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  1. Scott Danforth

    Cheap floor and foam replacement for weekend.

    Yes, the floor needs to be glassed in for strength
  2. 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...
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust hose

    Any marine store selling hose should have it
  7. Scott Danforth

    Foam under floor deck

    Welcome aboard. suggest reading a bit. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/ specifically links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b. the issue with pressure treated wood is you need to let it dry for about a year prior to being able to glass over it...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Which Lakes in Florida are Electric only?

    Each county has different requirements. Florida has about 7800 lakes Many are HP limited to 10 or 20hp. Few are electric only Look upp the county you are going to, look up the local FWC page for that county Also, a list of some non motorized lakes can be found on the national Forest service...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Engine hours

    Spammer....with links in the quote .....terminated
  10. Scott Danforth

    Old Mercruiser 120 3000rpms WOT rated for 3900-4300

    Check compression. All cylinders should be about 140 Go back to the distributor. Set the dwell to 32 degrees with a dwell meter Set the timing to 4-6 degrees BTDC
  11. Scott Danforth

    Boat age vs financing.

    put the parts boat on a junk trailer out at the road, put for sale $2500 and someone will steal it.....
  12. Scott Danforth

    OBD II scanner reader

    yamaha sells a diagnostic kit google yamaha YDS
  13. Scott Danforth

    When do you pull your freshwater boat?

    My buds boat is the first in on his lake in the spring usually a day or two after ice-out, and last off, usually deer hunting weekend
  14. Scott Danforth

    Hydraulic Steering for Sterndrive

    Plenty of boat salvage yards where you could get the bits you need for dirt cheap. let us know how it goes.
  15. Scott Danforth

    2002 5,7 Mercruiser exhaust manifold keeps cracking - 5 times this summer

    sporadic cooling water. manifold runs without water, gets to 900-1100 degrees, gets a slug of cold cooling water..... instant cracked casting you also burned up all the rubber bits in your exhaust as they are only rated to 250 degrees start at the inlet strainers and go thru every inch of...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Another Motor mount repair question

    do a test drill into the stringers, about a 5/16" drill, mark off the drill with tape to only drill 1/2". drill up about 2" from the hull.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Need help

    That's how Godzilla, mothra, and the smog monster are created
  18. Scott Danforth

    Another Motor mount repair question

    Finding them is easy, getting them to put down the video game controller and be interested in hard work is the challenge
  19. Scott Danforth

    Replacing U-joints Alpha one gen 1

    It's your thread.... You can post as often as you want and when you want
  20. Scott Danforth

    Getting challenging to find somewhat common items?

    the town I grew up in had 4 bars on nearly every corner. at one point, the most bars per capita in the world. that was about 173 bars for a town of 39,000 people. then there were every grocery store (selling liquor) every liquor store and every gas station selling beer.....not sure you can...
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