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  1. Scott Danforth

    Help identifying my boat. 1975 Princecraft

    unless you get lucky and find an old 7.5 or 9.8 with electric start (sometimes used on pontoons), to get the parts, it may be tough. some are NLA
  2. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha One Gen 2 Barrel

    You need to get the water level a good 8" above the raw water pump when you start. You will find the boat is in the way to do so
  3. Scott Danforth

    Oil level too high?

    All SBC oil pans for a 1-piece RMS will fit. However that could be anywhere between 4 and 16 quarts. What part number did you pull off, and what part number did you install? Just because it fit may not make it the correct pan for the application
  4. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha One Gen 2 Barrel

    Never run in a barrel unless you can float the whole boat Use muffs on land
  5. Scott Danforth

    Submersible dock lights.

    RGB LED for transom garboard light mounted on end of PVC pole. Simple 12 volt power supply
  6. Scott Danforth

    Only 2 9ft stringers on the whole boat? Need to add more?

    8000hp motors are acceptable It has to do with the load path. An I/O or IB is pushing the boat from low on the transom. Basically you cant put enough power to tear the transom off with an I/O or IB unless the transom is rotten An outboard is trying to pry the transom off the boat, and will...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Painting Prep for One part paint over gel coat

    I'm thinking 80 grit Wipe with acetone Use appropriate primer
  8. Scott Danforth

    Only 2 9ft stringers on the whole boat? Need to add more?

    Read links 14, 15, and 18 in their entirety.... All your answers are in the stickies https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/
  9. Scott Danforth

    Only 2 9ft stringers on the whole boat? Need to add more?

    Laminate the stringers. Make them 9' long or longer
  10. Scott Danforth

    Only 2 9ft stringers on the whole boat? Need to add more?

    You pulled out a 9 foot long "bone" and want to replace it with a 7 foot long "bone"?
  11. Scott Danforth

    Mercury 6.2 ECT DTS Axius Voltage Issue

    I would order some wire, fuse holders and metripak connectors and make new runs or 2 of the cables and bypass the questionable wiring You could be dealing with a damaged run (cross-talk), corrosion or other
  12. Scott Danforth

    Only 2 9ft stringers on the whole boat? Need to add more?

    Just an FYI ....laminated plywood will be 5x as strong as a cut-down 4x6 I would have just laminated 3/4" plywood to 1-1/2" myself
  13. Scott Danforth

    Curved stern ladder

    Great Lakes skipper is surplus house that just gets OEM overflow and close outs when a model year changes and sells. If they don't have stock, they won't be replenishing stock.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Curved stern ladder

    You won't find them in retail sites (Garelic , Attwood, GG Schmitt, white water, etc ) They are available to certain OEMs. They are designed for specific OEMs and brought in by the container load You may be able to get one thru the OEMs bringing them in for production such as they a Godfrey...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Intake/ carb

    It's called a new manifold While the adapter kinda works, a 4-barrel intake and carb is same cost as 2-barrel and carb and the 4-barrel gets you much more power
  16. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta DPS-A drive - not enough adjustment to shift properly

    Cable could have stretched, it could have come unanchored from the drive or control The cone clutches could have been slipping and ate themselves
  17. Scott Danforth

    2005 searay 175 floor question

    If they are there, they will be buried in the carpet pile Not readily visible
  18. Scott Danforth

    2005 searay 175 floor question

    Most likely thru the carpet. Boats are slapped together like RVs. Figure the easiest, cheapest, and fastest way to slap it together..... That is how it went together
  19. Scott Danforth

    Corrosion paint SX-A outdrive

    The POR 15 will peal off by itself either right after if not before you splash That stuff is now garbage I did a whole writeup about 8 years ago and it failed. My buds in Scotland have been tearing his hotrod apart to reblast and paint his frame because it failed Use the POR at your own...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Lenco trim tabs flashing on right side

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I googled the flashing lights, it said low voltage
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