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    Boat Swamped in Storm - Next steps?

    When you try to start the motor pull the plugs,drain the oil,fill the oil,spray oil in the cylinders, crank with plugs out while relubing pistons, pull carb float bowl off and remove water, reassemble and then try to start. Run for awhile then drain oil and refill again. Run some more and drain...
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    Screw and Pilot Hole Sizes

    Something i do when glassing tnuts in is put bolts in and when resin is gelled enough to hold shape but not cured enough to hold bolt i remove. Then i clean threads with a tap later so things go together smooth
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    Screw and Pilot Hole Sizes

    Drill hole for t nut. Seal wood with epoxy. Put tnut back in. Install wood assembly in location. Then cover end of tnut with foil tape to prevent resin from getting in tnut and then 1 layer of glass to cover wood to roof and secure. Final install does get a sealant on hardware. If it did get...
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    Screw and Pilot Hole Sizes

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    Screw and Pilot Hole Sizes

    Here is an idea if you want strong removable hardware. Get stainless t nuts and put them in location and tighten down. Cover t nut with foil tape to isolate from resin then glass over. Screws will pull out but tnuts wont. You can see what i did if you look at my build. I think the title is 74...
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    Who has starting doing all their own maintenance?

    Also for electrical troubleshooting get a incandescent high watt test light. Meters will indicate voltage present but if the connection isnt good the light will be real dim. And be careful with frozen hardware. A snapped bolt can take a easy job and make it horrible. Drilling out broken bolts is...
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    Thru-hull oil drain

    I would have turned on a camera, then have mentioned what it "might" be, said "you are now responsible for what happens next" then handed him the wrench. With his stupidity on camera i bet their would be no ticket to be had
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    1974 reinell cuddy restore

    And here is the bats. As with everything i have done .... no screws into boat. I have glassed stainless tnuts into wood and then glue the glassed wood to the hull
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    1974 reinell cuddy restore

    Been back at it...... Here is the bilge pump setup. The little pump is ran off a transistor circuit that senses water. No moving parts. The big pump is ran off of the float assembly. When there is a small amount of water the little 500gph will keep the level down and with the transistor sensor i...
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    96 Bayliner 2050 - The Dirty Rotten Baystard

    And good vids
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    1961 Lonestar Flamingo - SPLASHED w/Pics

    Hoo rah
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    Glassing Stringers - First Time

    For what its worth.... All the wood i put in my boat got wrapped in glass on the bench. Layed one side and down the edge, grind off extra, flip and repeat.Except for the deck just got the underside on the bench and layed the top in the boat all at once. Then i bedded wood in. Then came tabbing...
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    Omc hydraulic trim oil

    What i did is take a bolt that matches the screw threads, drill a decent size hole thru the center, cut the head off and add a nut w/gasket. Then i hoseclamped a rubber hose to that and a funnel. Hung the funnel and put some hydraulic fluid in and let it burp. Then cycled up n down...
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    NEW Transom seal BAD!!!

    I made the mistake of buying a crappachina and sent it right back and ponied up for the stock omc/evenrude. Looked and felt fresh new
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    method of joining new wood to existing stringer

    I think when i glassed the underside of my deck it bowed in that direction a bit. When i glued my deck down with pb i did use a few stainless flat screws and plenty of weight
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    Riddle me this about mixing polyester resin with catalyst using weight or volume.

    I use a baby medicine dropper that has stops at 2.5 cc 5 cc 7.5 cc and 10 cc. Set it for the size batches you will be doing and all you have to do is dip and pull.i also use the 59 cent quart measuring cups from walmart. They have a handle and i get several uses out of them before they become...
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    Riddle me this about mixing polyester resin with catalyst using weight or volume.

    Unlike epoxy where you need to be accurately 50/50 poly has a "range". 2%.... if its hot and it sets off too fast you drop down and in the cold you add more. I dont think i have ever needed to go above 2% but i have dropped down to 1% when i was doing the big floor sections so i had good working...
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    Electric windlass wiring problem

    1. Shouldnt be running 50 amps thru a switch unless its rated for that. That circuit should be rated for the solenoid circuit amp draw. 2. To have fwd/rev should have 2 solenoids. Not sure of your setup. 3.Undo the power side of everything and add things one at a time starting from batt Bill...
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    Sewing Machines

    You can control speed with a clutch. Its tricky. Just like feathering a clutch on a stick shift... just a real sensitive one that wants to grab and go. Servo is easy to control
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    Leaking Shore Power Cable

    Are the recepticals afgi or gfi? 2 different animals. Gfi looks for current loss to ground. Arc flash looks for actual arcing. Plugging in a cord with any load on it will create an arc and trip. Also running a motor with brushes can set thise off too. This is a factory made cord so without...
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