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  1. Scott Danforth

    Surefit Table post holder

    Look in the tacomarine website under table pedestals
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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
  5. Scott Danforth

    Vinyl Wrap

    you can wet sand, buff and wax an entire 26 foot boat in a weekend
  6. 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...
  7. Scott Danforth

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    still used in boat windows on center consols, at least at work they are.
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Scott Danforth

    What difference between 8 versus 10 vane impellers?

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

    Distributor alternatives

  14. Scott Danforth

    Distributor alternatives

    hope you have better luck with aftermarket EFI than everyone I know
  15. Scott Danforth

    Guest battery isolator ?

    the 2401 isolator is nothing more than a bunch of big diodes.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Distributor alternatives

    volvo has been using electronic dizzys's since the 80's. if you have a points distributor, someone put it in there. the main thing that can go bad on a distributor is the $5 bottom bushing or the $8 top bushing, both available at NAPA, or the springs on the advance bar. yes, you can switch to...
  17. Scott Danforth

    03 Chaparral 263 Center Windshield Glass Broke out

    your only choice is taylor made. and you can call your local Chap dealer who can contact the factory and get the taylor made part numbers.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Curious, how are old boats disposed of that marinas refuse to haul out?

    I was talking about the cost to hire a crane and have the boat hauled. me personally, I would turn in the boat, get the appropriate permits and tow it to the designated disposal slip and let them take it from there.
  19. Scott Danforth

    After dropping exhaust manifold to replace starter, I forgot to turn the raw water valve back on!

    All the rubber hoses in your exhaust also need inspection. The exhaust went from 220 degrees with water to 1100 without. The rubber melts at 250f
  20. Scott Danforth

    After 2 failed Pertronix ignitors, I put in points and it runs again

    Wrong. Setting points with a dwell meter is about coil saturation and full burn of the fuel charge. Which leads to better fuel economy, better power, and better idle quality
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