1973 starcraft ss restore in progress

dozerII

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Good news on the bearings, and it sounds like you have a good plan to seal her up.
 

crankbait cowboy

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having some issues with my computer freezing up when i come to this site. anybody else having issues or at my end? also posting picks freezes it. am befuddled did some research on this sight as to straightening the skeg , and got mixed reviews. some say no heat others use heat , some pound out with a backer bar, and some suggest clamp and doing slowely. not sure if any of you are interested but what i tried and worked well for me was the following. i had the gear case empty and all seals out , and heated just to hot to touch and then pounded pretty darn hard with a rubber mallet and a 4 x 4 wood backer. i did this about 4 times as concerned about getting to hot. patience and take your time and my skeg is now straight, and no cracks or breaks.
 

Weep'n Willy

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You are not the only one with some freeze ups. In the website forum section there are some people also stating they are having problems. I have had it happen a couple times where it will freeze for a couple minutes then continue as normal but I was just figuring that was because of my satellite internet. Oh how I wish I had cable internet again but this is all that is available in the boonies.
 

Watermann

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Nothing here other than every now and then a few minutes of "working" on Windows 7 with Google Chrome.
 

crankbait cowboy

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real befuddled here, my main computer lets me scroll down the page about 80% of the way then freezes and says page is not responding. of course it is the bottom where you need t get to post or post pics. am on a freinds computer now and all works well . of course all of my pics and such for the forum are on my other computer. what is so strange it only happens on that computer ( which would leave you tro believe it is the computer itself ) but it is only on the iboats website and only oncw you get into a forum , the main page works fine. all other websites run as normal. could it be in settings or something? probable not the right place to ask advice on such a matter , but you guys on here are some awfully smart son of a guns so thought what the heck.
 

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Clear your browser data. Download the free version of malwarebites. Run it and let it clean out all the junk.

I also run the free version of adblock and it blocks most of the ads and popups.
 

Watermann

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What web browser are you using? I pretty much only use google chrome mainly because every hacker creep out there goes after anything Microsoft and it works great of course.
 

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thanks guys, google chrome works fine and will look into cleaning up cached items in explorer. like i said a bit of advice from the starmada and i am back in action using chrome. the pictures show how i cut off the broken skeg and cleaned it up. not sure if it will be fine like i have it, or if i will need to put a skeg guard on down the road. looks dfferent , but i did not really lose any protection to prop it may give. we will see later on when i get ready to get it wet.
 

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Watermann

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Good deal on being back in action CC. Hey that skeg is just fine, I cut the jagged edge off the Chief's MC skeg and at Bondo's advice just left it alone. The skeg really does nothing other than offer a tiny bit of protection for the prop. I sanded mine into a smooth shape, primed and painted it. Guess what nobody ever noticed it but you'll see in the pic it's missing half the skeg. The PO put a SS skeg guard on it but I hated the way it looked and when draining the LU the oil would run down inside it creating a huge mess.



Now if you're the kind of guy that loves to star at a trailer queen boat and your eye only focuses on the skeg then by all means repair it :lol: Now that you know about the skeg and it's demise your eye will go right to it in this pic.

 

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Nice save on the Skeg crankbait! No point in spending a lot of time/cabbage fixing it up...just to bust it up again!

Besides...Agua's boat up there goes about 150 Mph :madgrin:
 

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been spending my time over on johnson outboard forum, getting advice on my outboard. real great group of guys over there also and have learned alot from them. i did get all the seals in my prop shaft housing, shift shaft, and new water pump installed. and thought i would share something i learned about the water tubes in exhaust housing. mine were smashed up a bit due to po putting lower unit on with tubes not lines up properly at some point i believe. thought i would post up what i did to straighten them in case anybody may run into the same issue. pic 1 before attempting to straighten pic 2 a 1/2 inch bolt and ratchet going slowly to spread the copper tube pic 3 a vise grip to bend the ends down roound on the bolt pic 4 after the repair. they are much better and will now slide down into grommets on pump housing i believe.
 

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cj8mule

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Nice save on the water pipes CC. That guy really messed them up and looked like they were beyond repair :eek:
 

crankbait cowboy

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yeah a bit undecided if it will work or not. anybody know how tight a seal is needed in them grommets on pump housing and how deep does the copper tub go. they are not perfect and wondering if they will seal ok, i have them pretty good for an inch or so but if they go deeper in housing going to have to do some more work. i cant believe it can be that tight a seal (copper tube in rubber grommet) and unless i am missing something should not be much pressure is there??? any body got any input i would sure appreciate it. thanks
 

dozerII

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Holy cow someone sure messed them up!!!. I would imagine there is a lot of tear down to replace them? What doe the guys over in the Johnny forum say about the seal and the pics?
 

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Those water piper are a mess. Boobie may have the solution with the water tube extensions/o-rings. In his last post in the outer exhaust housing removal thread, CC. I think they could be a workable solution.
 

crankbait cowboy

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thanks for chiming in fellas, keep the ideas coming , they are much apprecialted. GA i hear ya, but not much room to cut off old , maybe a small dremmel some kind of extension and a small cutting wheel. i will checkit out but pretty tight in there.
 

GA_Boater

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Looking the parts breakdown, it's gonna be a bear without removing the power head. :eek:
 

crankbait cowboy

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yep, if i have to remove the housing to fix the tubes most deffinetly gonna have to go the distance and remove powerhead. hoping to just straighten the tubes up as best i can, and put her back together , but dont know if i need a real tight seal at the grommet. if so tear down, and extensions. if not i think they are good enough to go back together. would save a lot of work, but really on fence as to which way to go?
 
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