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  1. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    regarding your boat. estimate $6k to fix the hull as the stringers and transom are most likely compromised and your foam is most likely water logged .
  2. Scott Danforth

    Barefoot skiers?

    My father and oldest uncle used to barefoot, I attempted to...... once...... 40 years ago..... LOL
  3. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    remember the USCG colregs on fuel systems, electrics, exhaust, temperature, etc. are just the IMO (International Marine Organization) rules packaged for the recreational boat market. see 33CFR sub part J for fuel systems and sub part I for electrical...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    and you know nothing about marine requirements. or how fuel vapor sits in a bilge the VR6 has less torque down low than a lowely 3.0 liter mercruiser so as a marine motor, short of adding a turbo (also not marine friendly unless you use a water cooled turbo in addition to the water cooled...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Aluminum Sign Prep for Patches

    road signs are a good source of 5052 (marine aluminum) to get the paint off, I would probably put 80 grit pad on the DA
  6. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 5.7L Black Scorpion grinding noise when in neutral

    your starter is probably already damaged. so pull it and inspect / test it your ring gear is probably chewed up if the starter was engaged while the motor was running. so the motor must come out to fix that. follow the yellow wire with the red stripe from the starter. it leads to the pilot...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Top speed

    25mph maybe as there are no lifting strakes on your pontoon to go faster you need more power and lifting strakes then again, forest river just took a stock trifecta pontoon to lake of the ozarks with 3 500hp outboards and only managed to get 100mph. Had they stripped off the arch...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Engine sputters when turned off

    That is run on. That little gasp at the end is the motor running backwards and sucking water from the exhaust You either have the timing out of spec, are running hot, or are running too rich
  9. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    You're missing the point If you make a fuel mistake in a car....the fumes go out the open engine compartment and dissipate. If you make a fuel mistake in a boat, the fuel vapor collects in the bilge and you meet Jesus
  10. Scott Danforth

    Hard start

    that is what the anti-siphon valve on the tank as well as the two check valve in the fuel pump does
  11. Scott Danforth

    Hard start

    not legal on an I/O
  12. Scott Danforth

    Boat Cover Supports

    Inflatable bud light furniture?
  13. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    remember in a boat, no surface to be hotter than 200F (93C) to prevent igniting the boat.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Boat Cover Supports

    I think we all do. had 4" of rain fall about 8 months ago, rain started pooling, the support pole slipped, and the whole cover had about 500 gallons of water in the top that I had to rig a pump up to get out. then had to repair the cover. tried everything and once in the while mother nature wins
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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...
  20. 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.
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