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    Finally found a Starcraft

    So, I sold trihull project in favor of a 1965? Starcraft Jupiter. I bought it on a trailer with non-running 1980 40hp Mercury for $175. It has been sitting for 3 years and the motor inside doesn't look bad at all. Most of the floor is out, but all the foam I have run across is dry. The wood...
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    16ft Larson I/O trihull help

    Re: 16ft Larson I/O trihull help... more pics and questions Re: 16ft Larson I/O trihull help... more pics and questions Well, I've got the motor almost pull all the way out of the boat. This only exposed more rot. The wood stringers are about 11" wide and 3/4" thick pine I'm guessing. There...
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    16ft Larson I/O trihull help

    Long story short, sold sold a Mark Twain that needed alot more work than I was willing to give and bought this 1970's 16ft Larson Trihull with a 120 Merc I/O. It came on a tandem axle trailer that was worth the $300 I gave for the whole bit. So I started stripping the "Hugger" orange paint off...
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    Stripping paint from Gel

    I just bought a running 1977 16ft Larson Tri hull for $300 on a tandem axle trailer. The catch is that it's been gutted to be fixed up. The floor and transom look good and it has a great little 120 mercruiser with pre alpha I drive that was just rebuilt, but the catch is that it's hugger...
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    Bound to happen... Stringer/floor question

    Well, I posted a question about crazing on the top deck of my late 60's 16ft Mark Twain V Sonic. The boat came with a "new" floor. So I pulled up the awful colored carpet to reveal a 1/2" pressure treated ply over the original floor that has a gaping hole through it and clearly one stringer...
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    Need some quick info on a Merc 850

    I picked up a this Merc 850 off CL on a trade for an old broken laptop I had sitting under my bed for over a year. It looks like its been stored inside for some time and I saw no critters or anything of the such. It did not come with anything. I want to do some simple testing to see if its...
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    Need direction of a new project... gel coat repair

    I picked up a 16ft 1968? Mark Twain V Sonic. It's in decent shape for being such an old boat and comes with a new floor. The transom and rest of the boat is solid as far as I can tell, but needs TLC. I have a ton of little cracks about 1" or so in the gelcoat. They are not spider cracks and...
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    quick prep question

    I've been working on my 1959 Span/Sea King boat for awhile. The boat isn't worth much and I've been working under a pretty tight budget. I've decided on Rustoleum paint to probably roll and roll for the bottom of the boat hull. I have a number of random scratches and some crazing on the...
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    How would you fix this? My low budget 14" classic

    A little background... I picked up this 14ft 1959? Sea King/Span America boat for free. The floor, seats, transom were all rotten. So I replaced the transom, dug out all the wet foam under the seats and replaced it via the builders foam method. I saw a little water running out of the front...
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    81/82 Merc 18 hp fuel carb trouble

    I got this Merc with a boat that I traded for. It starts on the first pull and has nice spark on both cylinders. I have a few questions. With the choke turned all the way clockwise, the motor will idle rough, but will not die. I see that an arm pushes down a small valve that I assume is...
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    1982? Merc 18hp xtra long shaft conversion

    I have aquired a, what I think is, extra long shaft 18hp tiller from the early 1980's. The transom on the boat I'd like to put it on is for a short shaft. Can I remove the midsection and make it a long shaft motor and then just build my jack plate or transom elevator? Can somebody offer some...
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    1965 Chrysler Sea King 50hp help

    This board is great. This is my first post to this board and I've been lurking for at least 2 years now. I've just aquired this motor in trade for a dusty small router table that a guy wanted. It's free and appears to be in mechanically better condition then when I got my 1960 Evinrude Lark...
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