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  1. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    I ended up using white vinegar and only let it soak for 15 minutes. I scrubbed with a toothbrush, rinsed thourghly dried with compressed air. I previously tried Grez-off, letting it soak for days, but it really didn't do what I had hoped. We use it at work as a parts cleaner(environmentally...
  2. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Carburetor Experiment

    I ended up using white vinegar and only let it soak for 15 minutes. I scrubbed with a toothbrush, rinsed thourghly dried with compressed air. I previously tried Grez-off, letting it soak for days, but it really didn't do what I had hoped. We use it at work as a parts cleaner(environmentally...
  3. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Carburetor Experiment

    It's the carburetor that was on the boat when I acquired it, and after one look, I purchased a reman carburetor but was still curious if it could be brought back from the dead 😊. I watched a video of an older gentleman using diluted muratic and rinses not leaving it in more than 10 minutes at a...
  4. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Carburetor Experiment

    I'm going to try an experiment. Since carburetors are expensive for the 2.3 and it's a gamble on reconditioned ones I'm going to try cleaning the old one. I've done alot of reading and video watching and have decided to use muratic acid. I've tried soaking and scrubbing using various cleaners...
  5. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    I'm going to try an experiment. Since carburetors are expensive for the 2.3 and it's a gamble on reconditioned ones I'm going to try cleaning the old one. I've done alot of reading and video watching and have decided to use muratic acid. I've tried soaking and scrubbing using various cleaners...
  6. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Gelcoat cracks around mercruiser transom plate opinions and repair questions.

    I've come across where spider cracks had formed in the gelcoat on the transom and were covered up with gelcoat and or paint to cosmetically make it look new again but with the owner not realizing why they formed. I'm not saying this is your situation but just input is all. Was the whole boat...
  7. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Removed the Wrong Screw

    We're not bashing just talking about our real world experiences with them and that screw started it lol. Sometimes threads take a tangent but everything is a learning experience and I'm glad it went astray!
  8. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Removed the Wrong Screw

    Lou with your experience what is a fair price for a good used OMC drive.
  9. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Removed the Wrong Screw

    Bayliners crappy quality is an understatement! That is why I had to gut the boat and rebuild it but newer boat prices are ridiculous and this was the only way I'd have a boat. Maybe one day I can have a newer one but not having a payment is nice lol.
  10. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Removed the Wrong Screw

    I can understand your viewpoint on searching and storing parts but you do what you have to 😉
  11. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Removed the Wrong Screw

  12. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    Thanks for the picture KC. I have a small concrete pad next to my garage that I hope to attach and put the boat under like a lean-to so to speak. The whole boat wouldn't fit but 90%will. I like what you did there but I know my wife wouldn't be happy if I did it 😊 One positive this year is with...
  13. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Removed the Wrong Screw

    If I'm not mistaken I think there was a cobra emblem over it originally but not positive. I have seen drivers with the emblems on both sides but not sure if that is an original setup.
  14. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Removed the Wrong Screw

    The only reason I realized the do not remove screw is I when I had my drive off and could see the anxiety it would cause by mistakingly doing so.
  15. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    If Santa could bring me the most wanted gift that I could want it would be the complete opposite of this!
  16. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Gelcoat cracks around mercruiser transom plate opinions and repair questions.

    Tapping with a mallet will not give you a true answer in regards to rot or no rot.
  17. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Question On Changing Stringer Location

    How's the progress coming?
  18. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    1993 Evinrude 28 spl tiller throttle cable.

    Ohhhh! I saw the word throttle lol.
  19. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    1993 Evinrude 28 spl tiller throttle cable.

    My cables had been replaced long ago from the PO but I found a part number stamped right before the engine (I have an inboard). Others have stated that it is stamped every couple of feet or so but with your application I can't say what you may find. I my case I found the number but still had to...
  20. 88 Capri (2022 SOTY)

    Question On Changing Stringer Location

    I would cover my boat every night and it would obviously keep the condensation off but also warm the inside of the boat up with the sun hitting it.
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