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    gruman sport boat

    Hello iboat friends, this may be the wrong place to post this and if so I am sorry. I am looking for an older gruman sport boat, the ones that look like a canoe that needs to go on a diet. They are the perfect boat for some of the Canadian boat in camping adventures that a friend of mine and I...
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    1969 1.5 hp evinrude mate

    about to pick one up to use on a canoe, 100 bucks I think I got a decent deal, any advice on oil to gas mix? I am sure these where set to run on leaded gas, is that gonna be an issue?
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    Getting my 2001 9.8 ready for winter

    Ok so I keep the motor in the basement, during winter, I run the motor out of gas completely, change the lower unit oil and move it to the basement. Should I pull the plugs as well?
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    3m 5200

    So if 3m 5200 will cure underwater, can i paint over it before it is fully cured? what would the diffrence between painting it and having it cure underwater? Im just being impatient i guess as i want to get this darn project done.
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    self etch primer

    My question is how well does self etch primer work on bare aluminum? I would like to paint an aluminum duck boat but would like to skip the etch wash and then prime. Has anyone used rustoleum self etch spray primer?
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    aluminum bench seats

    Ok I have a boat with aluminum bench seats, I would like to attach seats to it, I was thinking i could get the swivl eze deck base that you can get in aluminum. I would then drill a hole for the peg part that extends down, i was thinking i could pop rivet the base right to the seat? any reason...
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    how to charge

    Ok here is my question, my father (77) lives on a small lake with no way to run power down to the dock, he uses a trolling motor on an old canoe as his way of getting around the lake to do some pan fishing. His house is a farly long way up a steep hill, I am worried about him hauling a heavy...
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    possible project please help with input

    Ok so i am comfortable with the price i can get this boat for, I know it will be a total restore but I have a few questions but first I will add the pics so you will understand what I am asking
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    gluvit question

    Ok so I am looking for a project boat now that i am done with the alumacraft FD, I am looking for a larger boat with flat floors this time, I am fully expecting to have to redo the floors and transom so I have been reading up on how to protect the floors and transom from future water damage, my...
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    looking for a project

    looking for a project boat, want an aluminum fishing boat with flat floors, my question is am i unrealistic or do people over value their stuff? the worst case so far has been a 29 yearold lund with no motor roton floor and transom, guy wanted 1295 i offered 800 and thought that was fair for a...
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    crestliner angler

    I am looking at a old crestliner angler 16 foot, it has a side console but i was wonderig if anyone has converted one of these to a tiller? the wood is all rotten so i would have to redo it anyway
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    trailer bounce

    I have a small fishing boat, that i had to redo the trailer for, I had to replace the leaf springs in the process, I already removed one plate from the springs to soften the ride and that has helped however, when i hit bumps sometimes it bounces the motor pretty good, I want to take it camping...
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    Please help with electrical

    Ok so i have a 14 foot aluminum boat, nothing fancy just bench seats and a motor. I want to add running lights and a troling motor, also my motor has electric start so I figured i would hook that up as well as long as im gonna add a battery. so hear is my question can I use 18 gage speaker wire...
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    2001 9.8 2stroke leak!!!!

    ok so I finaly got the trailer and boat all set was ready to go fishing when I noticed a leak where the lower unit meets the shaft, I dont know a whole lot about motors so I am posting some pics incase my terminoligy is bad. the leak is not comming from the oil fill or vent holes.
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    Rivet question

    SO I am working on restoring an old alumacraft FD fishing boat. Sanding it down to bare alum on the inside of the hull so I can gluvit and then prime it, and paint it. Problem I am having is the bench seats are super hard to get under to sand and prep for gluvit and paint. Got the whole boat...
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    alumacraft FD

    Ok so I have been puttering on this old alumacraft FD and the trailer on and off for 2 years. Finaly got it on the lake today and their is a slight leak comming from the seam toward the bow. My thought is just to use some 4200 and reseal the seam, could i do that and then cover it with golvit...
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    nissan 9.8 2 stroke

    Hey, I was about to buy a mariner 8hp 1986, on my way I stoped to look at a nissan 2000 9.8 2 stroke. It was clean and ran awsome, good pis stream, in cosmetic great shape and everything checked out! The lady selling it becuse her husband had passed and she had no need for it had no clue what...
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    is this a good deal?

    I am looking at picking up a 8hp 86 mariner short shaft, guy started at 800 got him down to 400, engine is almost new, used as a kicker and he never uses it, i am going to pick it up tommorow after work, unless one of you wise people here can tell me its not a good deal. Ok cant get photo to upload
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    who made 86 8hp mariner short shaft

    I have seen some reports elswhere that they where yahmaha and not mercs does anyone know for sure?
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    15 hp mariner 1993

    Looking at buying a 93 15 hp electric start mariner and am a little worried about the avalibility of replacment parts. I know they were made by murcury, so can mercury and mariner parts be interchanged? also anything else I need to be aware of on this model? I have been shoping for a motor for...
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