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  1. Scott Danforth

    91 chap restoration

    Make fiberglass or weld up aluminum seat boxes if you want to keep the back to back seats and get rid of wood. I would just use wood and seal it myself regarding the floor, as long as it is encapsulated with fiberglass, you can use EVA foam, carpet, teak, dead smurfs, cork, or any other...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Older Boats

    The only issue with wooden boats, is they require a ton of maintenance. And depending on the construction, some must stay in the water to keep the planking sealed , others must have the bottom paint maintained yearly
  3. Scott Danforth

    Stuck Transom Wood

    It should be mandatory that everyone attempting a restoration read link 14 of the stickies. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/
  4. Scott Danforth

    Stuck Transom Wood

    The chainsaw attachment is about as safe as bolting in a trim saw blade in an angle grinder. If it slipped..... You're going to the emergency room
  5. Scott Danforth

    2002 5,7 Mercruiser exhaust manifold keeps cracking - 5 times this summer

    Check compression on the suspect engine. Especially on cylinder 5
  6. Scott Danforth

    Stuck Transom Wood

    While you can repair the transom from the outside, it's 10x the work and you still have to address the stringers To remove the wood, cut the wood in criss-cross patterns and use a pry bar. Then 24 grit to clean up the remainder
  7. Scott Danforth

    Surefit Table post holder

    Look in the tacomarine website under table pedestals
  8. Scott Danforth

    I got a boat...help needed!

    What are we working on? Not sea trialing a boat means you just gambled your money and most likely lost All fiberglass boats look good, however most have structural issues that you can not see unless you are significantly experienced. Adding good fuel to bad fuel just makes lots of bad fuel...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Water in the oil 1985 Searay 454/340

    Assume both motors are toast as the non runner with water in the oil has sat for more than a day or two with the water and will need a complete overhaul. The running motor is probably suffering a bit as well. A compression test on the running motor will verify You do not state if this is...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Finding a voltage drop?

    By cleaning the connections that Bondo referred to is using scotchbright pads or sand paper and cleaning the lugs, studs, and surfaces so clean and shiny that your mother in law would eat off them
  11. Scott Danforth

    Vinyl Wrap

    you can wet sand, buff and wax an entire 26 foot boat in a weekend
  12. Scott Danforth

    MC Chevy V8 Bravo 1 Crankshaft water pickup pump issues

    impeller rubber goes off of calendar years, not operating hours. impellers are easy to replace. sometimes you need to persuade the impeller out of teh housing. a dab of KY jelly on the impeller is all the lubricant it needs on first start. it does need to have the hose on full on the muffs...
  13. Scott Danforth

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    still used in boat windows on center consols, at least at work they are.
  14. Scott Danforth

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    5200 is NOT UV stable. Sika 291 is. based on the failures I have personally had over the years, Sika or Lifecaulk.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Battery isolater , 2 alternators

    Some ambulance isolators used to have 2 inputs and multiple outputs. Lots of voltage loss. The ACR scheme that AD mentioned is much better
  16. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Hey Ted ..... You do boats like I do hotrods..... Sell them just as you finish them, and get the next project
  17. Scott Danforth

    Guest battery isolator ?

    no, they wont. however your one-wire alternator will drain your battery unless you turn the batteries off every time. that is why one-wire alternators are not used on boats
  18. Scott Danforth

    What difference between 8 versus 10 vane impellers?

    you mean between the different profile, OD, shaft size, etc.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Distributor alternatives

  20. Scott Danforth

    Distributor alternatives

    hope you have better luck with aftermarket EFI than everyone I know
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