why not put some old fashioned velocity stacks on the carbs? I'm sure I'm not the 1st 70's era Kawasaki 750cc triple 2 stroke ex-owner to look at the option of V stacks? Thoughts??
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