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  1. Scott Danforth

    @#$%@#$% vermin

    OK, so I parked the truck on the side of the house for the past week to keep the driveway clear for a bunch of gatherings. Today, go to hop in the truck to hook up to the boat and the door wont unlock with the remote. Unlock the door, and the light and chime do not come on. Stick key in and...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Man dies while charging boat battery

    Found this on another forum that I am a member of. Thought it would be pertinent to the boating crowd. Man Dies While Charging Boat Battery On Eagle Lake ? CBS Minnesota Apparently he was attempting to charge his battery, had the charger plugged in while standing in 20" of water and lost his...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Break backing plate interchange

    Time to replace the brake shoes on the trailer. Last time I checked, the complete backing plate assembly was $25 less than just shoes. That being said. Can I swap manufacturers of backing plate assemblies? Will tie down engineering interchange with titan/dico? The trailer has dico 15638-a...
  4. Scott Danforth

    VP DuoProp 290A water inlet question

    Hey Don..... back flushed the water inlet hose last night because I sucked a bunch of sand, crushed shells and small pebbles up and fouled the HX and exhaust manifolds on Sunday. When back flushing the water inlet, If I put my hand over the inlet grates and the hole in the nose of the outdrive...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Boating Today

    One spun prop hub - guessing going to be about $350 Sucking sand up the outdrive taking out the impeller - About $50 Getting towed by Seatow AND having a membership - Priceless...... or it would have been about $1100 worse part was running out of beer.
  6. Scott Danforth

    Gasparilla Pirate Fest 2013

    Any fellow iBoaters going to be in the invasion flotilla? Just checking going to arm the air cannons with bead necklaces and take some prisoners........ surrender yar booty!
  7. Scott Danforth

    AQ271 Full System HX install questions

    Ok, so now the boat is in Florida with me. I have to clean all the road grime out/off the boat as well as take care of a few things prior to dropping it in the water. one of the things that I will be doing is installing a heat exchanger. I contemplated a half system, already went the thought...
  8. Scott Danforth

    tiller to steering conversoin on Merc 10hp.

    looking at a few motors tomorrow for my Wooster Hellion. a few early 70's 110's, a few mid 70's 110's, a mid 80's 9.8 and a mid 90's 9.9 can someone point me in the right direction for converting the tiller arms to controls. I know the 10hp is just a small carb'd 15hp. Any help is appreciated
  9. Scott Danforth

    1970 Wooster Hellion

    well, thought I would start a resto-thread for my score http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=538002 its a 1970 Wooster Hellion. 7' long and rated for 10hp. Picked it up in May then I used 409, Kaboom, and the pressure washer to clean the hull I had to drill two drain...
  10. Scott Danforth

    no problems

    I dont have a leaking problem in the boat I dont have a running problem, or a fuel problem I dont have a not boat problem I did correct a problem today that "experts" and "professionals" could not resolve after over $1000 worth of work I did go mopeding today with a friend. that is all.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Florida Here I come

    Start the new job on the 4th. the last week has been hell. spent Sunday repairing the exhaust system on the truck and building a bracket for carrying the mopeds on the front of the boat trailer. Also cleaned out the kegorator at my friends house. Monday while taking the truck to get the...
  12. Scott Danforth

    is it illegal to hunt Craigslist Spammers?

    Ok, so i have 3 project vehicles and a pile of parts on craigslist. normally have good luck. in the past 2 days I have had 18 different emails from scammers. all with the same MO. they email initially interested in the item, then follow up with an email of exactly the same wording: Thanks...
  13. Scott Danforth

    sharing for those gear heads out there

    this was in another of my forums, thought I would share http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDa2QX7IFzE
  14. Scott Danforth

    any old Ford Thunderbird wrenches here?

    long story (plus I dont want to join another forum) working on the girlfriends father's 1963 T-bird - 390 with a 4 barrel. it has 42000 miles on it, and he is the original owner. the car has sat for the past 11 years and now they want to drive it. got it running.....and stopping. new fuel...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Job Dilemma - when it rains it pours

    Long story short in April I was involuntarily separated from my last job. Neither I, my peers, nor the team that worked for me saw anything coming. that being said, in addition to looking around the current area, state, etc, I started looking back in the Tampa/Bradenton/Sarasota area...
  16. Scott Danforth

    new boat affliction?

    ok, so I have suffered twofootitus a few times like many boaters. however now I have a new boating affliction. I find myself looking thru craigslist and other sites for a diamond in the rough project. one minute its a small fishing boat, the next minute its a larger weekender, the next its a...
  17. Scott Danforth

    very cool stop action photography

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVDrGsaDME&feature=player_embedded
  18. Scott Danforth

    AQ271C ignition troubles.

    background: 1988 AQ271C. last year had errant backfiring, multiple cylinder firing issues. noticed tracing in the cap, replaced it, all was good for a while. Engine would run, however only at idle, and without much load. about 20 hours later, same thing. cleaned cap - back up and running...
  19. Scott Danforth

    290DP propeller nut wont budge

    have a 1988 VP 290dp. going to change the props and the inner prop nut wont budge. tried tapping it off with a drift like I have done many times and its not budging. so I pull out the new prop wrench that I bought.....it doesnt fit:mad: so, any suggestions before I make a prop wrench from a...
  20. Scott Danforth

    rounding over stringers, etc

    ok, have router in hand, is 1/4" radius enough for both CSM and 1708, or should I go to 3/8"?
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