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Re: paint
Painted mine with Rust-oleum Topside, three years later holding up well.
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:12 pm
- Forum: Boat and Hull
- Topic: Threads for drain plug stripped.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9574
Re: Threads for drain plug stripped.
Make sure you get an NPT tap, National Pipe Thread.
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:15 pm
- Forum: Boat and Hull
- Topic: Threads for drain plug stripped.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9574
Re: Threads for drain plug stripped.
Don't think I would use a rubber expansion plug, measure your current stripped plug and go to the next size up. If it's 3/8 go to 1/2, Lowes-Home Depot both sell tap sets, drill bit and tap so there's no mistake. Aluminum is easy to tap, take your time.
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 7:30 am
- Forum: Boat and Hull
- Topic: Has anyone added a second fuel filler port?
- Replies: 7
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Re: Has anyone added a second fuel filler port?
Our 75 Express has one large tank, fill is on the port side. Shouldn't be to hard to add one to starboard, where the elbow connects to the tank replace with a tee, a filler for the deck and hose to each filler port. Sounds simple, may be simpler to add more nozzle hose, and cheaper.
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Need dock, lift, and misc advice for new to me Marinette 32!
- Replies: 1
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Re: Need dock, lift, and misc advice for new to me Marinette 32!
We have a Boatfloater on our dock, freshwater, sounds like your in salt, but I will say for our application its worked perfectly for almost 10 years. Think they make them custom for very heavy boats.
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:48 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Transom Door
- Replies: 11
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Transom Door
Thinking about cutting in a transom door, who has done this, what problems did you encounter, how wide, how deep, etc. Would like to make it floor depth and as wide as possible.
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:57 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Water Pump Positioning
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6449
Water Pump Positioning
Glad the forum is back up could have put it to use over the weekend. Bought two new water pumps, hoses, clamps and all put them on only to find I'd put them on upside down. Tried to bring up the forum for advice, still down, it was only through reading from other forums I realized what I'd done. A w...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:56 am
- Forum: Boat and Hull
- Topic: Striping
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7807
Re: Striping
Measured from the bow to the stern every foot from the bottom of the rub rail to the bottom of the stripe, it taper's, not only did I write it down I snapped pictures with my phone. Tape the bottom and top, use a good quality tape, paint and let dry to manufactures instructions, don't do like I did ...
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 2:24 pm
- Forum: Engines
- Topic: Hard to start?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 27472
Re: Hard to start?
Agree with Busia comment about a long crank to get the oil pressure up. I installed primer bulb's between the tank and the fuel pump, same effect as Jeff's electrics just manual work's great, problem is there is a lot of clatter from the oil draining down from sitting, dry start NOT GOOD! Bulb's are...
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:20 am
- Forum: For Sale or Wanted
- Topic: Cable Steering
- Replies: 14
- Views: 29327
Re: Cable Steering
On second thought wondering if you could not use a drill pump after the actuating cylinder, connected to the bleed valves, to really move the fluid through all the lines. I am of the opinion most of the problem with bleeding is the slow movement of the fluid, if it moved faster it would push the air...