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  1. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Make sure to use a stainless transom cap when you hang the motor. Would be glad to send you a sketch from work
  2. Scott Danforth

    Do you have a DIY vacuum / pressure tester?

    A newer shop vac will pull down to 20". We used to use a shop vac to pull a vac on hydraulic reservoirs
  3. Scott Danforth

    Do you have a DIY vacuum / pressure tester?

    If you have a mity vac brake bleeder, it will get to well over 20" of vacuum. If not, oil the seal
  4. Scott Danforth

    How much water pressure is too much, for running on the hose?

    Our neighborhood used to be 110 psi, never blew a seal or any issue feeding a boat on muffs. It did force the toilets to run. Ended up with PRVs on the toilets A few years back, a main blew feeding the neighborhood. After that, the pressure is now 75 psi You're fine at 90
  5. Scott Danforth

    Do you have a DIY vacuum / pressure tester?

    Mity vac 8500
  6. Scott Danforth

    Considering a 22-25ft cabin cruiser. thoughts?

    Mid 90s crest hawk. Aluminum hull, cuddy, 4.3V6, 2 tanks, fish all day on one fill-up
  7. Scott Danforth

    Bad Gas

    Start a bonfire
  8. Scott Danforth

    Decent transmission rebuilder to get a rebuilt/ Reman 6L80E

    Could always get a low mileage trans from LKQ,
  9. Scott Danforth

    garmin gpsmap 2010c

    You go to Garmins website
  10. Scott Danforth

    50th Anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's demise

    My bud has a picture of the Edmonton Fitzgerald when it was in the docks at bay ship in Sturgeon Bay getting repaired in the late 60s
  11. Scott Danforth

    Pontoon Repower

    There is an extra "0" on that price
  12. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    core material is just the filler between lamination schedules. the strength is in the lamination schedule. the transom is the same between I/O and OB. just more bracing in the OB versions
  13. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    to expand on Ted's #433 post. an I/O is pushing the boat from the bottom of the transom and the hull, where the stringers and motor mounts come together. this is trying to pry the bottom of the transom off a boat with a 15" lever arm the majority of the weight of the motor is supported on the...
  14. Scott Danforth

    View of unloaded trailer with pickups

    todays trucks are too high to see any unladen boat trailer over a closed tailgate. you wont see anything short of an enclosed utility trailer looking over the tail gate as you are looking nearly 5 feet up in the air use the mirrors, you should be able to back up around a block by looking in...
  15. Scott Danforth

    No Center Attachment for Hauling onto the Trailer

    if the boat is ABYC compliant, ABYC H-40 would disagree with that statement.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Pontoon Repower

    agree, stay away from Ficht. that is what killed OMC in the mid 90s Ficht came out in 1997 model year, so mid 1996.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Decent transmission rebuilder to get a rebuilt/ Reman 6L80E

    on LS1Tech, there is Franks Custom Trans. https://www.facebook.com/frankscustomtransmissions/ that appears to know his stuff. would be worth reaching out.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.7 Fuel Starvation Under Load

    post all cylinder numbers. 150 psi is good, 120 psi is not good a proper range is 145-155. not a 30 psi swing verify the timing with Rinda, or go thru the factory service manual on verifying the installation of the timing.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Have a live mouse inside a interior wall. No insulation.

    mouse trap with peanut butter on the trigger with a bit of string. put it in the wall...... wait 20 minutes, retrieve and toss.
  20. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    ted, buy some infrared heat lamps
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