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- Mon May 26, 2008 6:48 pm
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Hull Numbers Before 1987
- Replies: 8
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Lewis, The cosmetics will come around quickly if the wood is good. It looks like the water line is established. The bear is getting the hull underneath painted. You may have to remove and re-bed the keel and those two little stabilizer strips (don't know exactly what they are called). The reason for...
- Mon May 19, 2008 10:59 pm
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Hull Numbers Before 1987
- Replies: 8
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Lewis, That boat of yours looks awfully familiar! The 1961 seems to be almost identical, and no I have yet to find any hull ID. Etching or stamping them in wood, which appears to be the method used, could make them disappear quick through abrasion or a few layers of paint--or a piece of replacement ...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:19 pm
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Runabout Owners List
- Replies: 18
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- Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:42 pm
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Finished boat
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24566
Sounds like an ideal sale. Good luck on the skiffs. My SkiBee is winterized and sitting in the back yard. Pretty much ready to go for next year except some cleanup. It started fine and I ran the carbs and fuel lines dry. Probably a good thing I didn't try to tow it. The pickup is acting bad, killing...
- Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:48 pm
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Finished boat
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24566
- Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:57 pm
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Finished boat
- Replies: 13
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- Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:52 am
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: The "Devil" and me
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3572
I was notified of NY Raider's trophy post, and as long as I'm on the forum, here is an update of the maintenance/refurbishing of the old Das Boot: Things have been progressing at a leisurely pace what with hot weather and my determination that people who want to ride on the boat this summer can shar...
- Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:40 am
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: My 1956 Trojan Sea Queen restoration project
- Replies: 27
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- Thu May 18, 2006 8:33 am
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Gas Tank Replacement
- Replies: 4
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- Thu May 18, 2006 6:59 am
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: The "Devil" and me
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3572
The "Devil" and me
I have to get into the bow and put some sealant in the "devil" at the bottom of the boat above the keel. This will require removing two bulkheads and squeezing in under the deck, so I want to do it right the first time. My idea is to use a heavy dose of 3M adhesive caulk after thoroughly p...
- Thu May 18, 2006 6:47 am
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Gas Tank Replacement
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6289
OK, I'm dreaming again about a gas tank replacement, specifically the big rear tank that sits upright by the transom in my inboard SkiBee. Any inboard owners have ideas on this? Anyone else having problems with a lot of contamination in the tank? I'd clean the old tank out, but it just seems to make...
- Thu May 18, 2006 6:39 am
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Thermostat(s)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4637
- Thu May 18, 2006 6:26 am
- Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
- Topic: Thermostat question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3250
- Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:04 pm
- Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
- Topic: Thermostat question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3250
Thermostat question
I also posted this question on the Runabout Owners Group Forum, but anyone running a vintage inboard would perhaps have the answer: I've been running my Ford V8 (292 ci "Y" block) inboard "Interceptor" marine conversion in my Trojan SkiBee runabout without a thermostat for years....
- Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:00 pm
- Forum: Runabout Owners Group
- Topic: Thermostat(s)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4637
Thermostat(s)
I've been running my Ford V8 inboard "Interceptor" marine conversion in my Trojan SkiBee runabout without a thermostat for years. I don't like to have the engine running so cold, but I'm concerned about any possible overheating damaging the water cooled exhaust manifolds. There appear to b...