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    Plugging exhaust tips when installing y-pipe.

    I'm getting ready to install a y-pipe to reduce the noise of my through transom exhaust system. At this point I really don't want to remove the exhaust tips and glass in the hole, encase I decide to install a "captains choice" system in the future. So my question; is it possible to just...
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    Exhaust noise

    Not sure this should be listed under the engine topics, but I figured if it should someone would help me out. I finally finished restoring my boat last summer and took it out a couple of times. It has a Mercruiser 5.7 that exhausts thru the transom, below the swim platform. My wife hates how...
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    Fuel tank under pressure. Should air exit out gas line.

    I?m getting ready to put my fuel tank back in and wanted to check it before covering it with the deck. I put a pressure gauge on the hose that would run to my engine. I then attached my air compressor to the vent tube and plugged the fill tube with a golf ball. I started to add air to the...
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    Thru Hull plug/fill

    My boat had a sink with small fresh water container. This was all old and I didn't trust any of it, it also took up a lot of room. We decided not to put it back in for now. My question is: is there a way to plug the thru hull drain. I don't want to FG it in just encase we change our minds...
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    Stringer replacment, am I about to screw up?

    I started my rebuild by doing a lot of reading on this and another site. I've pulled all the old wood and have started to replace the stringers in my cuddy. The other sites how to shows the strings being bedded in a epoxy putty and then fiberglassed to the hull using tape. That's what I did...
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    Seasense Drain-One-Way Safety Plug, Garboard

    I'm in the process of replacing all the rotten wood in my boat. I've removed the transom and I'm getting ready to replace it. The boat had the brass drain tube that took the rubber snap type plug. I think I want to change to a Garboard style plug and was looking at this Seasense one, since if...
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