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  1. duhmey

    Upholstery Question 1

    Is anyone familiar with how they may have installed these side panels at the factory? It almost appears as though they installed the plywood first using 1/4-20 x 2 inch machine screws and then stapled the foam and upholstery on afterwards but this does not seem reasonable. All they plywood...
  2. duhmey

    Drain Plug Stuck

    I have a 1977 Leisure Island pontoon and unfortunately the drain plug for both of the pontoons is seized in place. We even used an uncomfortable amount of force to try and free the plugs with a pipe wrench, to no avail. There is currently water in the pontoons and I would like very much to get...
  3. duhmey

    1981 85 Seahorse Water Intrusion

    So Grandpa bought a boat... More specifically Grandpa bought a pontoon that has a Johnson 1981 Seahorse 85. He has never used the boat in the 5 years that he has owned it but would like to, and so I am getting it all prepped. About 2 years ago he had a mechanic go through the engine for him...
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    Seat Restoration

    Can anyone tell me what this mounting hardware is called? Unfortunately I did not think to get a picture of them as installed but the seats have a threaded insert built into the plywood seat bottom and the pictured hardware screws into the seat and then passes through the fiberglass the...
  5. duhmey

    Need help, having trouble removing sterndrive - Volvo Penta setup

    Gentlepeople, I am removing the motor and lower unit from my Glastron V164 to provide access to the floor and bulkhead areas so that I can make repairs to the rotten wood that is there. It comes equipped with a Volvo-Penta AQ130C motor and a Volvo-Penta AQ170 lower unit. I am...
  6. duhmey

    Electric Starter Motor Question

    I'm trying to track down the manufacturer of a starter motor. Part of the original tag is missing, what remains is "-reimers" and the serial number (8D147). Any idea who the manufacturer is? The starter motor is off of my '59 Mercury Mark 55A which I removed because it is locked up...
  7. duhmey

    Where to find fiberglass/resin/gelcoat?

    Ok so last week someone inquired about a good place to buy glass and poly resin... well I didn't save the post when I had the chance and of course now I can't find it so I ask again, where do ya'll buy your glass products from? Gelcoat? I would like to do some repairs to the deck and hull of my...
  8. duhmey

    How about this thingymabobber?

    This level of inexperience is almost hazardous! Can you tell me what this is? It is attached to the left side of the dash here: From the bottom it looks like this: and one more...
  9. duhmey

    What is this doohickey?

    Since working on my boat is out of the question (the boat is being stored an hour away and I am strapped for cash) I thought I would ask a question that has me befuddled: What is this thing? There is a cable attached to it that runs to the dash...is this for the speedometer? The only...
  10. duhmey

    In need of an education...

    Ola iboaters! Iboats sounds like the perfect place for me... I am new to boats and when I found this site while searching for information on fixing old boats I was floored! I have spent HOURS reading about your adventures in boat restoration and have learned lots..BUT I still have no idea...
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