Recent content by bpoulin

I'm redoing a v-bottom jon boat trailer, the boat is a 14' I'd guess the trailer about 20' tongue to tail. I included a photo. How many cans of spray paint do you think it'll take to coat it? I'd like to cover it in self etching primer first then burgundy, but I need an idea on how many cans of...

I don't have any pressure tanks, I have access to some really old gas cans that look exactly like the original tank, and I'm going to make it look like an original tank but function with a fuel pump because it won't actually be a pressurized tank. As far as the decals, I run a sign shop, and...

What I'd do is research what 9.9's are actually 15's with a smaller carb, then put the bigger carb on. Possibly even bring it in to the shop to see if it can get bored over and get a bigger piston in it. This way the cowl still says 9.9, and you can run it on restricted lakes :wink:

Don't worry, I have every intention of bringing this poor motor back from the hell the PO's put it through. She'll be pretty again soon, and well taken care of. 8)

I'm on iboats as well, same username. But with a question like this one I figured It would be best to post on both, you'll find a twin to this post on their johnson forum. I've found iboats has good information, but a slow forum, here there are more responses, and faster responses. I've heard...

Yours is about the same size as mine, how's your stability when you're on the front deck?

I just bought a '56 seahorse, and my plan is to restore it over the winter. Where can I find a manual, paper or digital? Also what was the original color red and white used on the motor? My brother does auto body, and he can shoot it and do all the body work on the cowl to make it look perfect...

No more progress yet, I picked up a motor for the boat, a 1956 Johnson Seahorse 10hp. Next week I'm going to Harbor freight and buying an angle grinder and wire brushes to strip the boat and trailer. I'm kicking around ideas on what to use to paint the trailer. I'm thinking of picking up a...

Where did you get your manual online? I just bought the same motor with a white rattle can paint job lol. $50 running, You can't go wrong at that price.

I just bought a boat and trailer from family, and I'm starting the restoration process. Stage 1 involves getting the trailer street legal and safe. This involved taking off the risers that they covered with PVC, they were rusted out and needed bungee cords to hold it from flopping out into...

I'm thinking of sandblasting all the old junk off my boat, the previous owners have used several layers of putty, epoxy, goop whatever over the years to stop the rivets from leaking. Now all the old "fixes" are peeling up and leaking again. I'm going to fix all the leaks right. Also the old...

I've been trying to ID my boat, it has no markings that I can find, but this looks like a dead ringer for it. I have to go check a few small details but it looks a lot like mine except My transom drops down a little. But that could be cut down from original.

I'm thinking of painting mine brown, and naming it "Shh... It Floats!" :D

I have yet to get it in the water to see exactly where the leak is. I've been told it's the rivets. Eventually I want the outside to get a coat of steelflex, but until then has anyone used this stuff around the rivets?

I'm buying a V-bottom from some family members, and it's known to leak a little from the bottom seam of the V. Other than having it welded what's a good fix? I was thinking marine epoxy putty the whole seam from the inside, but I'm worried about adhesion, and or cracking, but I've never worked...