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    Steering travel left to right too short

    Hi folks, At the end of a rebuild, and my yamaha v4 steering link travel is 12 inches full left tofull right. My teleflex rack is 8 inches full left to right. This leaves me with the ability to mount it for full travel to the left but only half to the right. Any ideas to change the set up to...
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    no start,2 stroke oil pouring out the front

    Hi Folks, Did a carb rebuild on a yamaha 115 two stroke 1989 model, because it sat with fuel in it for three years. Anyway , got it all back together and she turns over nice ,but nothing . Cranked it 5-8 seconds, three or four times , then noticed two stroke oil coming out the front of the...
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    Cap Issues

    Hi again, So ive got my cap almost on after a full redo of transom and stringer. However , now that i'm trying to put it back together, my splashwell is keeping the cap from going on fully. Things I guess have become out of shape over the years. Do I redo a portion of the splash well or do i...
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    Bump strip

    Hi Again, How do you guys polish your bump strips to make them like mirrors, and , when you install, is the cap fastened at the same time as the strip, through it, or are they mounted separately .Thx, rover
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    Still At it !!!

    Wow, a year goes by fast. Had to take a break and rebuild the family 4x4. Anyway, when i took off my cap to do a transom and keel rebuild , the cap was fastened with Phillips head stainless screws. Can't stand them, can i use a high quality robertson drive deck screw instead? Thx rover
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    Still at it!!

    Hello All, Might get it in the water yet this year! that's the goal. Just wanted to post a few pics and ask if i'm on the right track. The shots of the keel are of what i hope is completion! Keel laid into Pl premium adhesive, 1/8 gap at min,then a 2inch strip csm in the corner, then a 4 inch...
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    Oh God

    i've been stalled out on my rebuild, and brought her home so icould build at night after being with the family. Brought it home wednesday, and had a storm over night which left the keel i just placed in under water. I had to drill out a small hole in the transom to drain, but didn't coat or put...
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    Carbon fibre and keel install

    Hi All, Been a while since i posted. Took the plunge and set my keel in place on my cvx 16 with the pl premium adhesive. At 1/8th inch gap, it's a good solid filler with strength and give. My next question is about laying up the fibre glass. I've done one pass with csm using a 2 inch wide cloth...
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    Keel Bedding

    Hi All Doing a rebuild of a cvx 16, and am about to lay in the keel. Bought marine high strength filler, but max thickness per app is 3/8ths. I fear my keel might have some larger gaps between it and the hull,so i'm wondering what alternative i have? Does the peanut butter recipe work for this...
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    iboats gauges

    Hi All, In the process of rebuilding a 70's carlson cvx, and i've got to do gauges. It's got a yamaha 2 stroke 115hp, and i'm looking at the teleflex sahara series from the iboat website(great price). I called teleflex to find out more,they said i need seperate two stroke gauges?Is this true...
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    Hull danage

    G'day all, Just warming up to the season, and noticed some damage to my"new" used boat.There is so much info on this site, i thought it may serve me well to ask if anyone has a short cut to a thread,link, or reccomendations on this type of repair. Vessel is a cvx16. Here is a pic and a...
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    Transom pics-how do i rebuild?

    Hi All Have a chance to buy a boat from a friend who got it as a trade. Used it last year to ski and tube,and to tow a 28 foot cabin cruiser when it quit.So it is able to pull, but i wanted to know the communities input as to how tough a rebuild it would be, and also as a family boat, how safe...
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