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I am finishing replacing the floor and transom on my 85 Rinker V170. All that is left is to install the carpet and reassemble the deck to the hull and reintall the interior. When this is finished I will have the room to start restoring my sea lancer which needs a complete refinishing and all the scr...

Ok I am an idiot. I was using the wrong code.

At what point did I choose a resolution? I am really ripping my hair out on this!!!!!!!!!

And why the hell cant I get my signature plate to look like everybody elses?

I have been looking at alot of different Thompson boats anywhere from the fifties to the sixties and have come up with a question. Why do some boats have their helm on the port side? You read the sales catalogs from the cd and they say steering is included, so why would some be on the other side? I ...

Bouncing is bad on any kind of boat, especially on these fragile old boats. I wouldnt even use the trailering brackets that come on the new motors because the balance point is put forward and with no bottom brace it will bounce even more. The worst happens on fiberglass boats with soft transom cores...

If you used the tilt lock to trailer the motor you would break it. It is meant to hold the motor up when mooring or launching. If i remember correctly the mercs just have a stamped steel lock with two small bolts. If you go to www.ishopmarine.com they have a bolt on transom saver that probably work ...

Does your motor have power trim?

depends on the style of your trailer. Yes they are readily available from any marina I think fulton is one of the manufacturers. Some of them hook on the rearmost keel roller and some have a bracket that bolts on to the rear frame crossmember. I feel the crossmember style is better and you probably ...

Thats what those things are that go from the bottom of the trailer to the lower unit just above the bullet. Its basically a pole with a rubber "v" in it to hold the motor up with out putting any stress on the transom. Its probably a good idea on these old boats even if you can leave the mo...

Down unless you have a transon saver.

ok i will try to make this simple. The lower number of blades the more efficent the prop is. A one bladed prop would be the most efficent but it would vibrate like crazy. The higher number of blades the better the balance is. That is the reason they make props in 3,4,and five blades now. You also ha...

if the pitch number and the spline count are the same then it will work. They used to change those numbers all the time when they updated parts so it can get a little confusing. Glad I could help.

That is the one that sank, right?

how bout wisconsin?