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  1. Scott Danforth

    Electric Cars or Trucks

    there are many square kilometers in europe of just such "graveyards" of electric cars with dead batteries there are hundreds acres in Portugal that are being used as lithium waste fields which will eventually poison the drinking water of the entire country recycling lithium is currently about...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Question on my anodes

    you can only get zinc trim tab anodes. If you have not replaced the others they are most likely zinc as well. I would replace them
  3. Scott Danforth

    165 L6 Bushings need replacement?

    replace them. however your in-line 6 is one of the smoothest engines there is on the planet. if you have vibrations, make sure you are running on all 6 cylinders
  4. Scott Danforth

    1968 Slickcraft 19 foot Just Purchased!

    core plugs dont just come out. usually the block cracks along the way. the term freeze plug is erroneous. they are for sealing the core holes to get core sand out of the block casting.
  5. Scott Danforth

    3.0 Mercruiser Dies On Acceleration

    Chech your gauge, its reading high
  6. Scott Danforth

    3.0 Mercruiser Dies On Acceleration

    a fresh rebuild should be 150psi on all 4 cylinders
  7. Scott Danforth

    Mud daubber dust in engine

    between 1 hour and 5000 hours depending on engine, maintenance, etc. How long is long, how far up is up. not sure where you are starting with, what type of engine, etc. if you didnt know what kind of boat you just bought, could you answer the question with the minimum information if you have...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Truck cam with captain's choice?

    I ran my SBC with vortec heads at 12 BTDC, however I had done some cam work. 10 degree on a stock motor is fine.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Cushion and Seat Rebuild

    it takes staples very easy. if you look at @tpenfield build, his upholstry is all PVC
  10. Scott Danforth

    After market fuel pumps

    ouch
  11. Scott Danforth

    4 to a 2 barrel carb

    still waiting for the shed to be built before the '32 project gets restarted. may be a year
  12. Scott Danforth

    Cushion and Seat Rebuild

    Todays boats use HDPE (starboard) if the substrate needs to be structural or PVC proboard if it does not need to be structural. About the same cost per sheet as Marine ply
  13. Scott Danforth

    Random

    true words. great grandad said on his 100th birthday when he was asked if he feels 100. "well.... I wake up at 160, eat at 90, go to bed at 16. how old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?"
  14. Scott Danforth

    Someone educate me.

    mild reading on the Slinkers. https://www.tiarayachts.com/world/post23/
  15. Scott Danforth

    Someone educate me.

    both are S2 yacht brands. same DNA in the hulls.
  16. Scott Danforth

    4 to a 2 barrel carb

    it was in the rules you agreed to when you joined iBoats
  17. Scott Danforth

    Random

    So had a conversation the other day..... Zach: technology today is so much better me: how so? Zach: I mean, who has time to play CD's or rewind VHS, everything is digital and on my phone me: you dont use your phone to make calls Zach: that is what texting is for me: cant wait to get the...
  18. Scott Danforth

    4 to a 2 barrel carb

    again, no buying/selling/swapping in open forums. use the PM's
  19. Scott Danforth

    5.7 omc carb leak

    a 6-pack of beer. open one and drink it. then cut the top off. put the outdrive bolts in that one when the drive is off, open another and drink it when done, cut the top off that one, then put the motor bolts when the motor is out, you drink one to celebrate until you get eyeballs on the...
  20. Scott Danforth

    4 to a 2 barrel carb

    use the PM's
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