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If the 4 posts are brackets on the back of the boat, NO! those re-enforce the transom. The holes in the back center are for the wooden outboard mounting plate. The horizontal ones near the top were probably for handles at some time. The vertical ones on the sides? could be anybody's guess. By...

Well, I'm cheap Since I only go out a night very seldom, I get white, red, and green lightsticks at the dollar store and use them. Two small LED flashlights from Harbor Freight with some red and green mylar over the lens works too. Or get a bicycle headlight and color the lens

Go to a good auto parts store and check out motor mounts, grommets, bushings, o rings etc etc etc.

If you check out Scepter fuel tanks, you can get a replacement gas cap for around $15 or less that is old style and has a manual vent so you can open it when running and not pressurize the tank.

I like the old fashioned steel tanks too. I found an old 3 gal and an old 6 gal steel tank for next to nothing and rebuilt them. You can too.

I used an orbital sander on mine, 220 grit. take your time. don't need every speck of old paint off. Make sure that you prime it first, at least two coats. I used 3 coats of Rustoleum to finish it. You can get a "hardener" aditive that makes the paint rock hard.

I have an opportunity to get a 1946 Eninrude 1.1 HP outboard in good running condition for $100. Anybody know about these?

I have a Vintage {AKA} old outboard that uses shear pins. Whats the opinion here? Brass or Aluminum? Gonna make my own out of round stock. I carry two extra props and an extra prop nut but need some pins

How about thin vinyl flooring glued to polyurethane foam? Or laminate flooring Or linoleum? Think outside the box

Thanks Pappy, I was hoping you'd reply. The guy that has it, Fort Island Marine in Crystal River also has a nice 3 HP Evinrude for sale

I liked the old one better

Anybody have any experience with a 1960's Sea King outboard. I was told it was made by Johnson. The 5 HP model

sell it and get an evinrude. merc's are crap

How about a switch panel off a junk yard car? Would that work?

Yes, but do you still run? I'm 69 too and I can run like a cheetah,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,to the bathroom!

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From what I remember about those. The cylinder goes about 3 inches or so. Is the boat empty? Tape the end shut that is in the boat or glue a tight fitting cork into it. With the boat upside down, Make a plug out of an old bicycle inner tube to fit over the transom end. Coat the tube with dish...

What is considered to be a good material thickness on an aluminum semi vee? My Richline Challenger is .067 gauge.

Where's the best place to mount a transducer on a riveted boat? Does it have to be away from a rivet in "still water?"