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  1. Scott Danforth

    Winterizing, use E-0 stabilized gas or install shut off valve and run carb out of fuel?

    Im a cheap guy. I run E10 pump swill, no stabilizer in pretty much everything I do not fog. I quit fogging nearly 30 years ago. I get about a year before the fuel goes bad. I just took the last of the fuel out of the boat and ran it in the daily whip, truck and lawn mower this past month as...
  2. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    Don't airplane motors still need 2 ignition systems?
  3. Scott Danforth

    Gonna need to pull my Alpha outdrive, no water flow.Thinking its clogged

    if the tube clogged, it most likely took out the water pump impeller
  4. Scott Danforth

    Question about paint chips in fuel system

    standard socket with OD turned down.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Bench/Sunpad vs Doghouse for Engine Servicing (pic included)

    the sunpad material is ripping because the vinyl is past its life expectancy a remote oil filter head will help with filter access. Plugs are a once every 10 years sort of thing winterizing drain plugs and filters are the yearly service items.
  6. Scott Danforth

    Question about paint chips in fuel system

    do a compression check. yes injectors can be cleaned if you can get the spark arrestor off, you can get the injectors off.
  7. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Beer and Whiskey does not go on the budget. those are a measure of time.
  8. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    to quote my great grandfather when he was 100. If you didnt know your age, how old would you be? He said he woke up at 160 and went to bed at 16.... He also mentioned that Washington had twice as many horses arses as there were horses to carry them. Im not quite there on both ends..... but...
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

  10. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    in the 70's the vehicle manual explained servicing the points, adjusting valves and checking the fluids. todays vehicle manuals tell you not to lick the windows and drink the battery fluid. yet there is a 45 page section on the infotainment section and how you can sync up your blue tooth phone
  11. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    the world went down hill when shop classes quit being mandatory
  12. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    you can thank the IIHS for adding "safety features" to your car because todays drivers cant drive, cant turn their head to back up, cant check their own air pressure in the tires, cant service a battery, cant stay in their own lane, cant look before they turn, are too distracted to pay attention...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Latest new car racket to cause you to by a car.

    LKQ pick a part yards are my favorite shopping centers
  14. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    40 grit on the DA, followed by 80 grit for cleanup
  15. Scott Danforth

    Latest new car racket to cause you to by a car.

    It's easier to get parts for a 1920 Ford than it is to get parts for a 2020. Smart parts (such as tail lights with integrated sensors) are OEM only and the OEM doesn't make them.... See post #5 Social engineering has driven society to believing you need a new car every 3 years...... So the...
  16. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

  17. Scott Danforth

    Should I use a kicker when trolling in a 4.3L Mercruiser?

    I wouldnt worry about your 4.3. with maintenance, it will last a good 4-5000 hours I used to drop pitch for trolling to get my trolling speed down
  18. Scott Danforth

    Winterize a Non-Running Engine?

    2-stroke oil is a great stabilizer of fuel since it has a carbon chain in it. as Chris stated, stand it on end, pull the plugs and spray some oil in the cylinders and lube the other things.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Steering hose to steering actuator - compression or o'ring

    SAE inverted flare on one end. Metric o-ring fitting on the other any hydraulic hose shop can make hoses.
  20. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    How many times do you plan to move it? If you use water and drain after each move, no freezing You could always use sand bags as indicated, or store the two motors on the swim platform
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