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  1. Scott Danforth

    Hard to turn crank while rebuilding GM 350

    Go back and measure journals and sadles
  2. Scott Danforth

    Fuel pump problem

    Have you pulled the pickup tube and checked it? If tou have a hole, you are sucking air. If there is a filter in the tube, its probably clogged
  3. Scott Danforth

    What is the best easiest way to clean hull?

    Usually hard hats have the wearers name on it to identify the dark/wet spot after such an incident. Was at a job site after a headache ball and hook came off the becket (cotter was probably forgot) from 180 feet up and pushed a workers hard had and its contents thru his rib cage and into his...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Opinion on types of starting batteries

    your choice group 24, group 27 or group 31 Enersys (and all their companies) makes a great battery Deka makes a good battery the 6-pack spiral cell ones not so much
  5. Scott Danforth

    Random

    from a PZEV vehicle, probably BMW
  6. Scott Danforth

    Oil filter for Volvo Penta 3.0, 1998

    volvo penta buys the same 3.0 liter engine from GM that Mercruiser and OMC did. I know if you google it, you will find hundreds of threads on the same thing. companies like Wix and purolator have application guides and cross reference listings
  7. Scott Danforth

    Is this repairable? Outdrive Chip

    stainless bolted to aluminum? from a galvanic corrosion point of view, no thank you
  8. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser Pre-Alpha (MC1) Broken Beyond Repair... Options/Recommendations?

    $250 for 45 minutes worth of work?
  9. Scott Danforth

    Is this repairable? Outdrive Chip

    I would leave it however if it bothers you, take it to any of the following: marina that does weld repair propeller shop fabrication shop radiator shop that is about a 10 minute repair
  10. Scott Danforth

    5.0GL Possible Carb issue

    Check your fuel pressure Read the plugs
  11. Scott Danforth

    Volvo duoprop

    Your props are fine. Buy the washers
  12. Scott Danforth

    Winterizing

    by kit, do you mean some sort of block-buster 2000, or scam-u instant winterizing kit? the best kit you can do with a fresh motor (brand new or newly rebuilt) is install a heat exchanger. (you can not install a heat exchanger on a used motor) if you do not want to go with fresh water cooling...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Holes and the unknowns

    to add to above. all of us have taken a break from our projects (it took me almost 5 years from start to finish)
  14. Scott Danforth

    Gelcoat Application Questions

    here is some reading https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/gelcoating-the-whole-boat-down-to-the-waterline.61694/ https://forums.iboats.com/threads/1988-rogue-2420.486013/page-8 https://forums.iboats.com/threads/1998-cruisers-rogue-2420-re-gel-and-interior.703549/ you will need to play with the...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Holes and the unknowns

    if your floor is soft, its rotten. if the floor rotted, the stringers and transom have long ago rotted
  16. Scott Danforth

    Looking for a boat

    I have taken me 19 foot searay in 7 foot seas. Did gave the bow canvase in place as i was stuffing the boat into waves Sometimes all you need is a 10 foot boat, sometimes you need 100 feet
  17. Scott Danforth

    Volvo duoprop

    Props are rubbing on each other. Are you missing hardware between the props?
  18. Scott Danforth

    Swell, waves, and period

    Waves are swells, until they get to shore and the dip collides with the shore
  19. Scott Danforth

    TB V Questions

    Hey @achris
  20. Scott Danforth

    Swell, waves, and period

    oceans go from flat calm (sea state 0) to 15 foot peaks (sea state 7) very quickly https://www.weather.gov/pqr/beaufort since you are moving. talk to the locals
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