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  1. Crawfish Dundee

    Alpha one lower unit will not go back to upper without cuss words.

    I just installed a pump kit in my Alpha one gen 1 , and I can not get it any closer than a half inch. Im frustrated and have three hours into this chore already. It came apart hard, I had to shake it like it owed me money. I can only get it together this close and I can't seem to keep it in...
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    Need to purge an in floor gas tank of old gas.

    I have a tank of 15 year old gas that needs pumped out. There is an access door in the floor where the filler hose dumps into the tank, I plan on removing the filler tube hose and draw from there. My question is, Is there a economy pump of some sort that is sealed from sparks that I could use...
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    Just to be sure,, need to order impeller kit.

    I am ordering an impeller kit, and just want to be positive that I get the right kit. 1984 Mercruiser 470 big four. Ser. number on the transom housing is 6798108. And lower numbers are 1.98R A300661. I think i'm the owner of a Alpha gen 1? This isn't a pre Alpha is it?
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    Mercruiser 470 question.

    I just inherited an 1984 Starcraft, 20 foot glasser, my first inboard. This has been winterized before it was stored indoors, a dozen plus years ago. I know very little about this closed cooling system. I removed the coolant cap and a puff of pressure leaked out when I cracked it open, some...
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    Pondering HP of jetski engine for a glass boat conversion

    I am pondering the idea of inserting a jet ski drive train into a 1975 fiberglass Starcraft 15 foot tri hull project boat. I need a motor when the time comes anyway, and I do not know a thing about the jet ski world, never rode one, and never owned one. So I am wondering what I should be looking...
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    Material shortage for my repair.

    I can only do so much with coconuts, there are no home depots for miles...
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    Mystery colors

    I acquired a free Force 50 hp yesterday that came with a project boat, mod# 508F91C, (1991) ser# 030273. It is rough, some jackwagon left me 8 inches of wires to decipher and try to figure out how to use the control that came with it. The control is a US Marine brand with four wires headed to...
  8. Crawfish Dundee

    Evinrude 50 hp backfire problem

    Two years ago, I purchased a used 1995 Evinrude, 50 hp twin cyc. The seller was the original owner from day one, this motor ran flawless for him for many years, then one day while under power it started to backfire continuously. He had the carbs cleaned and installed new carb kits and it still...
  9. Crawfish Dundee

    Do I need longer bunk boards?

    The more I look at my project, the more I see that needs attention. I found the bottom of my hull is bent, or the bunk board is just to short. The hull is empty, no floor, nothing, just empty and I see at the end of the bunk board the bend in the bottom of the boat. I have no idea if this is the...
  10. Crawfish Dundee

    Trailer manufacture identifacation

    My trailer came with the boat, the hull is tittled, and the trailer's registration in MIA. For ,me to be legal, I need the manufacturer's name, and all I have is the tag on the frame of the trailer. I have searched a few guesses and came up with nothing. I am wondering if some old sage member...
  11. Crawfish Dundee

    Unreadable boat capacity tag.

    I am looking for a replacement hull capacity tag as my tag is sun faded and weathered to just a square of blank aluminum. There is 100% zero info on it. Would a copy of a capacity tag from a similar craft close to the same size as my boat be acceptable to have reproduced and used for a...
  12. Crawfish Dundee

    Prop change,, or not

    I purchased a used 50HP Evinrude that came from a pontoon boat. I am mounting it onto a 16 foot aluminum fishing boat. The prop size on this engine is 12.5 X 13. Thinking that pontoons are normally turtles, should I expect a similar ride, or will I need to change the prop for a little more speed?
  13. Crawfish Dundee

    Supermarine paint SM-1000

    I just recently purchased three quarts of this resin blend for the bottom and top side of my boat. And now just two weeks later, the web page is gone, the paint brand of Supermarine is gone. It is manufactured by Top Secret coatings, who has a few web sites with different identities hawking...
  14. Crawfish Dundee

    1981 Bluefin Sportsman rebuild

    Hello, for my first post I'd like to say that I have purchased an empty hull that I am going to rebuild. It will not be restored to original, just resurrected to functional. This boat has traded hands several times, and when I acquired it, it had the original owner on the title and never...
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