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  1. Scott Danforth

    2nd wiped Camshaft OMC 460

    Hey AD, cross-posts?
  2. Scott Danforth

    OMC 2.5L milky oil after short time

    you over-paid for the OMC motor/Stringer drive/rotten boat combo a rotten hull will cost you about $3000, the interior which is most likely shot will cost you about $2000. the OMC drive alone will cost you about $1000 in parts for normal maintenance (ball gears, seals, impeller housing and...
  3. Scott Danforth

    2nd wiped Camshaft OMC 460

    Fords need custom length pushrods or convert them to adjustable valvetrain and run GM rockers. for those that know the 470 platypus motor. same thing. Just like Mopars. if the head is milled, or the deck is milled or a valve job done on a Ford, new push rod lengths are required. If the...
  4. Scott Danforth

    2nd wiped Camshaft OMC 460

    Fords need custom length pushrods or convert them to adjustable valvetrain and run GM rockers If the lifters do not get enough oil they eat themselves. Time to check the oil passages on the lifter bores Cam breakin is 2000rpm for 20minutes Improper sesls could cause coil bind
  5. Scott Danforth

    Is my 77 Inline 6, 250 CID, 165 HP a GMC or a GM Chevy

    GMC motors differed from Chevrolet motors prior to 1955 The V6 and V12 GMC motors were in the 50s The 250 cubic inch corporate GM motor was in every brand except Cadillac. The new inliners (4 and 6 cylinders) came out in 1962 model year 1976 the integral intake and head casting came out on...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Shallow water anchor poles

    $1500 is peanuts if you want the ease of pushing a button and done. myself, if I get a 'toon, I would go with sealegs for $300, you can get 1-1/2 sand augers (you need at least two sand augers and the best price you will find is $200
  7. Scott Danforth

    1995 Eroca Tri-Toon 23' Flagship

    the most important information is the paperwork. title/registration and bill of sale. those are needed to legally take ownership.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Restoring/Converting a 1994 Bumble Bee bass boat to a Center Console

    expect to dump $3500 into the hull and about $2500 into the interior and about $1000 in misc.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Restoring/Converting a 1994 Bumble Bee bass boat to a Center Console

    I would enjoy your boat then sell it to buy what you want before ever considering the work to convert it to anything other than what it is.
  10. Scott Danforth

    Looking To Buy a Boat

    Just so you know, budgets that low normally mean project boats. I would consider a RIB or SIB
  11. Scott Danforth

    Cup holders?

    if your talking the spun stainless cup holders that rust...... get yourself some citrisurf. the spinning/graining of the stainless exposes the iron in the stainless. you need to passivate. hence the citrisurf. a few times cleaning them and you remove the free iron.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Hey Newbies

    Hey newbies........ look at the stickies. top of every forum are the answers to 98% of the questions you would have related to the forum.
  13. Scott Danforth

    1965 Glasspar Seafair - Floor replacement

    first, welcome aboard second, go to the top of the forum, there are 4 stickies there. the Third has links that are specific to boat hull repair. specifically look at links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b in that specific order. look at every video. look at every picture. all the information...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Looking To Buy a Boat

    welcome aboard some of the euro folk will be along shortly to comment. folks like @QBhoy are boating in Scotland. however, if I recall, the water can get quite brutal. I would be looking for something at least 25'+ (8M)
  15. Scott Danforth

    Small Hole Repair - Good Idea or Bad Idea?

    see post #4 some fumed silica, some small chopped glass, a bit of POLY resin, some colorant...... then come back with gel and touch up. basically the same mix and process as link 13 in the DIY stickies https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/
  16. Scott Danforth

    Mercury's New Outboard

    I know the guy that worked on the steering on the 600hp V12 Verado....... I would want a mechanical system...... (just giving you a hard time Travis M.)
  17. Scott Danforth

    Small Hole Repair - Good Idea or Bad Idea?

    if it was me...... mix up some hairy PB with white colorant, as needed. then go around and fill the holes. then come back and spot-gel the holes the only wood on a boat should be 70 year old chris crafts, old wooden sail boats or teak.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Mercury's New Outboard

    not only fly by wire, however shift by wire and steer by wire as well...... personally, I like to have something mechanical between the helm and the steering gear
  19. Scott Danforth

    Engines: 2 x 4.3GXi or 1 x 5.7Gxi

    fuel consumption at cruise will be identical....... the maxed out 5.7 will burn the same fuel as two partially loaded 4.3's however getting out of the hole to get up to plane you will need the twin 4.3's fuel consumption is 0.4# of fuel per hp per hour speed is dependent on hull design, wind...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Riser question 97 Volvo Penta 3.0

    buying a rotten bayliner for a running 3.0 will get you a complete and running motor for about $300
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