One aspect of this Whaler 13 restoration that I’ve been anticipating is repairing the large hole in the anchor locker. This is a medium to large endeavor in fiberglass repair. I’ll be using epoxy resin to lay down the fiberglass mats. I’ve also already used “excess” epoxy resin from other repairs to create a solid […]
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Test Firing the Bait Launcher Here’s the results of the first few times we took the bait launcher to the beach. Overall it performed as well or better than expected. We did run into a few bugs which I ended up fixing. One key thing we accomplished is that we dialed in the right pressures
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My goal with this was to get something that would create a super cold homemade ice pack that lasted a decent amount of time. I needed this chiefly to keep the bait plugs frozen for my Bait Launcher. I found a few retail available products. Some were reasonable, others were outrageous! It seems they all
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A collection of failed DIY videos (you might see some of mine if you check in periodically). There are so many hilarious DIY fails on YouTube, I decided to dedicate a post to some of the ones that strike me as particularly funny. Some of these failed DIY videos remind me of me. Either in
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Changing Tacoma headlights, although intimidating, is not as difficult as you may think. In my case, I am changing my Tacoma headlights for two reasons. These headlights I have on now are severely de-laminated. They are also aftermarket, I made the mistake of buying factory smoke tinted lights. These lights soak up so much of
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I recently got rid of the camper top on my Tacoma. I replaced it with a Tonneau roll up cover. Having the cap off opened a lot of possibilities. One of them being able to add an accessible Tacoma toolbox. Sticker shock cured me of that notion quickly! Truck bed tool boxes are fairly expensive
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This old Boston whaler has some severe fiberglass delamination on the bow. There are a number of techniques that can be used to do a delamination fiberglass repair. I decided to go with injecting an epoxy based resin. Identifying the obvious spots is pretty easy. But, you also have to take the time to find
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I’m getting ready to start the hull and interior renovation on my 1966 13′ Boston Whaler. My plan is to start with the interior, which needs the most work. Before I get started with that, I want to remove the Whaler norman pins. This will give me access to the fiberglass and gel coat that
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If you own a 2006 era Silverado or Sierra you may be seeing your rocker panels rusting away. This seems to be a common problem with the Silverado rocker panel. Luckily, there are a number of replacement rocker panels available at a reasonable price. You’ll find various methods of putting these on. They range from
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Finding the Johnson Shift Link Location! A smart approach to any task is planning out the steps to complete it ahead of time. I planned on doing that when dropping the lower unit for the first time. There was just one drawback, I couldn’t find the Johnson shift linkage location!This happened to me recently when
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