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  1. Scott Danforth

    Starter bolts Merc 260

    starter bolts are custom alloy, custom temper and custom knurled for a reason. if you want more room, swap out your direct drive 35# starter for a newer PMGR 13# starter. not only will you have more room, easier to get to, it will spin your motor faster.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Trim hose to pump

    get new hoses
  3. Scott Danforth

    R134 or R12 thoughts

    if the compressor is bad, just change the compressor and the h-valve and be done with it. go full R134. the condensor and evaporator dont know or care. the lines need to be properly crimped either way. since your compressor needs replacing. that is where the cost is to convert to do it right.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Boat mooring in rocky areas (aluminum boat)

    ask and you should receive. (technically its a really fancy 105' house boat with custom finger piers, custom front gangway, swim ladder, folding davit and toy locker.) powered onto shore, then all winch lines run to anchors drilled into the rock face and tensioned to about 4000# to keep it...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Boat mooring in rocky areas (aluminum boat)

    If a 105 foot yacht can pull up to stone shores on lake Powell, you can pull your tinny up on shore
  6. Scott Danforth

    No water out transom or exhaust

    Water from the transom shield hose should spray about 8-10" out the hose at idle
  7. Scott Danforth

    No water out transom or exhaust

    Start at the impeller and work your way thru the system. And yes, impellers can toast within 20 seconds without flow. Even if you have muffs
  8. Scott Danforth

    Record crappie

    in the early 80's, about 83, Dad and I were fishing the Menomonee River, just above Chaulk Hills power station. he caught a crappie that was about 3#. it hung 1" over each end of the frabil minnow bucket. the bucket was 14" in diameter. we ate it. however had we kept it, it would have been...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Hull liner

    its in my build thread in the sig
  10. Scott Danforth

    NEED HELP QUICK PLS: Replacement Engine choices for 350 MPI

    remember, your local engine machine shop guys probably are the best resource you have. Depending on how you want your build, you may need to go that route. for a stock block, Summit or GM direct for the scat rotating assembly - Competition products out of Oshkosh WI with your motors being...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Hull liner

    Go to any RV supply. Like Panther RV Its $6.55/ ft Same crap other places charge more for Panther also has wider than the 72"
  12. Scott Danforth

    Boat mooring in rocky areas (aluminum boat)

    Keel guard, pull boat up on shore
  13. Scott Danforth

    Installing an inverter

    The inverter instructions will have this info. However you may want to look at what you typed. For what you typed, you would be looking for a step- up transformer and diode pack. AC to DC Inverters are for going from DC to AC
  14. Scott Danforth

    Bow plowing at high speed.

    Your bunks should extend to just aft of the transom. Maybe move your winch post forward. May be impossible to get the hook out
  15. Scott Danforth

    Gross trailer weight rating

    Your first question was how.... i answered. It was a statement not a question
  16. Scott Danforth

    Gross trailer weight rating

    Your tongue weight......
  17. Scott Danforth

    Marvel Mystery oil in a 2004 5.0 engine

    Any compression reading higher than 150 is either a bad gauge or oil in the cylinders You may want to check your fuel pressure against spec Its not your ECM or coil
  18. Scott Danforth

    1998 Bayliner Capri floor.

    Use a goos shop vac with a bag, use duct tape to hold the hose near your work to suck as much as possible It helps
  19. Scott Danforth

    Advice on transom , stringers and floor rebuild

    Is there a reason you want to use epoxy? Your boat was poly resin If it was me, laminate ACX exterior plywood with titebond III, make new transom, stringers and bulkheads. Tab in with CSM and 1708 Drop in floor and tab in, foam Cover with 1708. Finish with gel
  20. Scott Danforth

    NEED HELP QUICK PLS: Replacement Engine choices for 350 MPI

    Stock build is a mediocre motor with stock GM flat topped pistons and pressed pins vs propper LCQ pistons and floating pins. Difference is between 100-125 lb-feet and a fatter torque curve (about 50-100hp more) if you build it right yourself Seacore is just a fancy name for HX cooled Up to...
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