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  1. hadaveha

    Cold weather painting

    What's the coldest you can paint a aluminum boat, not what's the best temp, but what's the min. Temp
  2. hadaveha

    470 to I6 165

    If I wanted to swap my 1984 470 to a 165 inline six, what would I be able to use from my 470 set, would the outdrive be interchangeable I know the 470 had the alpha1 the 165 has the older Rdrive, will the transom set up work
  3. hadaveha

    470 to 3.0

    I have a 1984 aluminum crestliner with the mercruiser 470 set up. I have bought a donor boat with a 1989 mercruiser 3.0 Im going to swap and put the 3.0 in my crestliner. My question is Im replacing my transom anyway and was planning on using the old transom as a pattern. will the key hole cut...
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    dummy with a 1967 mercury 650

    I bought this boat and motor, motor runs great just wasn't pumping water, so I pulled the lower unit to change the water pump, I must admit Ive never done this on a mercury. well to make a long story short I have managed to get my motor and controls out of wack. I frst put the lower unit back...
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    aluminum angle

    I am having a hard time finding some 1/16 aluminum angle. Im in a small town so I don't have a lot of choices, anyone know of a good place to order aluminum and have it shipped
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    1984 crestliner

    I have a 1984 crestliner Nordic 22ft cuddy, I have been looking at Iboats resto forums from top to bottom, and I have noticed that a lot of these aluminum boats look a lot a like. Crestliners and sylvans look a lot like each other. spectrum and monarks seem to look a lot alike. I was just...
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    1985 suzuki dt55 driving me crazy

    Ok this motor has been in storage for 10 yrs , we got it out, changed the water pump, rebuilt the carbs, bolted on a brand new water pump, new plugs. she fires right up but runs sluggish and dies often, I removed the carbs and recleaned them, checked compression 120 on all 3 cylinders. Im truly...
  8. hadaveha

    1993 suzuki dt75 cant figure out

    I used this motor all year last year no problems, toke it out of storage this year changed the waterpump put it in the water it fired right up, rode 45 minutes or so, came back to the dock and its never hit another lick will only spin over, if you pump up the bulb tight, choke it spin it over...
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    suzuki dt55 lower unit

    [I] have a 1985 Suzuki dt55, Im trying to remove the lower unit, I also have a 1994 dt75 but they seem to use a different setup to conect the shift linkage on this dt55. any help would be wonderfull this manual could not be more non specific thankyou
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    my 1960 lone star maybe the worst looking boat ever

    Re: my 1960 lone star maybe the worst looking boat ever this should give you a pretty good idea of before and after the rustoleum treatment I think the stuff is great IM sure some paint out there is better but what a lot of bang for your buck
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    my 1960 lone star maybe the worst looking boat ever

    Re: my 1960 lone star maybe the worst looking boat ever well after new transom,new floors, gulvit, paint striper, paint striper and more paint striper, more sanding than one man should ever have to do, and atleast 1 pint of blood. I must say Im pretty proud of how this old girl is coming together
  12. hadaveha

    suzuki dt55 sitting up for 10 years

    I bought this motor a few weeks ago, Its been sitiing or should I say laying in a guys garage for 10 yrs, He told me that it allways ran great it just begain to jump out of gear in forward, Ill cross that bridge when I get to it, also the ignition key has been lost. Im looking for any advice...
  13. hadaveha

    primer for aluminum

    ok guys quick question here I need to get a coat of primer on a mostly bare aluminum hull, some guys say just use a good all purpose primer, some say use a self etching primer, whats the best
  14. hadaveha

    suzuki dt55-dt75

    I have a 3cyl dt55 and a 3cyl dt75 these motors look just just alike whats makes them different is it the bore, or the jetting in the carbs. can the dt55 be a dt75 by chance
  15. hadaveha

    1957 lone star steering conversion

    IM trying to convert a pulley steering system to a steering cable, I think (think) being the hey word I have it figured out, but my steering arm seems to be to long, Im getting 100% movement 1 way and about 20% the other I think with a little mod I can get a good 75% both ways. First has anyone...
  16. hadaveha

    Can the worlds worst looking aluminum boat look worse

    Yes it can everything I do makes her more of a pig, atleast I got the floor out and all the drywall screws holding it in, and the transoms out ready to be replaced. the stripper job blew up in my face. Please pray for this ugly duckling
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    my 1960 lone star maybe the worst looking boat ever

    I bought this boat sight unseen well that's when it looked its best. This beast is fugly its a 1960 lone star 16ft really deep I like that but that's about it. Not sure what Ill do with this one maybe make a center console, atleast what ever I do it cant look worse.
  18. hadaveha

    Treated plywood

    I know I read on hear somewhere to not use pressure treated plywood in your aluminum boat, I was just wondering why, I have helped replace the floor in a lowes bass boat, and a pontoon boat, both came from the factory with pressure treated plywood, does it do something to aluminum
  19. hadaveha

    gluvit question

    I have just bought a 1965 lone star medallion. 17 ft boat closed bow. I am going to try to rip the rotten floor out this weekend. I wanted to go ahead and order my gluvit anyone know about how much I should need for a boat this size.
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    lone star medallion

    Any chance anyone here has one of these, If so any chance I could get a couple pics of your windshield and maybe some measurements. or if anyone know where I might get a replacement windsheild
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