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  1. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I agree. I am looking at a 75hp engine on the other side of the state. Gentleman has not spoken with me yet but description says he's aging and just wants to part with it. Allegedly as low hours. I would preferably wait until I can possibly find a good used motor from a shop, but if I can find a...
  2. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Is a pressure test and compression test the same thing?
  3. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    This is valuable information! Thank you!
  4. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Does any motor mechanic know how to do this, or is this specific to boat motor mechanics?
  5. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    How do I run a pressure test?
  6. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    What do I need to look for/ask? How do I run tests?
  7. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Thank you!
  8. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I am confused. There was a post here with a complete restoration of this really beautiful blue and white boat that I read and watched videos on. There was not one comment that I saw. and I can't imagine that nobody was interested in it. I could be wrong, but I don't recall the op asking for no...
  9. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I have some random questions that I just thought of if you all would be happy to assist with. 1. I am assuming that there is foam in the hull that will need to be removed and replaced. I also assume the foam is there to assist wit stability and buoyancy? If it assists with buoyancy, then...
  10. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    So there is an option to shut comments off then?
  11. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I would like to eventually create a story line tutorial of all the things I did, all the things I failed at and all the things I succeeded in like others have done before me. I did not see any comments in theirs, so there must e a way to close the comment section off...but I also agree....at...
  12. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Once things start, I would like to post updates and pictures and possible videos of the process. Do I do that in this thread, or start a new one? And if I make one, is there a way for comments to be turned off just so my progress can be displayed? I can assume that if I posted updates, that...
  13. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Thank you! I can't wait to get started!!!
  14. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I am definitely keeping the boat. I will probably look into selling the motor to make something off of it and then buy another 85 hp used motor.
  15. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Thanks! I I am sorry, I misread what you had preciously stated. I will look into that. Thank you!
  16. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Yes clearly lol.... but I can not find out what kind it is. Based off the pictures and what others have told me..... without any identifying information......I can deduce that it is a possible mercury 2 stroke outboard that dates back to 2005 at least or later..... but that's not enough...
  17. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Here's all the pics I took of the motor as requested.
  18. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    This is correct...At least in my case. Registering the boat was very easy. I just went to the DNR and had a temporary registration in hand within 20 minutes. Getting the trailer registered, is proving to be a real pain however,
  19. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Well that's good to know! It is a black engine block. Definitely not gray
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