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  1. Scott Danforth

    DIY - Canvas Enclosure

    Dont worry, first time it gets wet, then the sun hits it........ it will shrink and you wont be able to snap it again......
  2. Scott Danforth

    DIY How to build an outboard stand with a 275lbs+ rating

    I have two outboards and a trolling motor on a stand built out of 2x4's I did have to go to thru-bolts after the deck screws broke
  3. Scott Danforth

    Folding dock cleats

    I would go with pop-up cleats vs folding. the small folding ones are generally for hanging fenders where the pop-up cleats are load rated.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Re-powering a 1978 21' Starcraft Mariner - Engine Help!

    and the jack plate pushes the motor aft about 4-5" so that really squats the boat. I would stick with a short shaft on the boat.
  5. Scott Danforth

    1987 GM 305 x 2 rebuild questions.

    and if you go vortec (1996+ motors), only the intake manifold must change and you get even more power.
  6. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 Leaking Water On Top of Manifold

    did you probe the drains in #3
  7. Scott Danforth

    Title Issues

    You need to call the local registration office
  8. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 Leaking Water On Top of Manifold

    How did you winterize?
  9. Scott Danforth

    Re-powering a 1978 21' Starcraft Mariner - Engine Help!

    What's wrong with the existing motor? With maintenance it will out last all the new motors
  10. Scott Danforth

    1993 Carver 280 Express listing to port.

    Carvers of that vintage have lots of wood
  11. Scott Danforth

    I just got a 1980 Renken w/OMC stringer

    You were told wrong It didn't show more than 100 because there is no water in the block With cooling water, your exhaust temp is 200f Without cooling water, the exhaust temp is 1100f
  12. Scott Danforth

    This seems like a good job for AI

    NGK has a good cross reference
  13. Scott Danforth

    Sparkplug - carbon buildup - causes?

    My guess it the CTS is reading low and the motor never gets out of cold start mode. Have you checked fuel pressure? Do you have Rinda?
  14. Scott Danforth

    I just got a 1980 Renken w/OMC stringer

    Take the garden hose and connect it to the thermostat housing if you want to run it. However you toasted the rubber in the exhaust
  15. Scott Danforth

    I just got a 1980 Renken w/OMC stringer

    Not to mention without cooling water, you burned the rubber exhaust bits
  16. Scott Danforth

    1993 Carver 280 Express listing to port.

    May want to have it surveyed for moisture. Plenty of wood structure in that boat
  17. Scott Danforth

    I just got a 1980 Renken w/OMC stringer

    Usually when the floor rots the stringers and transom rotted decades earlier Check to see if the boat simply had a "deck-over" Deck over defined: Slap plywood over the rotten deck and sell it asap (boating equivalent to 5# of bondo filling in rust at a used car lot)
  18. Scott Danforth

    Removal of Flex Seal coating from hull?

    No, they are similar. Has to do with a boundary layer. Ask yourself why a golfball has 320 dimples. Or why a baseball has 108 stitches ( and why a batch of rough stitches 10 years ago made pitches faster) Same reason a row boat will want a rough surface
  19. Scott Danforth

    I just got a 1980 Renken w/OMC stringer

    Welcome aboard Free boats are often the most expensive OMC is obsolete, not outdated. The 1980 hydro-mechanical drive was a short-lived 3-year only problem child (78-80) quickly replaced with the full mechanical shift There are 3 separate gear boxes, not including the tilt clutch gearbox...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Volvo 4.3 Strange dipstick readings

    Measure the tube to the point 3.5" below the pan rail Measure the dipstick an put a mark that distance from the handle end
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