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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    If you look at the center of the opening, you'll see where I added plywood to the bottom to from a lip to hold the door to the pole storage. Water had set in this area and soaked through the varnish coating and the wood turned to mush here is some close ups of the rotten wood...
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    I'm back!!! Long story short, back then (August 2014), we bought a '88 Sylvan 18' just like this one, and so we took this one (we call "moms boat" as my mother had bought it new and we got it when she passed) to the in-laws farm and stored it in a lean to on their old barn. Now the '88 (we call...
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    Got MBS, Got a Ken Craft Ski Barge

    My grandson (he is 16) wanted to go fishing and we have a small lake (25 acres) about 20 min away. With the Sylvan in pieces, I went looking for a cheap boat and I found this for $200. It has a '57 18 hp Johnson on it and the trailer look good. The boat is in very sad shape but it floats. I...
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    84 115 with VRO

    About 10 years ago, I did away with the VRO pump and now I'm in the process of rebuilding the boat. At the time, I didn't pull the oil tank and now I've done that. Where it is wired into the wiring on the engine, do I need to do anything with it. One of the wire goes to ground and the other is...
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    18' 84 Sylvan rebuild

    Just joined and looks like a great site for help. This boat has been in the family since new. It has a 115 HP Johnson that had a new power head installed in 98 and has about 150 hours on it. The last 2 summers it didn't get any use cause my wife illness. She has recovered and was getting ready...
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