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  1. Scott Danforth

    Boat listing to left

    Look for something heavy on the port side
  2. Scott Danforth

    1969 Boston Whaler hull peel

    There should not be a black layer. Just gel and fiberglass over foam. Black usually indicates some sore of bacterial or mold issue CSM can not be used with epoxy, neither can 1708. CSM requires the styrene to break down the binders Using epoxy requires cloth and 1700 And you can not gel...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Old aero craft

    Get the prior owner, drive him down to your local registration office with you. Get the title transferred to your name
  4. Scott Danforth

    Old aero craft

    do you have paperwork with your boat from the prior owner? registration, etc.? if not, you may have an up-hill battle. see your local registration office. they will most likely issue a new serial number or HIN.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Cam profile choice - Volvo B20B

    yes, assuming that is a marine grind. your marine motor does not share the cam with the automotive motors.
  6. Scott Danforth

    1969 Boston Whaler hull peel

    how far did you have to grind. if you just ground thru the gel, then a coat of 1.5 oz CSM would be fine prior to sanding and re-gel or paint. if you ground a few layers deep, build back up with 1708
  7. Scott Danforth

    1998 Chaparral 2330 Sport SE

    first, welcome aboard. second, if you dont find a fiberglassed deck on any fiberglass boat, someone else was in there and did a deck-over. they leave the factory with fiberglass covering the core material. Chap has been doing fiberlass decks for about 50 years.
  8. Scott Danforth

    1969 Boston Whaler hull peel

    your 55 year old whaler made it 40 years past when it was designed to last. if you have any moisture in the foam core I would scrap it. you cant dry them out. if you grind fiberglass, you must replace the fiberglass. pic #2 says you are almost thru to the foam.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Cam profile choice - Volvo B20B

    because you are running a wet exhaust and the other cams are street cams with too much reversion.
  10. Scott Danforth

    1990 5.7L L.E. OMC Cobra - Various Questions

    holley 4175 is a spreadbore. Square bore holley 4160 is what is shown (all but a few the big block VP's got a 4150 or 4160). look at the air horn and read the numbers. then look at the holley bible. https://documents.holley.com/techlibrary_carb_numerical_listing.pdf
  11. Scott Danforth

    1990 5.7L L.E. OMC Cobra - Various Questions

    Most of the king cobra parts are NLA The Holley carb appears original. Volvo used a mix of Holley (higher performance motors) and Rochester (base engines) in the 80's then went only Holley starting in late 89
  12. Scott Danforth

    1990 5.7L L.E. OMC Cobra - Various Questions

    Most likely the Holley is stock. Both OMC and Volvo Penta ran Holley carbs
  13. Scott Danforth

    1983 seafarer I/o conversion transom rot

    first, welcome aboard. second, just spend time going thru the restoration forum, you will find hundreds of threads. just about every iBoater that has a thread in the forum has rebuilt a fiberglass boat. some of us have rebuilt a few your boat is now 41 years old as they are selling 2024...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.0gi

    some of the sticky links got broken a few years back when the forum changed software. I would get a copy of the factory service manual for your boats motor, drive, and EFI. https://www.volvopenta.com/en-us/your-engine/manuals-and-handbooks/ here is the fuel pressures
  15. Scott Danforth

    Verify I have found all drain points

    the blue handle is only on mercruisers. the OP has an OMC stringer.
  16. Scott Danforth

    16ft Glasspar w/65hp 2 stroke

    Just materials to do the restoration will exceed $1000.... Probably closer to $1500. Incidentals will be about $300, PPE will be about $200
  17. Scott Danforth

    Coffee maker parts

    I think I joined the ride..... the $2 shaft seal on the bottom of the 5 year old whirlpool dishwasher that rides on the plastic shaft that turns the cheesy disc to pulse water top and bottom decided to leak. because the admiral has a rug in the kitchen, we didnt notice it until the floor was...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Maxwell Smart, "Missed it by that much"

    a cut-off wheel in the angle grinder will be a 4 minute job, including time to debur. 3or4 cut-off blades in the oscilating tool will be a 30 minute job, then change to sand-paper head and spend 10 minutes deburring..
  19. Scott Danforth

    Gas causes mold to form

    you will want to kill the mold before you sand or you just mush the mold spores around. spray nine or oxalic bleach (most toilet bowl cleaners) works
  20. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.0gi

    welcome aboard 3862057 is the volvo part for a base engine use the volvo serial number tag (should be just above the starter). the 4990004550 is most likely the GM block serial number. not the volvo penta serial number However there is not much of a variation on the GI motors.
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