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  1. Jim Hawkins

    40HP Merc or Not the way I'd do it.

    OK well I guess I was just frustrated and it's not so complicated once I drew it out. The problem started with a deteriorated pick up hose in the fuel tank and we all know what that does. So I replaced the hose, flushed all the lines, cleaned all the crap from the fuel filter, replaced the fuel...
  2. Jim Hawkins

    40HP Merc or Not the way I'd do it.

    I suppose a 40 Merc 2 stroke is a great motor, almost every 13' whaler has one but I have a fuel issue and am pulling apart the whole system to clean filter, pump ect. and believe this is the most convoluted fuel system I have ever seen. Check valves and more hoses than I can understand. I am...
  3. Jim Hawkins

    Help with Trailer Bunk Spacing 1971 13'

    Thats what I was looking for, Thanks!!!
  4. Jim Hawkins

    Help with Trailer Bunk Spacing 1971 13'

    I see 1971, 13' Boston Whaler, bunk spacing. I'm going with 26" outside to outside.
  5. Jim Hawkins

    Help with Trailer Bunk Spacing 1971 13'

    Like the title says. Can you help me?
  6. Jim Hawkins

    Using poly resin without glass

    okokok, I'll glass. Can I gelcoat on top of tacky resin and fiberglass? ?
  7. Jim Hawkins

    Using poly resin without glass

    I'm wondering, since the plywood is covered in resin, how long would it hold up applying gelcoat without glass? I'm sure it's been done the question is would it hold up? Anyone out there actually do this?
  8. Jim Hawkins

    Using poly resin without glass

    Great, Thanks!!
  9. Jim Hawkins

    Using poly resin without glass

    I have a piece of plywood decking I made for a boat I'm working on. I want to cover it with glass eventually but in the meantime while I'm working on the boat and making adjustments, I just want to waterproof it while I test the boat and fit things. I thought I might just mix up some resin...
  10. Jim Hawkins

    Electric Boats

    Still not too fast, but it will go all day
  11. Jim Hawkins

    Electric Boats

    1200 watts and 30 volts @ 100 ah
  12. Jim Hawkins

    Electric Boats

    My solar panels came.
  13. Jim Hawkins

    Possibly getting a slip - what to know before saying yes

    Consider a secondary pump with an automatic switch and a backup float switch in parallel (I've done this). My boat is always in the water save for a few weeks of the year, however it's at my house so I can check it every day. Harmonoff's idea of the solar backup is good. Check it as often as...
  14. Jim Hawkins

    Electric Boats

    Well, I bet you guys thought I gave up (or wished I gave up) but I'm alive and well and still working on my electric boat. When last I posted I had bought a pontoon boat with fiberglass pontoons that I planned to go electric with but that boat was not very streamlined so I sold it and got some...
  15. Jim Hawkins

    Help picking a hotter plug for Honda 2HP

    I got a new plug at NAPA today. The guy there said a CR6HSA would be hotter, BUT, BUT it turned out, that was what was in the motor already so I got the plug that was recommended for the motor (CR5HSB) and it seems much better.
  16. Jim Hawkins

    Help picking a hotter plug for Honda 2HP

    I have a Honda 2HP that I rescued, and it burns oil so I want to try using a hotter plug to keep the plug from fouling. The recommended plug is a CR5HSB. What would be a step hotter?
  17. Jim Hawkins

    Yamaha 50TLRD revs and bogs revs and bogs...

    So, just got back from a test run with the new CDI. All the old connections were clean but I shmutzed the new ones up with dialectric grease for good measure. I adjusted the linkage 2 turns which put the timing arrow on the marks. Checked with a timing light and it was bouncing between 6 and 8...
  18. Jim Hawkins

    Yamaha 50TLRD revs and bogs revs and bogs...

    No, I didn't. When I removed the adjustment arm from the CDI, the brass threaded piece moved and made crunching sounds. It appeared to have gotten very hot.
  19. Jim Hawkins

    Yamaha 50TLRD revs and bogs revs and bogs...

    It was not the fuel pump. It was the CDI. So, for this motor I have bought, Water Pump Drive Shaft Seal Carb Kits Spark Plugs Coils with Leads Fuel Lines Fuel Pump and a CDI About $700 Total but if I now have a motor that is trouble free for years I guess it was worth it.
  20. Jim Hawkins

    Yamaha 50TLRD revs and bogs revs and bogs...

    Ordered a new fuel pump, even though the old one is prob working ok I really didn't like the looks of the diaphragm so, like the coils, time for a new one anyway.
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