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    First-timer's Follies - Part IV - The Finale

    1984 Checkmate Enforcer restoration ? Part IV ? The Finale For the history of this restoration, see First-timer's Follies Part I ? Intro and Paint, Part II ? Floor and Part III ? Cockpit. I ruptured a tendon in my arm this winter, so I got a late start picking up where I left off, but it's...
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    First-timer's Follies - Part III - Cockpit

    1984 Checkmate Enforcer restoration ? Part III ? The Cockpit About a year ago I posted the first two major parts of my restoration - paint and floor. It's taken a while, but now to the last major part. Click on the links to see pictures. Cockpit Side Panels The original side panels had some...
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    Juice to fuse panel, but no juice on fuse

    I'm a novice when it comes to electrical, so bear with me. I have juice to all the fuse clips connected to the 'hot' side of my fuse panel (my circuit tester (test light)) lights up, but when I touch the fuse itself with the circuit tester, the tester does not light up. And neither do the fuse...
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    System Check tach, constant beep and rev limit light stays on

    I have a 2003 Evinrude 225 HO that my marina's rigger has installed. He's a Mercury-certified mechanic and not as familiar with OMC, so neither of us know what is causing the problem. The problem is, if you turn the key there is a continuous beep and the Beede System Check tach goes right to...
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    First-timer's Follies - Part II - Floor

    1984 Checkmate Enforcer restoration ? Part II ? The Floor For the purpose of this post, see Part I ? Intro and Paint. If you don?t want to read this whole post then skip to the bottom to see the What I Learned and If I Had To Do It Over Again bullet points. Floor I was originally just going...
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    First-timer's Follies - Part I - Paint

    When I decided to restore my boat (1984 Checkmate Enforcer O/B), I read many forum posts from many different sites, and bought a couple of books and videos. What I discovered during this restoration is, either everyone is much better at this then I am, or people tend to forget the unpleasant...
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