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  1. Scott Danforth

    Gauge cluster no power

    doesnt exist.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Vintage lower unit mechanic SoCal.

    welcome aboard if you have to hire out the work, you must have many tens of thousands of $ of disposable income there is a restoration thread on fiberglassics with some limited information https://www.fiberglassics.com/forum/member-projects/132612-1965-wayne-100-restoration.html withou your...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Boat manual and other interior parts

    taylor made's aftermarket https://boatwindshieldrepair.com/
  4. Scott Danforth

    Regal 4160 Owners manual?

    generally manuals do not exist for boats. the early regals, some bayliners, etc are the exception.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Keeping boat interior (carpeting / fabric) "nice"

    you store the boat in a garage, not outside you make people take off their shoes every few trips if the carpet gets dirty, lets say from a spilled blender of strawberry margaritas, you unsnap the carpet, lay it in the driveway and use some laundry detergent and a brush, you scrub the carpet...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Electric Cars or Trucks

    Here is how you charge the battery in 15 minutes https://www.ebay.com/itm/143507742645
  7. Scott Danforth

    Gauge cluster no power

    welcome aboard. use a volt meter and chase the purple wire back until where you find power. usually there is a fuse or circuit breaker that feeds the gauges
  8. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust manifolds

    do you have a yamaha drive or an OMC drive? the Yamaha drive is closer to a mercruiser, however you have to verify fitment
  9. Scott Danforth

    What tools needed to check over an old project bass boat before buying?

    replace the lines
  10. Scott Danforth

    What tools needed to check over an old project bass boat before buying?

    there is ATF which was adopted by Chrysler there is Type F for Fords there is Dexron for GM vehicles if you mix ATF with type F or Dexron, you get a sludge that precipitates out. you can mix UTF with ATF. you can also mix in AW64 or AW46 hydraulic oil
  11. Scott Danforth

    Mercury 250 hp V8 vs Mercury Verado 250 hp V8

    you are on a pontoon, both of those motors will push that brick in the water at the same speed
  12. Scott Danforth

    Anyone sells a closed cooling kit for a V8 petrol MPI? Preferably Volvo Penta

    ALL GM V8's run a bypass. its just a hose and two fittings, on some engines its just a hose you can use a generic thermostat housing, however you need to have the expansion tank as the highest point to burb the water. the stock VP setup you have a picture of has a raised thermostat housing...
  13. Scott Danforth

    1996 Hydrasport

    any of the ablative bottom paints will work
  14. Scott Danforth

    Lower unit filled with grease

    in low hp (below 15 or 20hp) and below gear boxes it was a specific thixotropic grease similar to John Deere's corn head grease. however the OP's gear box requires gear lube
  15. Scott Danforth

    Starcraft Jetstream question

    Dad had a similar Mirrocraft with a closed bow like your pic. as a small scrawny kid, I could sit/walk up there. however as I came into my teens and started eating like a horse, it flexed too much. If you want to walk on it, there are ways to stiffen it, however requires flipping the boat and...
  16. Scott Danforth

    VP Outdrive identification

    BTW, the original riveted tag is on the top of the transmission housing on the front side by the bellows ring being a 1992, you have either a 571A or a 572A which is a 5.7 paired to a DPA1 or DPA2 since you state DP's in post #1...
  17. Scott Danforth

    2010 bayliner 2009 motor

    what motor its never good if a motor is seized up.....ever how did you winterize it?
  18. Scott Danforth

    Anyone sells a closed cooling kit for a V8 petrol MPI? Preferably Volvo Penta

    here is your volvo penta 271C setup (regardless if you are running the stock carb or EFI) water comes in from the drive intake, up thru the H-frame swivel shaft to the leak-prone casting to the hose that goes to the transom shield. From there, the water goes thru the power steering cooler...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Carb rebuild kit

    by the pic its a 2300 2-barrel. by the engine size its the 500cfm by googling, there is even an old rebuild threads on iboats https://forums.iboats.com/threads/volvo-penta-5-0-glpwtr-accelerator-pump-question.729562/...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Ran outdrive without lube! Bad sound.

    leaving a drive empty over winter causes the gears and bearings to rust up due to condensation
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