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  1. Scott Danforth

    Gel coat advice

    your gel has sat on the shelf for more than 6 months. get a new can
  2. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Drive Issues

    stay away from the XDP drives
  3. Scott Danforth

    3.8 water gushing from engine

    no, I think its coming from a busted block. the core plugs on the 229 are on the back of the block and on the front of the block. I do not recall core plugs on the sides of the block
  4. Scott Danforth

    Two Layers of 3/4 CSM versus One Layer of 1.5 CSM

    I have used the pour and spread method. pour resin on the cloth, spread with a 12" bondo spreader. for two layers of 3/4, you may have to back off on the MEKP just a bit to slow the kick to work fast enough.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Homemade Strap Wrench

    in addition to old poly belts, old leather belts from your pants work in a pinch I have used needle nose vice grips and my belt on more than one occasion
  6. Scott Danforth

    Starter Motor Completely Dead

    welcome aboard for a starter motor to run backwards, you would have to wire the starter backwards. DC motors are the simplest electromechanical device there is. you either have a permenant magnet motor or a field-wound motor (since you do not explain what type of starter you have) however if...
  7. Scott Danforth

    On board gas tank question

    its an aluminum boat. start by following the line. because its aluminum, they may have assumed the floor itself is a good enough hatch the fuel tank will be under the floor, most likely in the center of the boat, just aft of the helm seats.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Burned Impeller

    all the rubber bits in your exhaust will be burnt as exhaust with water is 220 degrees, and exhaust without water is 900+
  9. Scott Danforth

    Radio reception in a big metal morton building

    nah..... that would be yours..... However i did have a McDonnalds french-fry radio as a kid. I believe 1977 as in 1976 was the "spirit of 76" radio I had one like this. bought it new with my first few paychecks at age 12 https://www.ebay.com/p/219593538
  10. Scott Danforth

    Torque specs

    18 ft-lb for the 5/16" riser bolts or use a calibrated elbow if you oil the threads or add sealant, you need to reduce the torque spec accordingly
  11. Scott Danforth

    Any lasting proven method of painting a prop ??

    from a friend of mine that lived years on the hook..... going with the current and having barnacle growth on the prop is not a problem...... its turning around to find your prop is too fouled to go against the current when you suddenly find god.
  12. Scott Danforth

    5.7l mercruiser wiring question

    no, metal tag riveted on the starter boss just above the starter. you need the mercruiser serial number, not the block serial number
  13. Scott Danforth

    3.8 water gushing from engine

    the GM 3.8 motors do not survive a thermal-declination-induced-phase-shift-hydro-expansion episode core plugs are not for freeze protection. they are to get core sand out of the water passages at the foundry only some ford models will actually survive a freeze event and not crack the block I...
  14. Scott Danforth

    On board gas tank question

    welcome aboard. you will need to find out if your father ran the tank completely dry or did all the gasoline turn to varnish/sludge and you need to clean the tank to clean the tank, you need to find the access cover over the fuel tank sending unit. remove the fuel sending unit and look into...
  15. Scott Danforth

    5.7l mercruiser wiring question

    welcome aboard. post your serial number of the motor for us to better help you. also, the factory manual will have wiring schematics. but without a serial number, we are guessing at the vintage of the motor.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Broken engine to outdrive - what am I looking at?

    your u-joints were slaping around in there contacting the gimbal time to pull the rest of the drive parts and find all that is broken and go from there.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Any lasting proven method of painting a prop ??

    take aluminum prop and have it hard anodized and no paint required, or clear anodized (best aluminum primer there is), then take the anodized prop and go over with a good etching primer and catalyzed paint. havent done props because I have always smacked them into something down here. however...
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