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  1. 1985 Century Mustang

    Question/Advice: Fiberglass over old Fiberglass In Bilge Area.

    I need to Fiberglass over old Fiberglass in the Bilge Area, because it's slightly cracked and I need to address that. Question- Can this be done, and If so, do I acetone/clean the area, do a first coat of resin and then put on the fiberglass?
  2. 1985 Century Mustang

    Looking to Paint over Old Gelcoat.

    Can anyone recommend a good paint to go over my old gel coat. It will be above the water line, it's just basically the top portion of my boat. The boat is almost 40 years old and the gelcoat is starting to look faded etc. Any suggestions, epoxy primer and then paint? Thanks
  3. 1985 Century Mustang

    A friend needs a new below deck fuel tank. It's the belly style I believe.

    My neighbor and I removed his leaking tank yesterday. 1996 Trophy Bayliner 20'. Hes looking for a new replacement, his style is a below deck belly style I believe. The dimensions are 44" long 33" wide 14" deep, 82 gallon tank. He's going with plastic this time, doesn't necessarily need 80...
  4. 1985 Century Mustang

    What's the normal Carburetor Fuel PSI for an Alpha One Gen One 140hp Rochester 1985

    I'm currently running a Carbole Super 12S electric fuel pump @5-9 PSI, and I think it may be too much fuel pressure. It accelerates and runs fine, until I shut it off and seems to flood out. What is the normal fuel pressure for my Merc 140HP A1 Gen1? Again, I think I may have too much fuel...
  5. 1985 Century Mustang

    Gimbal Housing Studs for a Mercruiser Alpha 1 Gen 1. Need the specific part # or size for these.

    I'm redoing my transom, and I just removed the gimbal housing after a lot of sweat, cheater bars and penetration oil 🤨. Anyhow 2 studs broke off of the gimball housing. Does anyone know the part #. I need to order two. And I'm going to have to tap out the two broken bolts out hopefully. Thanks
  6. 1985 Century Mustang

    Any Transom experts here. I have a Transom Rebuilding Question.

    I'm almost done pulling out all the hardware I'm redoing the transom. Question concerning the transom itself. It looks like there's a sub transom where the transom plate goes. Are there two separate transoms. It seems like where the transom mount goes it bumps out. Shown in the photo below.
  7. 1985 Century Mustang

    Anode Bolts Mercruiser Alpha One Gen One 3.0

    I'm redoing my transom. I have the 2 new Anodes for my outside Gimbal mount, (the dome bullet style) but I need those Anode bolts, they seem way too overly priced, is there any other bolts I can use. Has anyone here used anything different other than the Merc Anode bolts. I can't stomach...
  8. 1985 Century Mustang

    Transom Mount Bolt Size Merc Alpha 1 Gen 1 or are they studs.

    I have to remove my transom mount on my 1985 Century 20' Boat. I'm redoing my whole transom. It's a Merc 1 gen 1. Does anyone know the bolt size or is it just a stud, I snapped one off hitting a sandbar last year, so I'll need to replace the transom mount and the bolts studs etc.
  9. 1985 Century Mustang

    Doing a Full Removal 1986 Mercruiser 3.0L 140 hp Engine Question

    I'm going to pull my engine and remove it from the boat altogether, I'm redoing my transom. Question, I'm going to build a platform for the engine lift so I have enough room to clear it from the boat when I pull it. About how high should I build the platform for clearance. It's a basic 2 ton...
  10. 1985 Century Mustang

    Advice for Portable Fuel Tank Mercury 115hp Command Thrust

    My neighbor has/had a fuel tank leak in his onboard fuel tank. So he drained all the gas out and doesn't want to cut into his deck to remove the old damaged fuel tank, he wants to go with 2 portable tanks now. The fuel fittings were fine, it's just a bad leaky tank. Question- What tank do you...
  11. 1985 Century Mustang

    My friend forgot to lock the hitch. Doh!

    This just happened 2 weeks ago, my friend and I were in a hurry to go out fishing on my boat. I left him in charge of hitching the boat up. I drove 3 city blocks and heard a disturbance, looked through the rear view mirror and saw the boat bouncing around. The boat came off the unlocked ball...
  12. 1985 Century Mustang

    Trailer Light Adapter Question

    I just purchased a direct fit T adapter trailer light kit for my 1993 Ford Ranger. I hooked up the adapter and then plugged it into my original trailer adapter. But I noticed there are 4 wires total coming off the new truck adapter and my original trailer ( the female adapter) has 5 wires total...
  13. 1985 Century Mustang

    Mercruiser A1 G1 140HP Upper Gear housing Question regarding heat..

    Question: Is the top half of the Sterndrive (upper gear housing cap that has the 4 bolts) suppose to be hot? I just flushed out my engine for 10 minutes w the ears and noticed it was hot when I touched that cap. I checked the gear oil under that cap and it was good. I'm not sure if this is...
  14. 1985 Century Mustang

    How thick is a gel coat usually?

    I have a mid 80s Century Mustang Bowrider. Im curious to know how thick the gel coat usually is on boats from the 80s.
  15. 1985 Century Mustang

    Part of my Inner Transom is Rotted.

    I was getting about 6 gallons or so of water in my boat after 5 hours on the water. I hadn't noticed any leaks till I discovered that the inside of the transom mount area was rotted on one side. So i went on the back of the boat (dry land) and tapped all around the transom/bell housing, one side...
  16. 1985 Century Mustang

    Marine Carpet Glue For Wood Decking

    I'm getting some ideas on which carpet glue I should use. I'm about to carpet my deck today. Does anybody here on the forum have any glues they have used before, that they would recommend? The carpet is going over a plywood decking. So far I like Roberts 6700 and Henry 663, The Rec Pro looks...
  17. 1985 Century Mustang

    Problem Restarting, Idling and Acceleration when the engine is warm. Merc 140hp 3.0 Alpha 1 Gen 1.

    Having an issue with my boat. I could run her for 3 hrs straight literally, and with no issues at all. The problem is, when I shut down for say 10-20 minutes and restart, the engine has major issues starting/idling and accelerating. After attempting it a few times, eventually it gets going...
  18. 1985 Century Mustang

    Some possible water in my outdrive and the outdrive was making that clacking noise again. Pics and Videos Enclosed.

    I'm getting and erratic clanking coming from my sterndrive ( Merc A1-G1 140HP 1985) When I opened the top cap to the drive hot, (top photo) I thought what appeared to be water and metal, I didn't feel any metal, I guess it was just water and suds etc.. When it cooled down, (photo 2 and 3) the...
  19. 1985 Century Mustang

    Does seafoam work in the fuel system. Engine was bogging and had poor acceleration after several hours in the water.

    Today after a 5 hours on the water, I started losing acceleration as it bogged down, some times almost stalling out. The engine took a few seconds to shut down when I turned the key off, it was sputtering for a second or two and then it shut off. Never did this before. When I got back, I...
  20. 1985 Century Mustang

    Getting a weird grinding sound in Sterndrive. Merc A1-G1.

    I'm getting a grinding sound in the Sterndrive. A1-G1. I'm gonna drain the gear oil and see what it looks like. Anyone have any ideas you may have experienced with this before. I'll post a video soon.
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