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  1. Scott Danforth

    just asking, What about a Thread for Free, Cheap, Abandoned, I just got this great deal on a boat.

    The newbies wouldnt read it
  2. Scott Danforth

    Best way to repair corrosion on aluminum boat

    https://ammo.com/bullet-type/00-buck 00 buck, or double-aught buckshot (commonly mistaken as double ought buck), is probably the most famous type of shotgun ammo of all time. Even people unfamiliar with firearms know of it from movies and television. This ammo type, as the name implies, is for...
  3. Scott Danforth

    spring vapor lock?

    it will run fine, however it will hydrolock on you shortly after shutting it off.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Fuel Consumption - Is This Right?

    no problem..... I call it a vintage moment in our household
  5. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha One TKS - Fuel Pump issue?

    the steps I would personally do: replace the engine belt remove the drive and do a full PM on the drive, including inspecting the u-joints, gimbal bearing, bellows, and alignment while replacing the raw water pump, and then change fuid drain the fuel tank and inspect its contents. if the fuel...
  6. Scott Danforth

    spring vapor lock?

    time to pull the manifolds and elbow to inspect. you should not see rust trails.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Fuel Consumption - Is This Right?

    BSFC for an outboard is about 0.5 # of fuel per HP per hour for steady state loading (your motor may be different) 2-strokes are closer to 0.55-0.8 depending on design lets pic 0.6 for your 2-stroke if you run for 1 hour, 60 x .6 = 36 # of fuel, or at 6.82# per gallon, you would have burned...
  8. Scott Danforth

    1995 Talari 190 4.3 with 1.84 ratio 205HP

    yes, so you can run a 15x19 if you want
  9. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha One TKS - Fuel Pump issue?

    welcome aboard. the symptoms you list are not fuel pump issues. they are, however dirty carb and fuel system issues. if this boat sat a lot, the fuel in the tank and the carb could be bad. additionally, hard to start and hesitant acceleration are classic signs of debris in the carb the...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Abandoned boat hull stringer help. 1984 sunbird 16

    a soft floor means the stringers have rotted and the foam is wet to cause rot in the floor. the transom moving at all means the transom is bad a fiberglass boat stored bow down means that all the water that fills it up becomes a swampy mess. to answer your question, is it salvageable, the...
  11. Scott Danforth

    spring vapor lock?

    vapor lock is when the fuel boils in the pump from an overheat situation and the pump cant pump the fuel vapor. that phenomenon is ultra-rare in boats having fluid being pumped out when you remove the plugs and fluid in the cylinder is hydro-locked. that is when water or oil gets into the...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Running Out of Fuel - Half Full

    the hole in the middle is to mold in a support that keeps the top and bottom from flexing alot.
  13. Scott Danforth

    1995 Talari 190 4.3 with 1.84 ratio 205HP

    there are 3 or 4 different anodes for the A1G2. I know running a 15x19 Solas prop, I needed the flat anode.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Best way to repair corrosion on aluminum boat

    no treated lumber anywhere near aluminum. you may as well shoot the boat with a 12 gauge and 00 buckshot you will see the aluminum starting to galvanicaly corrode within a few days if there is any moisture
  15. Scott Danforth

    1995 Talari 190 4.3 with 1.84 ratio 205HP

    overall diameter of the prop has very little effect. a 15x19 requires the flat annode on an Alpha 1 gen 2
  16. Scott Danforth

    Wiring Harness Meltdown

    something shorted or that ground wire that ran to the controls for some reason received a larger load on it than it was designed for. did you add any accessories to the boat?
  17. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta trim tilt hoses rebuild

    there isnt a hydraulic shop around that will reuse fittings. they cant take that kind of liability
  18. Scott Danforth

    1987 19 ft Bomber Vanguard I/O

    Welcome aboard start by going to this sticky. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/ read links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, 4b in their entirety. watch every video, look at every picture. that will give you the basic understanding. as stated above, pull the...
  19. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    last few weeks have been non-boat weeks. The admirals aunt was not doing very good, and last weekend her cousin was here. after half a day, the decision was made to move Aunt Kay in with Brian and we inherited a cat this weekend, my Aunt up in Ocala went into hospice and pasted away So to...
  20. Scott Danforth

    3.7 to 4.3 swap

    same expansion/contraction rates to keep the head gasket from spitting. would also install a bore stabilizing spider to keep the open deck from flopping around
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