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  1. Scott Danforth

    Autopilot question.

    and generally, you want to navigate to a spot just a bit out of your destination. auto pilot goes by line-of-site. so if there is a jetty or break-wall in between where you are and the destination, that instant stop becomes painful.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Aluminum boat

    we are talking the boat in your profile pic, correct? if so, note the black spots are little corrosion pits. so you will need to sand the whole surface with the 240 grit to get to the bottom of all the pits, then go finer
  3. Scott Danforth

    JC Tritoon . Does anyone know why JC doesn't have a Dealership out west ?

    usually businesses have to petition to become dealers for brands. Most dealers are brand reps and not factory outlets, and tend to be local-ish to the manufacturing plant for logistics, transportation, and training most pontoon manufacturers are in Indiana, so the dealers tend to be in the...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Volvo penta 3849409

    The only parts listed are the plastic binnacle cover, the bottom gasket, and the trim switches.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Touch screen on helm

    All electronics eventually fail regardless of manufacturer Ranger just buys the touchscreen and packages it in their boat. Look at the specific HMI brand and digital switching brand and google that
  6. Scott Danforth

    Looking for old fasteners

    It's a binding screw or sex bolt. McMaster has the common ones. Apex fasteners has a lot more variety, but you wait a bit
  7. Scott Danforth

    To Drain Or Not To Drain

    If you flush with salt away, keep flushing when the solution runs out so you have pure tap water in the block Salt away without salt is almost as corrosive as salt However if you turn off the solution and keep flushing, you are good to go as long as you are in Southern Florida or Southern...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Aluminum boat

    yes you do you will need a tyvek suit, full face respirator, and a good fan. aluminum dust is explosive so make sure you work in a well ventilated area. however if you are wet sanding, that will keep the dust down, however the minerals in the water may corrode the aluminum our stainless buff...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Aluminum boat

    be patient. polishing an aluminum boat is a fools errand unless you like re-polishing it often. however if you are going to do it, here is how you start at 240 grit, and sand the whole thing, you repeat with each 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, etc. each unil you get to your 2000. then you bring...
  10. Scott Danforth

    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Great work Sam
  11. Scott Danforth

    Looking for a service manual for a 95 Mercury 40hp

    You won't find an online manual for free due to copyright laws. Any site you find "free" manuals may be a scam site You can get used manuals cheap on eBay. Or new manuals thru Brunswick (Mercury)
  12. Scott Danforth

    Starting your car in this cold weather.

    The 15 seconds of cranking, 45 seconds of rest was taught in drivers ed and similarly published in the owners manuals Nothing new. Just some not pertinent to BCM controlled start sequence in today's EFI motors
  13. Scott Danforth

    Starting your car in this cold weather.

    Was in the owners manuals of most cars from the late 50's to mid 80's
  14. Scott Danforth

    Tritoon Boats have been looking at

    I would look at the forest river brands too
  15. Scott Danforth

    Starting your car in this cold weather.

    Heated seats are $30 for two seats if you want to add the pads yourself
  16. Scott Danforth

    Bilge blower question

    plenty of ignition sources on any boat with a battery, or carpet most of the outboard boats we owned that had any covered compartment in the bilge had blowers They are not required on any open boat, however are required on all non-open boats after model year 1982 summary from from quick...
  17. Scott Danforth

    ISO 2002 ChrisCraft wiring diagram

    Doubt ChrisCraft even had published diagrams back then. And Chris Craft has been bought and sold a few times since then. none of the records prior to 2008 exist mostly they simply followed the ABYC color scheme (can be found in the electrical forum stickies)
  18. Scott Danforth

    What’s this small tube do? Pics incl.

    look for Marine Pitot tube. its a kit that is like $10, with the transom pickup its about $20 Most Marinas have it in-stock by the foot https://www.westmarine.com/sierra-56353p-pitot-tubing-by-the-foot-356857.html or pay a bit more on amazon...
  19. Scott Danforth

    New to me boat

    bigger boat with the deck about 12" above the SWL
  20. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    each of the 400R motors is about $40k (price, tax, shipping, etc) plus rigging (need to be rigged by a mercury tech) for OEM pricing Most are near $50k for the average Joe..... or in this case Ted doesnt include controls, wiring, etc. as that is extra MSRP for the motor alone for the 2025...
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