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    68 Cobia houseboat restoration/transom repair

    The transom in this houseboat I recently purchased is soft, bad along bottom. Lots of brown,wet wood with few test drills. I am looking at doing this transom replacement from rear of boat due to size, height on trailer. Cutting the cap, working inside would all have to be done with step...
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    Converting 58 rude to long shaft.

    What years and hp's will work as donor motors to conver a short to long shaft. My dad has a good running 58 but his boat requires a long shaft. Thanks for any help. Glen Sorry should have said hp it's a 50 hp. Duh should have inluded that.
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    Starcraft stringer?

    Well I have looked around Iboats on boat restoring and started to work on removing the wood on my Starcraft transom. It's a 68 14 foot v haul. I removed some of the floor today to look at the stringers. The wood inside the stringers is pretty well gone. However my boat has at least 6 stringers...
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    35force ok for 14 ft

    I have a 87 35 hp force motor and a 14ft starcraft v thats rated for a max of 45 hp. I would like enough speed to tow 2 kids on a tube and 2 adults on board. Kids about 200lbs and adults about 225lbs. Should this be enough motor. Also is there more than 5 hp differnce at the prop with a 59 model...
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    converting 59 rude short shaft to long?

    I have a good running evinrude v-4 50 hp,59 model. Only trouble is the shaft is not deep enough for my tri haul. Any idea what year long shafts will fit and all the parts needed. I would assume it's more than just the extension part in the center.
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    Mariner plugs??

    Second hand question for my dad. He has a 75 hp mariner that fouls the plugs constantly. It's a 75hp 85 model serial 6468589. The manual he has says champion L78V plugs. The champions foul constantly. Any better recomendations. He put in a set of splitfire plugs from a early 70's evenrude and...
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    Johnson seahorse age/rebuild info?

    It's old just not sure how old. Model RDSL-22C serial #2135318. Any idea what year. Magneto ignition and wire screen for intake filter. It has bad bearings in lower unit, need a good article on pulling lower unit on apart. If no info is available on line who has best manual on this motor? I will...
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    Force 35hp year/ parts??

    I have a force 35hp model 357F7B serial 1034 with a bad/missing parts lower unit. The bottom assembly of lower unit was damaged and parts lost, will a Mercury unit fit this model. I got this motor in a trade from trade from a person I trust,and it was pretty much given to me he just lost intrest...
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    Evinrude starflite age, impeller location

    Anyone know the age of a evinrude starflite 450 serial # 50515 01795. Also where is the water pump located on this vintage engine. Thanks for any help. Glen
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