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    Steel Flex removal

    Any ideas on an easy way to remove steel flex? I know how to remove it but I have yet to find a easy way. Thinking of trying to burn it off this evening, is this even an option? I'm having the transom replaced with aluminum next week and I need to remove all the steel flex where there are...
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    Welded crack still leaking

    I have a crack between the end of a rib and the transom on the bottom of my boat. I believe the crack was caused because the bunk was too short. I replaced the bunks. The bottom of the boat has steelflex but it cracked with the aluminum. I had to clean it off in order to get it welded, which was...
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    Mercury 40hp died on the water

    Saturday I spent a good part of the day on the water and the motor ran fine all day. Then when we were headed in I hit a decent sized wake and the motor died. We were in sight of the ramp. The fuel bulb would not prime back up. It still had plenty of fuel in the tank(maybe 1/2 a tank). I trolled...
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    Polar Kraft 1651...Old Shock Boat

    This is a old shock boat that was used to check fish populations by biologist. I purchased the boat this past winter after it had been sitting up for about 10 years. So far I have gutted it, applied steelflex to the bottom and painted it, floored it in 0.125 aluminum, and I added a trolling...
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    1991 Mercury 40hp 2stroke 4cy

    I have a 1991 Mercury 40hp that has been sitting up outside for over 10years. I cleaned all the dirt dobber nest off. I removed the spark plugs and filled the cylinders with pb blaster and let them sit over night. The starter was rusted together and would not spin, I removed it and broke it...
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    new 1970 project

    I have been reading on the site for awhile now gathering all kinds of ideas. I picked this boat up yesterday and it prompted my first post. I have a few questions I wanted to ask about it and see if anyone may have an answer. Have you ever seen one quite like it? Does anyone have a guess as to...
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