Recent content by chatter box

thanks for all the great reply's and it's about what I was thinking in size. I'm in Texas so i could probly get away with a over sized load althought they are cracking down on all trailers much more now. This isn't much to do with boat but I just found out one crazy law here in Texas to do...

I have always wondered what the largiest practdical boat for towing from place to place is without having to remove things, get permits, or mark as wide load that is. With unlimited towing options now days how big a searay could one go?

I have a mercruiser 260 hp and am having problems with the idle. It will idle fine cold and pulling it off the trailer. getting it threw the marina it has a little hisitation but not much, almost like a miss. It smells a little rich. It planes out fine ran all over the lake at high rpm but...

I installed an new lower shift cable on this new to me boat. I've been through the instructions three times and every time I get the same results. I can get forward and reverse but nothing I do will let it switch out of gear to neutral. I understand the shift cut off switch is supposed to...

I'm 90% complet on finishing the flooring and vinyl and saved the two hardiest pieces for last. I looked at the driver gun well with the forward/reverse controle and I can't figure on how to remove it. It's a mercruiser controle for a 82 sea ray. I guess the hand controle needs to be...

When you say profile I think of the frame. Your frame looks fine but I do see some glass missing. A glass shop should be able to get you glass, think its safty glass. I just removed my whole windshield on one side and am getting ready to to the other side. It's not as hard as I thought it...

Got the outdrive going, so we dove into the interior last week. I repaired all the bad parts of the floor and side wells. Put new carpet in (I never knew how much carpet could go in a 19ft boat). and put new vinyl on the passanger dash. 15 or so more pieces to vinyl and se should be done. A...

I have one pict of our old boat but didnt' find it, so I will keep looking. My mom should have copies. Other then the lights on the deck, drink holder (had one just like it) and a few other things it looks like it did from the factory. There is something missing on the gun whells and I can't...

great job. It reminds me of the boat I grew up on.

It's so hard to say what will and will not work. I had a 1/2 ton dodge with gas 5.9 and a chevy 1 ton with a 5.7 at the same time. The 1/2 ton just flat out did better on fuel, pulling and handling. Stopping was better with the 1 ton but it had 2 more tires on the ground. I'm in construction...

I'm redoing all my interior now. I have a few soft spots in the floor that I'm gonna tackle this week. Most of the wood is in good shape. I have a sun deck with a bench in front of that and that was one reason I went with this boat. It gives more seating. We also went with smaller less...

wow that boat brings back memories. I grew up on a boat like that. I think it was a 72 or 73. I have old picts of it around somewhere. Best of luck to you.

I'm impressed with your whole project. We just finished ripping out 85% of the interior of our little boat today. Guess we'll start removing millions of staples and carpet pieces tomorow and then on to fixing a few wood problems.