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  1. Scott Danforth

    NEED HELP WITH CHAPARRAL 224 REAR BENCH SLIDING

    remember, with seating, the factory sliding/folding backrest is subjected to the ABYC load and impact test for safety reasons. this is to prevent injuries from someone plopping their backside into a seat and the seat back failing and the substrate or slide failing This is NOT a simply DIY...
  2. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Could always have the admiral help you. Didn't she do bathroom remodeling earlier this year. It's just like mudding drywall
  3. Scott Danforth

    Vent Hose Flange Question

    bilge vent hardware was what ever cheap hardware the boat company used that month.
  4. Scott Danforth

    350 MAG MPI Head Bolt spec

    its also on the package the head gasket came in as well as the package the head bolts came in. if the old bolts are TTY (Torque to Yield), then they are a one-time use bolt. if the head of the bolt is 1/2", its a TTY bolt. and you need new head bolts. if the head of the bolt is 5/8", use the...
  5. Scott Danforth

    4.3 electrical issues (intermittent is a nasty word!)

    wiggle the key when you are testing the switch.
  6. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    And go-jo is also goop..... And according to Joe, everything is goop
  7. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Australian and British car guys called it bog starting about 70 years ago .....It's also the term for the toilet or crapper. Because well.....2-part fillers have the consistency of cow dung
  8. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Goop is what you clean your hands with Mud or bog or fairing compound are what you are mixing tomorrow
  9. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    just wait until Ted starts to use a wee bit of bog on his extension. (insert homer simpson backing into the shrub GIF here)
  10. Scott Danforth

    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    what is the trailer manufacturer? have you contacted them? nearly all trailer manufacturers have a parts manual and sell parts
  11. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    you could have used a piece of starboard. because short of one specialty solvent based glue, not a thing sticks to starboard.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Advice / Tips for Draining Old gas and checking fuel lines.

    I usually pull the fuel sender as @muc suggests. I have a small section of aluminum tube (3/8" fuel line from a hotrod project) on the end of a hose going to a manual squeeze ball pump to get most out. it also allows you to hose down the tank with simple green to clean it if you need to. on...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Corrosion - degradation on shiny surfaces

    post a pic couple of other things that can be done are chrome vinyl wrap, etc there are also spare parts for VP controls.
  14. Scott Danforth

    1999 Volvo Penta 5.0 GL freeze plug kits

    to hear hollow sounds, the wood must first be wet, then rot, then get eaten by insects and dry out. wood will be wet and rotten for about 20 years before the insects get to it. only way to know is to make some test drills and look at the shavings. chuck up a 5/16" drill. tape off all but...
  15. Scott Danforth

    1999 Volvo Penta 5.0 GL freeze plug kits

    I would go straight to a 377 or 383 stroker and not think twice.
  16. Scott Danforth

    No dipstick on 1989 era 3.0L?

    The stick and tube of the 3.0 and any of the I6 motors should be the same
  17. Scott Danforth

    1999 Volvo Penta 5.0 GL freeze plug kits

    You need whole new long block and exhaust manifolds
  18. Scott Danforth

    D’oh

    I take photos of everything I take apart Only failed me once when the phone fried before I could put the outboard back together in about 2012 I now email myself pics
  19. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Jodi is right on that
  20. Scott Danforth

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-I/subchapter-T/part-182/subpart-E/section-182.520
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