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The temperature stamped on any thermostat is the temperature where it will begin to open.Iv,e never seen a telltale on any engine come out like hot coffee with a good working thermostat installed.My yamaha you can run all day and the telltale temp barely changes.

Yes you can do the same if you wish.I would just purchase a 12v motorcycle Battery and battery charger and use those.

I use a blow torch and it takes about 5mins.If I'm not rushed the charcoal is lit in my charcoal chimney in about 10min using my homemade lump charcoal.Heat beads take about 20mins.

You can't beat a charcoal fired bbq guys.Especially when you have a Uruguayan or Argentinian cooking it.Now how to install this on my Quinny.I reckon it would go down alright.

Do you think this boat will be a little unstable with your crew all leaning on the starboard side for some strange reason?

Be careful throwing stones when you didn't spell right correctly yourself.lol.

Thanks for the help I'll pass the info on.

Yes,Richmond area.

Those PVC ones get flogged out pretty quick with the abrasiveness of the sand plunged back/forth.Wilson/Alvey you'll buy once if you look after them.I service mine every season but I have OCD.

Anyone know any shops or mobile guys that are good and charge fairly?Asking on behalf of a work colleague that lived out that way. PM's only please. Thanks in advance.

As I was reading this paragraph I thought I was on that weird site again.?

If it hasn't been etched problems will arise in future.Like Zoran said,don't worry too much and go fishing until the time comes to sell.Then decide to either sell it as is or pretty it up with some spot repairs.Otherwise to fix it properly your looking at a full re-spray. Good luck with it.

http://stevedmarineconsulting.com/paint-and-aluminum-how-to-ensure-a-good-mix-2/#Have a read through this great article guys and then make your own decisions if painted/unpainted alloy boats are the way to go.

I have to be honest and say that is a terrible paint job mate.The photo of what looks like the gunnel hasn't even got proper paint coverage(Looks like it was painted with thinned liquid paper) adjacent to the bubbling. That fuel filler surround that is riveted looks like steel in the photo?And that powdery looking stuff adjacent to that looks like Galvonic corrosion. Not to mention he did a terrible job of controlling cleanliness prior to and during the paint application judging by all the solid inclusions in the paint(Looks like it was painted in a sand Storm).I'm guessing he didn't use prepsol or a tackrag or filtered his paint. Another thing I can't help notice is there's more than a few chips and scrapes on that boats paint?What you'll find will happen is the chips get wet with saltwater,the saltwater eventually works it's way under the paint chips edge and under,then the water slowly dries leaving behind the salt which will expand under the paint and there's your bubbling paint as it's lost all its adhesion with the aluminium. If I where to fix that mess I would first determine if infact there is dissimilar metals around the fuel cap.I would repair those dents and hit the whole existing paintwork with 180 wet/dry feathering all edges/chips.spot spray any bare alloy with etch primer than hit the lot with 2 full coats of polyester.Rub back with 320 wet/dry then 800 wet/dry and hit it with 2-3 full coats of basecoat colour followed by 2 good coats of clear all in 2k of course. That's what I would do if I wanted it fixed properly. Otherwise you can spot repair and colour match blending into existing paintwork.

Well said mate.In my opinion bare alloy is the way to go like Zoran said.I bought and kept my tinny bare alloy for many reasons mentioned.The thing to remember is to run all earth's through a busbar or directly to the battery negative to prevent issues such as electrolysis.Keeping dissimilar metals seperate from your hull will prevent Galvonic corrosion also. As for what to do in your case only you can decide on that one.Too many people are focused on how things look these days instead of functionality (Nothing wrong with that)I can't be bothered impressing anyone and choose the later to prevent the headaches you are experiencing. Without any photos it's almost impossible to help you more than that. Chuck some photos up and let us see if we can help further.

Are you still looking for that elusive "perfect" second hand boat?All the same rules apply to alloy boats regardless the vintage mate.If the sinkers, hooks haven't eaten through the hull in the last 30 yrs I'd be thinking that your safe to say there's none under the floor to worry about.The answer to your last question is yes,buy a brand new boat or a fibreglass and juggle through a whole new host of issues that come with them if your that worried.

1 1/16 is nearly 27mm. If you have a six point socket in 27mm it will get it off. A 12 point socket may round the nut.

Have a read here on our reel and tackle maintenance section for all your answers mate.I use white lithium grease for my reels and sewing machine oil.http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/forum/70-reel-and-tackle-maintenance/

http://www.marinebusiness.com.au/news/brooker-marine-goes-into-administration

Sewing machine oil.

Mature bream when they reach a certain length/size develop a bluish colouring around the mouth area giving them the name of blue nose bream.Smaller/infant bream lack this marking.Your one at 48cm carried that blue nose for years as I've caught them in the low 30's with the marking and bream are a fairly slow growing fish.

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