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    1973 Evinrude 50 will not pump water

    Very long story short, I put in a new head and gasket, impeller, added a telltale output in the head, and a new thermostat in my '73 Evinrude 50hp. It starts and runs fine except it is not pumping water to the power head. I'm running it on muffs and I can feel air coming out of the telltale (and...
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    1977 15' StarCraft Holiday Restomod

    About 7 years ago I sold my 73 14' StarCraft with a 40hp Johnson on it. The boat was fairly rough considering it had been in some sort of accident, that made it perfect for beating on and fishing from. Last week I picked this up, complete with a shoddy deck over deck arrangement, seats from a...
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    Making my Baretta a fishing friendly boat, looking for ideas

    Here is the bow of my boat as it is today. I would like to remove the cushions and install a platform. I would also like to remove the cubbies (or whatever they are called) from under the seat cushions and put a hatch on each side. I either plan to recover the cushions at some point and use...
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    The actual use of 2# foam questions

    Hey all. Part of the restoration of my boat is looking like I will need to cut out the foam and replace all stringers which will be detailed in my other thread as I progress. I have questions about the actual use of expanding foam that I could not find answers to when I searched. Working time...
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    Fishing and swimming with a buddy

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    1989 Baretta Success 185 restoration

    As many projects start they tend to cascade from repair to full blown restoration... This one will fall in the middle of that. I will determine how far after the summer, for now I am going do the deck and stringers. I am horrible at remembering to take pictures as I progress with projects. I...
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