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  1. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    knowing why the IMO rules exists, and what it prevents, you may not have that attitude. however, its your life.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    good luck in making water cooled marine exhaust or finding J1171 compliant electrics, or marine compliant fuel system parts.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Help identify 5.7 longblock serial#

    the casting numbers on the back of the block just above the flywheel housing boss is huge
  4. Scott Danforth

    Looking to stabilize my alum boat

    If you ever had forklift training and understand the triangle of stability. the bow of a small runabout has a triangle in the water that is only about 1' long, and about 8" wide. as the bow flares up, the worst place you can step is outside the triangle of stability.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Looking to stabilize my alum boat

    with a 14' utility boat like you have, there is not much width. if you want to add stability, as stated above. sit down. remove the forward deck. putting a forward deck on a small v-hull utility boat is like standing on the handlebar of a tricycle. you can do it, if you remain still and...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Hi-Lex throttle, why two switches?

    one is the trailer switch to run it all the way up. the other is the trim switch to operate in the trim range.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Water intake location? MC 185 w/AlphaOne

    and you can not run an outdrive in a barrel. you must use the muffs.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Help identify 5.7 longblock serial#

    is it the little round heat tag? those are overheat indicators that melt and fall-off if the motor is ever run hot.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Pressure treated plywood in aluminum boat

    Exterior plywood, titebond III, and some Iinseed oil will last longer than treated plywood and it won't eat your aluminum hull
  10. Scott Danforth

    Sharrow propellers

    For 8800, I can buy 6 sets of stainless props and 6 tanks of fuel
  11. Scott Danforth

    1985 Malibu Ski Boat Repair

    Gel You have some crazing in the gel. I would look to see if there is any damage on the inside
  12. Scott Danforth

    2005 mercury 4.3 spitting oil out. Starboard side

    every NAPA will have a plug for an SBC dipstick hole.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Cabela's propeller c321423. Will it fit a Merc 150?

    cabela props were private labeled by precision props. maybe call them since Cabelas is now Bass Pro Shops
  14. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4L heat exchanger repair

    Mr Cool is an aftermarket unit. the factory units came from Champ and Monitor. not sure how the aftermarket unit is made.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4L heat exchanger repair

    the whole thing is made of copper tubing, sheet and bronze castings. there is a mix of brazed and soldered bits the elbows are standard nibco elbows that are coped to fit the shell (should be 5.125 or 6.125" OD. and there is a hose retention bead rolled in it. the shell is just copper tube...
  16. Scott Danforth

    2000 vp 5.0 - can i use the closed tstat housing for raw conversion?

    only way that happened is if the HX was put on a used motor, or the EG wasnt maintained.
  17. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    I estimate $125K-$130K range
  18. Scott Danforth

    Raw water pump volvo belt driven

    https://www.spxflow.com/assets/original/johnson-pump-marine-marine-catalog-2018-us.pdf start about page 42. page 46 has the F5B (5.7 liter and smaller) and F6B (5.7 liter and bigger) crankshaft mounted pumps for the GM motors being belt driven, I assume the F7B. the SPX catalog sucks. the...
  19. Scott Danforth

    2000 vp 5.0 - can i use the closed tstat housing for raw conversion?

    ^+1
  20. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4L heat exchanger repair

    Is this a CHAMP or monitor heat exchanger? I would recommend that you take it to a radiator shop so they can pressure test after the repair the tube bundle is brazed, so that is not an issue, and the elbows to shell brazing is usually done prior to the tube bundle being installed in the shell...
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