Marinette Boat Forum

I am not sure that is the case here. Here are photos of both the port and starboard engines I took before I disassembled everything and the orientation of the pumps are the same. Any ideas?

I am rebuilding a pair Chrysler 318s and I did not take notice of the plumbing of the fresh water cooling system when I was disassembling the motors. Now that I am replacing all of the hoses, do I have to switch the inlet and outlet on the reverse rotation motor? Both motors have non-directional pum...

So that's what it's called. I've always called it the "Black Crap". Jeff There is a guy online who has been restoring a 46 ft Chris Craft Roamer—all aluminum like the Marinette and similar construction. I got the term from his website, https://1969chriscraftroamer46.wordpress.com. This gu...

I found that a heat gun and a scraper work well. I use paint thinner to clean up the residual bitumen. Next step is acid etch then epoxy prime.

I am restoring the boat and while the engines are out, I want to clean the bilge. A lot of the coating has peeled up already so I wanted to epoxy coat the exposed metal.

Is there a good way to remove the foil-covered tar coating on the inside of the hull? I have tried pressure washing, strong soap / scrubbing, engine degreaser, and mechanical scraping. Any ideas?