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Recent content by checkmate stacey

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    Stern Drive Issues

    Question for the Pros: When taking my 260hp aphla 1 gen 2 from reverse or forward to neutral, it appears the boat is staying in gear barely when neutral position is reached. By "barely" I mean I can hear a noise that resembles the gear being partially engaged and the shaft continues to spin...
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    Slop in the steering?

    I can't find it now but there was a thread about this subject I believe. Yesterday while the boat was off I was able to push the outdrive (Alpha 1) two to three inches either way without the steering wheel moving. Is this normal? Will this problem go away when the motor is running and power...
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    Removal of shelving?

    :confused: I wish I could post pics of my issue but the IT Nazis :mad: have stopped me from posting. Regardless my question is this- I have a 84 Checkmate Entertainer. Along the sides of the boat there are what I would call psuedo shelves- the factory glassed in a 1/4 inch thich piece of plywood...
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    Fiberglass on gel coat finish- what to do?

    Last night I noticed that in my furver to get my stringers installed that I had accidentally gotten some fiberglass resin on the gel coat. Needless to say it had already fully cured. Obviously I can't be the first boob to have done this. I've tried acetone and it doesn't touch it. I was...
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    Project "Wasted Income"

    I would think a pic of the enchanter would be a good example- yes please- I'm just trying to firguire out what the level of effort is plus the cost- my kids don't leave me much time to work on it. BTW I have been completely unsuccessful in trying to firguire out how to post pics- seems your a...
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    Small core repairs

    They're only a couple of 1.5-2 inches round.
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    Project "Wasted Income"

    Engine and Exhaust Curious- what size engine did it come with? I've got a 260 in my entertainer but since its a 350ci base I figuired I could build it rather easily. As far as the exhaust, could you post a pic of how that look inside? Mine goes out the Alpha 1 outdrive but I was thinking to...
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    Small core repairs

    I'm replacing the floor in an 84' Entertainer. Last night as I cleaned the interior of the hull I found some dark spots. After digging them out, they didn't extend very far- maybe 2 inches or so round in two places. It would seem that replacing the basla in such a small area would not prove...
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    84 Entertainer Restoration

    Small Soft Spots in the core Last night while preping the hull for installing the new stringers, I found two small dark spots in the core. After opening them up, I'd say they are no larger than 2 inches round. My thought is to fill them with west 105 mixed with 406 colloidal silica then cover...
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    Floor Replacement in 84 Entertainer

    Okay so I've gotten all the floor out and I'm getting reaady to cut the plywood for fit up/reinstallation. One thing I noted when I removed the floor/stringers and everything else was that it appeared the mfr used a puddy to set the stringers in prior to glassing them in- poorly I might add...
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    84 Entertainer Restoration

    Engine Compartment Coating In the interior of the engine compartment, there appears to be a factory applied coating- black. I've tried every chemical I can think of to take it off but when Acetone didn't work I stopped. I'm thinking I have to grind it off with some 400wt paper on a 6 inch...
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    84 Entertainer Restoration

    Engine Hatch Lock Does anyone know where I can purchase replacement engine hatch locks like what on the boat now? see pic http://s1265.photobucket.com/albums/jj517/checkmatestacey/?action=view&current=IMG_1149.jpg
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    84 Entertainer Restoration

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    Protecting the keel

    Thanks for pointing this out. Since your obvioulsy the expert on this topic, allow me to pic your brain a bit. As you can tell from previous posts, I'm in midst of getting the floor and stringers out. Balsa core looks good so I've dodged a bullet there. Prior to installing the stringers and...
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    84 Entertainer Restoration

    Okay so I think I got lucky. I got the cockpit floor and foam out this weekend and found no dark spots at all- hull looks in good shape. The stringers where completely rotten however so I spent a lot of time getting them out. One thing I noticed was that the factory installed a lot of hard...
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