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  1. Scott Danforth

    Evinrude 115Hp V4 Project Rebuild / Repowering a Fourwinns Fling Turbo jet boat

    I would get a reman'd powerhead
  2. Scott Danforth

    1979 Searay 300 extended sedan Bridge

    Service manuals do not exist for the boat. They do for the motoe and drive
  3. Scott Danforth

    3.0 litre Mercruiser sterndrive oil issue

    Hammer it in. Use a combo of the easy out and a vicegrips if its tight If that doesnt work, may have to use a thin air saw blade or drill it out (use a good shop vac while drilling to get the chips)
  4. Scott Danforth

    need to access your knowledge

    A 120 is a 1990 and older 2.5 liter. The 3.0's baby brother
  5. Scott Danforth

    Saltwater eating my trailers...

    painted trailers will last 5 years of dipping in the brine with rinsing prior to rusting out galvanized trailers will last about 10 - 15 years of dipping in the brine with rinsing prior to rusting out aluminum trailers will last about 10-15 years and develop cracks @Woodstock60 when you pull...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Daily Driver

    with all the road construction going on in Florida, the unsecured loads from construction vehicles, and the pure amount of debris on the roads that gets kicked up from traffic..... we average about 1 windshield every 2-3 years with all the vehicles. Truck has appt tomorrow.
  7. Scott Danforth

    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Looking good
  8. Scott Danforth

    3.0 litre Mercruiser sterndrive oil issue

    Easy out
  9. Scott Danforth

    5.7 dipstick clip bolt hole missing new engine

    run a tab of sheet metal from anywhere there is a bolt
  10. Scott Danforth

    Daily Driver

    for daily drivers, I always buy used. already have the alternator back in (took it to work today) Now calling on getting the Truck's windshield replaced....!#$%@#$% rock
  11. Scott Danforth

    Chieftain 24 seat height

    typical boat seat height is 18-20" higher than that if you have a foot rest if set as a leaning post, then 30" to the top of the folding bolster.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Help, please. Do I have a chance in finding this part?

    points need routine maintenance such as filing them a nail file from the wife's purse works if you dont have a points file
  13. Scott Danforth

    Bayliner 265 (2002 vs. 2003)

    both boats are 20 years old both boats used in salt without a heat exchanger - one will have more rust and corrosion damage than the other. both boats will need maintenance, probably manifolds/elbows gimbal and bellows dont succumb to pressure, or respond back with a 50% reduction. there are...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Alpha Gen 2 Trim Bushings are outrageous!

    $58 is cheap. buy them and go boating 3D printed parts do not have UV stabilizers, so that route ends up with a part that lasts a few months @DoubleStuf if you are balking at simple replacment parts, I wonder if you are doing all the required maintenance. Boating is one of the worlds most...
  15. Scott Danforth

    5.7 dipstick clip bolt hole missing new engine

    should need to drive the dipstick in
  16. Scott Danforth

    Daily Driver

    I think this year the vehicles are trying to commit suicide. Now I need to call and get truck windshield replaced.
  17. Scott Danforth

    need to access your knowledge

    Block changed for 1991 model year. Make sure block casting is same as yours
  18. Scott Danforth

    Daily Driver

    Update on the daily driver..... last night on the way home, the ABS light comes on, the radio goes dead. the car says service ABS, Service ECS, service..... and then the lights get dim. Car up and died about 1.5 miles from the house call home to get the wife and stepson to grab Zack's hyundai...
  19. Scott Danforth

    need to access your knowledge

    for the GM 3.0. the two choices are 1990 and older, or 1991 and newer. I would look for a mid 90's bayliner with a rotten hull and get the 91 and newer motor with a 92 and newer drive.
  20. Scott Danforth

    You might be out of shape, But Then Again

    Im round..... and round is a shape. glad you caught it AD.
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