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    is this good enough?

    I recently purchased an old tri hill and was looking at the trailer today in the garage and wondered if I needed to make some adjustments. I am fairly new to towing boats or anything for the matter so I don't know much about how they are supposed to sit on the trailer. basically my set up has...
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    help..How much vinyl to order?

    I am doing the interior of my boat at the moment and just dropped off my old sleeper seats to get them rebuilt. I wanted them in a specific 2 tone color with the middle being orange and the sides being white. The orange vinyl was not available through the person thats doing the seats so i told...
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    Painting over Vinyl floor?

    I am currently re doing the interior of a new old boat that i just bought. It still has the original old vinyl flooring on it from the 70's in it and as you can imagine it looks pretty rough. I have the seats getting reupholstered now so I have to start making some decisions on what i want to...
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    New old boat to fix up.

    hey guys, just thought i would show off new old project :) lol It needs a bit of work interior wise, but the boat is ready for the water. I've been looking for something along this line for quite a while now because my 14 foot fiberglass boat is just too small for fishing with my dog and...
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    Painting my fiberglass boat.

    Hey guys, been a while since ive posted anything up but im starting to get my boats ready for next season and have a question for you. last winter i re did the floor in my 1962 fiberglass boat. The boat ran great all last year.. but really doesnt look too great. I tried my best to put some...
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    New winter Project

    hey guys, been a while since I've posted anything.. just thought i would show you the new winter project i just picked up. The boat that i fixed up last winter (thanks to the help i got on here) turned out to be just a little too small for our liking (only 14 feet) so i looked on kijiji for a...
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    1962 40hp johnson..Thanks for the help!

    I just thought i would make this thread and thank the people that helped with the many question I asked about my motor. I tried calling around and visiting almost every marine shop in my area and every single on of them told my my motor was too old or that i should even waste my time figuring...
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    how to test compression

    hey guys, I have been on here the last few weeks asking about some problems i was having with my 1962 johnson 40hp outboard. After getting a lot of good advise here, me and a friend checked everything and adjusted everything this weekend and now its back to running great out on the water. The...
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    Should I trade??

    I spent the winter re doing the floor and stringers and carpet in my small 14 foot fiber glass boat.. after taking it out a few times this year, it wasnt long before i realized i wanted a bigger boat lol so i thought i would start hunting on my local classified site (kijiji) to trade mine in...
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    a few more stupid questions.. 62 johnson

    hey everyone, sorry for all the stupid questions i keep posting. I just put an order in for a few parts for my 1962 johnson 40hp (RDSL-24L).. and before i put the order in i decided to check the motor one more time in case i missed something.. that way i can get everything in one shot. after i...
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    hooking up speedometer?

    first off I'm not too sure if i posted this in the right spot.. so sorry in advance if i didnt. I've had my boat out on the water a few time now and i figured that the speedometer just didnt work. I've been messing around with the motor lately and i kept seeing this tube going from the...
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    1962 johnson 40hp running poorly..video

    hey guys, I am back once again with some problems I am having with my 1962 johnson 40hp outboard. I posted a few weeks ago and described my problem but didnt really get many responses, so i thought I would film the motor running so you guys could see it and let me know what you think. It ran...
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    1962 Johnson help.

    Hey, I was having some problems with my 1962 40hp johnson and figured I would seek some help on here before i take it to a macanic. I dont know much about outboard motors so you'll to be a bit patient for me. So when i first put the boat in the water this year it ran a little bit rough and...
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    Stupid Question...

    Well after all the work i did fixing up my first boat, it came time to license it and get it out on the water. I live in Onatario Canada and I have never done this before, so i contacted the man that i bought it off of to get some advise, and thats when he told me that he never licensed the boat...
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    should my outboard be tilted?

    I was just looking at my boat in the garage and noticed that when i last put it away i just left the motor tilted down. I am not to sure why i even thought about it but it got me wondering if i should always have the motor up when its not in the water? it just looks like having the motor down...
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    how much weight can this support?

    my girlfriend was just asking me if she would be able to sit on the hood of our boat to tan or to fish. I am just not sure if is designed to hold any weight at all. here is a pic of the boat.. let me know what you think...
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    black carpet?

    so im just finishing fixing up my boat, and now im ready for carpet. i went to a couple of stores and priced out what we needed and decided on a black outdoor carpet from a local carpet store. I have had som time time to think about it and now im worried that the carpet might heat up to much...
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    Too small for Lake ontario?

    Im not too sure if i posted this in the right spot, so sorry in advance if it has to be moved. hey guys, I am almost done working on my first boat and im getting ready to take it out for the first time. I have been checking out all the boat launches in my area trying to figure out the best spot...
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    1962 Johnson First start

    hey guys, I've been working on fixing up and old fiberglass boat that i bought off of kijiji. I was supposed to do some fiberglass work this weekend, but it was kind of cold outside so i decided i would try and finally start the old motor it came with. Its a 1962 johnson 40 hp and it hasnt...
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    1966 Leavens brothers Mariner Help

    I already started a thread on this project about a month ago, but i couldnt get the pics to post right so i figured i would re start it today. Here are some pics of the boat we bought. As it says in the title, its a 1965 leavens brothers mariner with a 1962 40hp johnson on it. The boat hasnt...
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