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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I put the front piece back in. I ended up putting 1/2" plywood strips from leftover deck material behind the seams. I used PB and fastened them with bolts to ensure it's rock solid. The outside seams will be covered with upholstered coverings. Underneath, I put rubber strips so the bottom side...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    The originals were that way too. The surface is concave around the hole.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    The bilge drain thru-hull fitting is polypropylene plastic and my understanding is 5200 doesn't adhere well to this. Would boatLIFE caulk be a good option?
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Installed the rear eye bolts. Turns out there was still some leftover 5200 in the holes that was creating most of the resistance. Once I fully cleaned it out, the bolts went through easily. Also, the holes were already tapered a bit so that was helpful. Used acetone an A LOT of paper towels in...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I'm putting the eye bolts back into the rear hull and the fit is very tight (I have to use a hammer to force them in). When applying the 5200, I'm thinking I should put some around the threads in the section that will be in the hull cross section, basically where my finger is pointing to in the...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Here is the stern. Still have to hit the corners where the blocks are currently. I'll do that once I move it back to the trailer. Here is the port side. You can see where I stopped about 2/3rds up from the stern. Here are the little scratches. I did some looking at the starboard side and...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Lots happening over the last week. I bought a drill eraser wheel to remove the "Crownline" decals on both sides and the multiple pinstripes that went down both sides. It worked pretty well. For small things, I think the heat gun worked better but for these things the wheel was the ticket. On...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    One tip I saw on youtube to pass along. To remove the various stickers and decals I used a heat shrink gun to soften up the material and they came right off. On some of the tougher decals I used a paint scraper along with the heat gun to get them off.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Finished all the hull patching. The spectrum color patch paste was really good to work with and I got my technique down after a while. I found that putting a "dap" of paste on the damaged area then pulling a metal paint scraper across the top to get a smooth, flat surface worked well. Followed...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Manged to get the boat on blocks yesterday. The trailer has bunks so getting it enough forward to get the rear blocks in place was difficult. I can see how the technique @Pmt133 used would be pretty simple with rollers. Here's what I did... I lifted up the rear with an engine hoist and a...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I like this. Where did you place the rear blocks? Seems like you'd need to be away from the centerline to get stability with the 3 points.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Gelcoat patch kit from Spectrum Color came in and I started working on the hull. I've probably got 60-ish bad spots that I've used the die grinder to clean out and smooth. I was able to get about 40 of them filled with patch and have started sanding them down to be smooth with the hull. I've got...
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    Exhaust to Gimbal Connection

    OK, that's what I referred to as the shifter cable in my post. I replaced it 2 years ago so all good. Thanks for the clarification.
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    Exhaust to Gimbal Connection

    Not sure I know what you are referring to here.. can you elaborate?
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    FYI... got an answer from the engine forum. It's 92-25234 Sound blanket glue, but this has been superseded by Bellows adhesive 86166Q1. It's in the materials list in the manual but not in the actual instructions.
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