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I own a 2001 Key West Bay Reef 196 with a 130hp Honda. I keep it in a freshwater lake in Florida at a boat slip. Water temps are consistently around 90 degrees. Its been in the water about 5 months. About one month ago, I took it out for a spin and did some fishing. At 5300 rpms, I was...
Re: Mirrorcraft 16' Aluminum Refurbish Job
That left some engine carb problems. Took it to a Merc repair facility and got that fixed. Last thing to install new seats. I kept the old seat brackets, power washed the algae off them, attached the pedestal to the seats and put them in place...
Re: Mirrorcraft 16' Aluminum Refurbish Job
Then back onto the finished trailer, and into the garage for the flooring, the carpet, and all the wiring for accessories. I used 1/2 inch marine plywood and covered it with marine stainproof carpet. Before putting the carpet down, I applied 2 good...
Re: Mirrorcraft 16' Aluminum Refurbish Job
Next I moved onto painting the bottom of the boat. First sanded the old paint, Next applied zinc Chromate to the bare Aluminum, the 2 coats of white bare metal primer. Once that was done, I applied 3 coats of Rustoleum with hardener added from...
Re: Mirrorcraft 16' Aluminum Refurbish Job
After pulling the wheels off the trailer to grease the bearings, I found the bearings were shot and the leaf spring brackets were all but rusted through. So had to move my efforts to the trailer so I had a place to put the boat after it was painted
Re: Mirrorcraft 16' Aluminum Refurbish Job
Some pretty bad dock cuts and a bunch of pitting on the back of the boat. Had to use a couple tubes of JB Weld.
I bought a 16' 1987 Mirrorcraft aluminum boat that the PO left out in the weather for several years. It had weeds growing out of the rotting floor. I knew my work was cut out for me.
After tearing the old wet carpet out, I cleaned up the inside.
The transom was wet and bent and the...
Got my 16 foot aluminum Mirrorcraft leak tested and all cleaned up and painted. Next step is install marine grade ply for decking and a good marine grade carpet. Nothing with loops that fish hooks can get caught in. Looks like I'll need 6' x 25'. Any recommendations for a supplier of decent...
I've got a question on Self Etching Primer. I'm refurbishing a 16' Aluminum Mirrorcraft that will be on a trailer or in freshwater only. My original plan was to use Zinc Chromate on the couple dozen minor scratches before putting on regular primer. But when I took the boat off the trailer and...
I've got a painting prep question. Can I sand the existing paint and leave it for a couple days? I got my game plan. Sand, then Zinc Chromate the bare spots and scratches, then prime the entire hull, then sand the primer, then finish coats lightly sanding between each. But I can't do this...
I have a 16' aluminum Mirrorcraft with a side console that I'm refurbishing. Now that its all stripped out and getting ready to put a new transom and decking in, I will need to cover her with a boat cover to keep my work dry. The boat will always be outside exposed to the weather so I need a...
I'm refurbishing a 1987 Mirrorcraft Northport Troller (Tinny). I completely stripped it and I'm down to aluminum. Putting a new Marine Grade transom in it this coming week. Its clamped up and drying. Starting to think about decking and carpeting. The deck will be marine grade plywood...
Hi all. Teardown on my 16' 1987 aluminum Mirrorcraft is almost done. Got the old warped, wet transom out. Getting ready to begin rebuild. Trying to get my plan together for painting the hull. The paint is very sound on the boat. Actually still shiny on most of it. BUT...there are a lot of...
Looking for an item to plug two holes in my transom. I'm not sure if the item I want even exists but Ill try to explain what it is. The manufacturer had a livewell in this mirrorcraft. The motor (500gph) was attached directly to the transom via two 90? elbows with threads and a nylon nut on...
Looking for some input for re-attaching my trim unit to the transom. The tinny I bought needs to have the transom replaced. Attached to the transom was a hydralic trim unit. The motor was secured to that. I removed both trim unit and motor today. After re-flooring, painting, etc, I will...
I'm gonna start buying my painting materials for the repaint of my outside hull. Its a 1987 Mirrorcraft Northport Troller 16' tinny. This is a TRAILERED tinny that only goes in freshwater. I have fairly good original paint but there are dock scratches and tiedown rubs that caused small bare...
Anyone know of a small onboard battery charger I can install on my tinny so that when docked I can simply plug into electric and charge my battery? I could hide it under the deck if there is something as small as a half loaf of bread.
The USCG max hp and load capacity plate on my Mirrorcraft Northport Troller is unreadable. Its 27 years old and sun bleached. I asked Mirrorcraft if I could buy a replacement and they said they don't have them from 27 years ago. But they sent me an electronic copy of the original brochure...
I'm a first time poster and will be needing some restoration advice. I just bought a 1987 16' mirrorcraft northport troller that will be my summer project. Its in fairly poor condition. Floor is soft in many places. Its been modified by previous owner with pieces of plywood screwed into the...
