The carbon fiber sounds interesting and may look into that. More info on that, if you have it, would be greatly appreciated.
Mc Tool, I've thought of just putting the Mercury decals on the Suzuki hood too...the hood shape is really close to the Mercury, I may do that to keep it simple but would...
Hello guys. I have a 2001 bass boat with a 225 Mercury Optimax. The motor is weak and tired and I don't plan to spend any big money on a motor unless it's to upgrade to a 4 stroke. I love the original look my boat has and the era it came from...including the motor that blends in nicely with it...
I'm not sure about stringers but pretty sure they didn't touch transom but they inspected it and then replaced the floor and then recommended the roll-on coat on the outside. So epoxy doesn't strengthen the hull? That's why they were recommending it (whatever "it" was). I wish they hadn't gone...
Yes mine had balsa wood in it too and it was rotted... the fiberglass shop put in marine plywood when they replaced the floor.
They had recommended putting a fresh coat on the exterior of the hull to strengthen it so that's why I made this post...so that's my next project (a layer of epoxy I...
Hello everyone. I have a 14 ft 1961 Crestliner Mustang fiberglass runabout. It was my father's and it has been stored in a barn most of it's life so it's in good original shape for its age. However, the boat is over 60 years old and the hull is covered in very tiny stress cracks. It needs...
Jbcurt00, glad to hear this. That's the only thing holding me back on buying the motor is wondering if it'd be a waste of money because performance wouldn't be satisfying...and I'm not just talking about hole shot and top end speed (I'm not as worried about those things) but the way the boat...
Hello all. I have a 1961 runabout that was my Dad's boat and I've been wanting to get it back on the water for years. It originally had a Johnson 40 HP 15" shaft. I don't want to build the transom up and I also want to go with a 4 stroke. Looking at buying a low houred Suzuki 25 HP 4 stroke. I...
UPDATE: took the boat out on a short run this morning and there was no oil/gas on the motor afterwards. All the old was gone and no new leakage - lower unit was clean. No new leakage under the hood either. Oil levels in reservoirs fine. I had been running it on muffs the past few months just to...
I've had a leak seaping out from below the cowling and down onto the upper gearcase housing of my 1998 225 EFI serial number 0G68-2033. Underneath the cowling looks mostly clean compared to the slightly larger amount that leaked onto my garage but today I did see signs of leaks around the back...
Hello. I have a 1998 Mercury 225 EFI on my bassboat. I walked past it the other day in the garage and seen oil on the back of the casing. I know sometimes unburned gas appears on the outer casing after idling but that's not what it is this time. There's more of it this time and the boat hasn't...
