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Found a guy selling 5 antique outboards yesterday, $20 dollars a piece. The catch was that you had to take them all. It's the plain truth, but did warrant an eyebrow raised from my wife. I could use some help identifying these, especially this one that I can't find any markings on. I've been...

Hi everyone, I had a quick question. I wired my boat up as below: Battery+ :arrow: Master Switch :arrow: Fuse :arrow: Device Switchboard :arrow: Device :arrow: Battery- Last night, I was testing things out and noted that if I turned off the master switch, then flicked one of the...

Hello! You folks have me scared of having an unsupported transom. Is it as simple as taking the bunks currently on the outside of the trailer and moving them back a foot to stick out a bit past the transom? Just unbolt both and slide them back and re-bolt? Thank you Here's the current look

Hello everyone, I had a questions this morning and hoped to draw for the wealth of experience and opinions on this forum. How dry should I expect a tin boat to be? Riveted tin? Welded tin? New tin? Old tin? Ancient tin? How much water leak over a day of boating is acceptable to you? I have a...

Hello! I had a question when planning out my seat mount for the seat I plan to steer from - the outboard is a future purchase and I want to provide enough clearance for the tiller when installing the seat, but how much should that be? Are all tillers the same length? It would be very helpful to...

Hello folks, I wanted to post my work so far on our 14' 1978 Starcraft Seafarer, named Willet (all our watercraft are named after Sandpipers). Towing home She was sitting for years outside in a field, uncovered. The first step was removing the waterlogged flooring and cleaning leaves out...

I have two new parts that I didn't use for my 1978 Johnson 9.9hp and missed the return window. Part number 318944 Rewind Spring Part number 0386113 OMC Cup & Guide Assembly Both purchased new this summer from Marine Engine . com. Never installed, but I did open the box. Spring was $30 and the...

Hey everyone, I have some cold feet and questions about buying a new motor. For starters, I got my 1978 johnson running well, unfortunately like a horse that had bucked me off too many times, I lost almost all trust in it. Every time I ran it, I did more worrying, listening, and cringing at...

I have a 1978 9.9hp Johnson that was recently gone through and was running fantastically. I took it out last weekend and it got me out to the fishing spot, but wouldn't start to get me home. Luckily I wasn't too far and had a full trolling motor battery. In diagnosing it, I noticed both plugs...

https://imgur.com/a/uPd3Suj You can see from the link photos, I took the utmost care in making a mock-up in my 1978 Starcraft Seafarer 14'. Assuming I replace the duct tape with aluminum angle to connect all the 2x2, would that work for a casting deck? I'm around 230 lbs and would like to be...

Hey everyone, I wanted to share my story and process so that it could serve as a cautionary tale and also share my fix with others who might have the same issue. I'm no trolling motor expert, but it felt pretty cool to fix the trolling motor myself. This is my first electric motor that I've...