Hello, here in a couple weeks i will be going to Laughlin for a weekend and wanted to bring my newly restored boat down to see what boating the Colorado river is all about. It is a 15 foot fiberglass with a 50hp Mercury on it. It runs strong and tops out at about 35 on good day at a calm lake...
Hello everybody, I have been searching over this forum for the past couple days trying to figure out what kind of paint to use on my trailer. I have heard rustoleum, Valspar, Por 15 and TSC paint (out of the option as I live in Arizona). Anyways I was reading that some of you guys had been...
Hi, I am at the stage in my restoration where I need to find some rub rail for my 1959 harvey. The hull deck joint is an outward flange type that is about 1/2" wide and about 3/16" thick. I am unsure of what type of rub rail I could use on this as most seem to screw into the boat somehow, I am...
Hello, I just purchased a radio and two speakers and boxes for my 1959 Harvey boat. It has not ever had a radio in it so I am wondering how I would go about putting the head unit portion in the boat. There is an open space for the radio, but I would have to cut a hole in the dash and I would...
Hello, I recently rebuilt the fuel pumps on my 83 merc 50hp because you could watch the fuel level drop through the fuel filter. I assembled it all and it seemed to be corrected until I was out at the lake and I hit a descent size wave and it lost fuel pressure and I could only go to about 2500...
Hello, I am wondering if somebody can give me instructions on how to do this and run to the battery. I am planning on using an in line fuse, but am very inexperienced in wiring diagrams. I looked at a few on here and it is still a foreign language to me. This is the switch I bought and if you...
Hello, when I have three or four people in my boat I am having trouble with plaining out and they must move to the front for me to get on plane. I do have a long shaft on a short shaft transom so the cavitation plate is about 1.75-2 inches below the bottom of the transom as i already raised the...
Hello, I have a 1983 50HP 4 cyl and after years of tiliting the motor, some gas has managed to seep out the carbs and spill onto the "deck" area that surrounds the powerblock and has become increasingly greasy. I noticed that there is some sort of a spill shelf directly under the carbs that has...
Hello, I have been having WOT problems and noticed that the fuel level in the in line filter case is fluctuating quite a bit. It will start out decent then go down to almost empty and then rise a little and fall etc. I am wondering if this is normal or if the fuel level should stay relatively...
Hi, I have a 1983 merc 50hp 4 cyl and I am wondering what wire I need to splice into to feed my tachometer. The control box doesnt have the connector like the older ones do, so if you can tell me what wire I need to hook up to I would appreciate it
Hello, I painted my boat with the interlux brightside paint about a month ago. I have a tape line that I need to get rid of and I do not really want to repaint the whole boat, so I am wondering if I can wetsand and buff the paint similar to what you would do on a car. If so, with what grit and...
Hey guys, I am at the point where I need a new steering system for my boat, and have some questions for you before I order it. I currently have an old Mercury ride-guide system from somewhere around the 60's and the whole system is nearly seized up and the cable is all dry rotted. I am looking...
As stated in my previous post, I just got some jump seats that I will be using for the rear of my boat, but I am looking for 2 seats that I could use for front seats of my boat. I thought that jump seats might work but then I realized they must have a backstop to back upto. I attached an...
I just got some wise boat jump seats, and am looking to build a wooden base for them that will put them up about another 1.5 inches higher and it will be something that I can secure the seats to without having to go through the deck. I thought I saw somewhere that somebody had made a base that...
