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  1. am_dew

    Stern light pole with accessible wiring?

    I am looking for a 3/4" round stern light pole with light on top which would allow me to attach it to my existing wiring...ie. the wiring comes out of the bottom of the pole. I don't need a base for it, just a 24-36" pole with the light on top. Seems as though all the new style pole style...
  2. am_dew

    Large carpeted floor mat over carpet -- stopping slippage?

    Re: Large carpeted floor mat over carpet -- stopping slippage? UPDATE: I had to take the boat back in to the installer who made the mat for me for some other issues and he said he will sew in some rubber cleat backing to the back of the floor mat. He showed me a sample of the cleat material and...
  3. am_dew

    Good staples for upholstery?

    What kind and size of staples do you guys use when doing upholstery work? I recently had new seats made/installed and the shop used very small staples that look like the ones in my stapler at work....not what I was expecting to say the least and some of them are already coming out after just a...
  4. am_dew

    Large carpeted floor mat over carpet -- stopping slippage?

    I recently had new 1/4" pile marine carpet installed in my boat. The place that installed it also made me a "floor mat" made out of the same carpet they installed, which wraps in front of and behind my lounge seats and down the center of them...basically it's shaped like a short "H" laying on...
  5. am_dew

    Lounge seat: seat base carpet edge trim?

    Re: Lounge seat: seat base carpet edge trim? Thanks Dan. I also thought about U channel...the plywood is 3/4" thick and the carpet about 1/4" so a 1" U channel just might do the trick. Here's a better shot of the entire interior. Again, it looks great, it just lacks a little workmanship in...
  6. am_dew

    Lounge seat: seat base carpet edge trim?

    I just got new seats built and installed in my 1972 boat as well as new carpet. The seat bases are all covered with the same carpet used on the floor. For some reason, they did not wrap the carpet around the bottoms of the seat bases of the rear lounge seats. These seats raise up so you can lay...
  7. am_dew

    Morse throttle/shifter neutral lock issues

    I've got a vintage Morse side mount thottle/shifter on my 1972 boat. It worked flawlessly until just recently when I had new seats and side panels installed in the boat. They had to unmount the throttle from the side panel and then re-install it once the side panel was ready to go. I asked...
  8. am_dew

    New seats for 17 ft runabout

    Re: New seats for 17 ft runabout Here are some pics of the finished job. I had new carpet installed in addition to new seats. While it looks nice, the workmanship in some areas was not very good, and in fact I am pulling the boat back to the shop this morning for them to correct a laundry...
  9. am_dew

    Lounge seat base bracket padding advice needed

    Re: Lounge seat base bracket padding advice needed Here is a pic of the old seats showing the L brackets that I am referring to above.
  10. am_dew

    Lounge seat base bracket padding advice needed

    I had someone build and install 2 new lounge back-to-back seats into my 17' runabout. They turned out really nicely but I have one issue that I would like to nip in the bud before it makes a bigger issue. Mounted to the floor with two screws at the stern end of each lounge seat is a 3/4"W x...
  11. am_dew

    Alternative to 3M 4200?

    Re: Alternative to 3M 4200? Thanks everyone. The seat bases will be secured with 1/4" hex head lag bolts, which should be easier to break loose (if necesssary) from the bond with a socket wrench, than a slot or phillips head screw may be. In addition, in some cases the old seat base lag bolts...
  12. am_dew

    Alternative to 3M 4200?

    I am having new seats installed and someone recommened using 3M 4200 on the lag bolts and in the pilot holes. Problem is I cannot find 3M 4200 in stock anywhere nearby and I don't have time to order online. Is there an alternative to 4200 I could use that I might find at my local Lowe's or...
  13. am_dew

    Bimni top slider hardware

    Re: Bimni top slider hardware Yea, now that I take a closer look, I can see that. My idea of a thumb screw is something like this: but I now also realize that something like this may not work due to the shape/size of the upper "thumb" portion.
  14. am_dew

    Bimni top slider hardware

    As part of a larger restoration of the interior of my boat, I am having a bimini top added to my 17' v-hull runabout. After much measuring and consideration we determined that using the existing sliders on my boat to hold the bimini deck hinges would work out the best. One of my concerns...
  15. am_dew

    New seats for 17 ft runabout

    Re: New seats for 17 ft runabout OK -- I sure wish I knew a little more about what is underneath that floor. Here's a couple pics of the boat from the side and rear. You can see that the center of the lounge seats are about where the windshield slopes down to the gunwales and the other pic...
  16. am_dew

    New carpet color opinions?

    I am doing a makeover of my seats and carpet in my 17' 1972 runabout. Some of you may recall my previous thread regarding my seats. For them, I am sticking with the essentially the same color as they are now...teal. I am in a quandry as to which color carpeting I should do. I've decided that...
  17. am_dew

    Bimini top - how tall is OK for cruising?

    I am looking at getting a bimini top for my 17 ft runabout which I want to be able to have up when cruising at 30-35 mph. I am 6'2" tall and ideally would love a top that I can stand under. My gunwales are about 26" tall, which would mean I would need a top that is about 48" high. A local...
  18. am_dew

    New seats for 17 ft runabout

    Re: New seats for 17 ft runabout Took a close look at the existing seats today...looks like I'll be needing custom built bases due to the way they need to match the shape of the hull interior. Rear jump seat removed and leaning forward so you're looking at the back of it. Note the angle of...
  19. am_dew

    New seats for 17 ft runabout

    I am thinking about replacing the lounge and jump seats in my 40 year old Delta Boats 17 ft v-hull runabout I/0. I have only begun shopping online for replacements. Does anyhone have any recomendations or advice on what I should buy and/or installation? Thanks!
  20. am_dew

    Alternate (temporary) fuel supply

    Volvo AQ130C I am having "no power under load issues (see here for details: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=519182 ) and I suspect I may have issues with the gas in my tank so I would like to temporarily attach an alternate fuel supply to the intake side of my mechanical fuel pump to...
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