TOPIC: Wow could have fallen off ..

Wow could have fallen off .. 13 years 6 months ago #28654

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A few days ago my Buddy picked up a Old boat for just the motor .He asked me if Ild help him pull it with him .It was a early 70s Merc 500 .When I went to lousen the Bolts holding the bottom on they had rusted threw and must have been gone or just about gone in the Middle ..I could Imagine them coming out in the Middle of the lake and Losing a motor . Ive seen bolts go bad like this before ..Guess not everybody uses stainless steel bolts ..I was thinking that Ive seen newbys come on here and say .. Hey I got this old Boat . What should I look for ?? We might want to put that on our list of things to check .And if ya got a Old boat and never looked Might be a good idea ..

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Re:Wow could have fallen off .. 13 years 6 months ago #28675

john-gibson Offline Contributing Member Posts: 4014 Karma: 324 Thank you received: 0	heck the bolts that held the big 75 hp eveinrude on the sunray ,were aluminum that had deteiorated and we had to break them to get them out and it wasnt very hard to do,so ed bought stainless bolts now.john Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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