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  1. Scott Danforth

    Cheap floor and foam replacement for weekend.

    realistically, your looking at $3500 + just for the hull. not including any upholstry or motor/drive work. you will spend over $500 in resin alone. the plywood is the cheep part. all you need is exterior grade. that is only $2-300 dont forget the tyvek suits, respirator, etc. you will...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Volvo 6.0

    The 6.0 is an LS Gen IV motor The SBC in your boat is a Gen 1 SBC The motor will bolt up to your existing flywheel housing except 1 bolt Depending on the programming, the 6.0 may also have a bit of programming that relies on various items such as the gauge package, speed sensors, trim, and a...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Top speed

    And you are simply burning twice as much fuel for the same speed Unless you add lifting strakes, the boat is limited at displacement speed Even with lifting strakes, you're going to be sub 30mph with 150hp For example, the forest River tritoon with 3 500hp motors just ran a bit over 100mph...
  4. Scott Danforth

    oil pressure sending units dual station SW gauges, exists any single station sender can work?

    Senders go bad, however most likely you have corrosion on the contacts. Especially if the harness was submerged in salt water
  5. Scott Danforth

    try to restart it?

    You should fix the cooling system issue before you try to run it
  6. Scott Danforth

    Ford 302 distributor

    Mallory sold their marine distributor business to Sierra. However a Mallory or prestolite would be my recommendation
  7. Scott Danforth

    5.7gs low oil pressure

    Use a mechanical oil pressure gauge to verify Only way to fix low oil pressure is pull the motor, inspect all bearings and the oil pump. Then correct what is out of spec Rule of thumb. 10 psi per 1000 RPM for an SBC
  8. Scott Danforth

    Ford 302 distributor

    Do you have the original dizzy?
  9. Scott Danforth

    Mercury mercruiser 170 3.7 Engine stops and won't restart

    Do not use a primer bulb. It is not USCG approved
  10. Scott Danforth

    oil pressure sending units dual station SW gauges, exists any single station sender can work?

    Upper and lower station AND 2 motor s or just 2 motors You have 1 set of gauges for each motor Remote helm stations can be wired with special senders with custom resistance range (low volume so prices are higher) to drive two gauges, or two separate senders. Depends on how the boat was wired...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Boat age vs financing.

    Mod control and server administration are two separate items. We have been requesting admin service for months
  12. Scott Danforth

    Top speed

    If your hitting 6000 RPM, then you probably are getting full throttle If your motor is too low, you will plow and not perform If the motor is too high, you ventilate the prop
  13. Scott Danforth

    Wiring help

    The wiring diagram can be found in the factory service manual available only from Brunswick, or used on sites like Evilbay Due to copyright laws, you won't find it randomly online
  14. Scott Danforth

    Cheap floor and foam replacement for weekend.

    think of the hull as a beer can. the foam as the beer the hull as the aluminum a full unopened beer can can support about 800# an empty un-dented can can support about 250# an empty dented can can support about 20# the foam keeps the can from collapsing the deck/stringers/hull/transom all...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Cheap floor and foam replacement for weekend.

    Yes, the floor needs to be glassed in for strength
  16. Scott Danforth

    New Member and Lonestar Cabin Cruise Liner III Owner

    Before 1972, there is only the serial number After 1972 are HINs and it may have taken a year or two for all manufacturers to be compliant Your 1966 boat would only have a serial number plate located somewhere in the boat. However after 59 years, who knows what was done with the boat...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Automatic bilge pump, not being very automatic

    Verify there are 3 wires going to the pump. One black (ground) one brown, and one brown with a stripe. Then verify the auto side has power
  18. Scott Danforth

    Automatic bilge pump, not being very automatic

    does it have the capacitive sensor, or a separate float switch? if capacitive sensor, it wont kick on until there is 2-3" of water in the bilge. if its a float switch, it could be 4-5" before the switch comes on.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust hose

    shields and vetus are two names of hose manufacturers, and I believe Vetus is private labeled by shields. https://www.google.com/search?q=shields+exhaust+hose
  20. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust hose

    Any marine store selling hose should have it
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