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    AQ130C/270D Project thread

    Hello all, figured I would make an intro here since I will be here most. I bought a '72 Glastron Carlon CV16 over the winter and have got her running. Still working out a bunch of bugs. Right now I've got oil in the bilge. There is no obvious source of leakage as far as I can tell, most of...
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    Signature suggestion

    Just a friendly suggestion: Have the administrators ever thought of cutting down the signatures? I am a member of about a dozen internet forums, one being vwvortex (one of the biggest online) and iboats has some of the largest signatures I've ever seen. Multiple boat pictures, huge fonts...
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    1989 Ski Brendella (boat restoration progress)

    Re: 1989 Ski Brendella (boat restoration progress) Nice project! I will always have a sweet spot for Ski Brendella's. Me and a friend bought a '91 Super Comp for $1000 in 2005 that needed a motor rebuild. Needless to say, I learned my lesson about projects with friends! Sold it with the...
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    Nissan NS8B - no water cooling

    Hey guys...so I just put a new water pump impeller in my NS8B. It ran fine before, I was just doing a nice spring service on it since I just bought the boat and it came with it. The impeller I pulled out looked brand new. I put a factory one in it also. I got it all back together, and now...
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    Battery Charging

    Hey guys, so I'm re-wiring the 12v system on my San Juan 24. I bought a nice Optima deep cycle battery and I'm wondering what I should do for maintaining the charge. I am looking at just buying a battery maintainer/charger. The boat came with a shore power cord with a regular 120V socket at...
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    My San Juan 24

    Hey guys... can't believe I just now found this forum. Here's my 1975 San Juan 24 I picked up this last fall. I am in the process of slowly updating her. Right now, its rewiring the whole 12v electrical. I work full time and go to school 3/4 time so projects on it don't get completed as...
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