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  1. Scott Danforth

    Kicking around another hair-brained idea

    if I grab the Geo Metro driveline Here is a master list of OEM wheels I found on a metro page that have the same bolt pattern as the Geo/Chevy Metro. The wheel bolt pattern is 4 X 4.5 or also known as 4 X 114MM. 1997 Acura- CL 16 x 6 (5 straight spokes) 1998 Acura- CL 16 x 6 (5 dual straight...
  2. Scott Danforth

    autopilot for 1988 mercruiser 5.0 alpha1 gen 1

    you buying?
  3. Scott Danforth

    Should you buy 20 year old boat to fix up or 10 year old boat?

    every boat has a design life many in the 15 year range some in the 20 some in the 25 maintenance determines its service life yesterdays hulls with wood structure in the stringers and transom suffered wood rot todays hulls with stringer tubs glued together with plexus suffer from joint...
  4. Scott Danforth

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

    buy it straight from the print house. https://outboardbooks.com/
  5. Scott Danforth

    Transom Question - 1977 Chrysler 16' Bass Pro

    remove inner skin with oscillating blade tool option 1 remove transom wood with electric chain saw (takes some practice, however chews thru the rotten wood easy and generally stops at the fiberglass) clean up hull skin with 24 grit wheels on the 4.5" angle grinder clean up the old inner-skin...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Kicking around another hair-brained idea

    Short of a big cruiser like a goldwing or BMW K1200, there is no reverse on their transmissions. Not to mention people think they are made of gold. the goldwing hondamatic trans is about $1500, a good motor with wiring and ECM, etc. is about $1500. the motor and trans from a can-am spyder...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Kicking around another hair-brained idea

    Issue with battery packs is the weight..... weight is the enemy of all things holy so, looking at a GEO Metro 3-cylinder driveline. this is the Suzuki G10 motor that was in the Suzuki Cultus re-badged by GM as the Geo motor and transmission (auto or manual) with half-shafts and hubs weigh in...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Yoke seal

    Don has been boating with Jesus for many years
  9. Scott Danforth

    BTV Bayliner Single Axle Trailer - Over-run / Inertia Brakes?

    reading the UK regs, the only thing that surge brakes / disc or surge brakes / drums do not have that is required is the mechanical park brake I do not believe the break-away feature meets that requirement. the hydraulic surge brake head with the break-away feature does meet all other...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust smells like paint thinner

    I have bought fuel from the local gas station that was bad and already turned to varnish. Fuel has only so many weeks between refining and burning prior to it going bad.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Purchasing a 1971 23' Winner, no engine, great shape...

    no outdrive....... so no bellows so no floating it until there is an outdrive
  12. Scott Danforth

    Purchasing a 1971 23' Winner, no engine, great shape...

    you would still loose money. Free boats cost the most to restore. they are in-fact more expensive than a fully running boat that you must take a loan out for to expand. the motor in there is a 470. utter rubbish the drive was an MC-1 the floor is rotten along with the transom and stringers...
  13. Scott Danforth

    BTV Bayliner Single Axle Trailer - Over-run / Inertia Brakes?

    no, but a mechanical park brake caliper added to a bracket on the same disc would meet the requirements of the mechanical park brake and hold on the 18% grade that is required.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Reality of maintenance costs of a Cigarette Boat

    A good friend of mine owned a few. the down side is the engine overhauls about every 200-400 hours. the high performance nature means they eat valve train. especially if you run at WOT often compare that to 4000 hours for a non-performance run-of-the-mill I/O motor that should cover...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Filter screen above bilge well?

    Boat cover
  16. Scott Danforth

    BTV Bayliner Single Axle Trailer - Over-run / Inertia Brakes?

    Surge brake head and hydraulic disc does meet the requirements
  17. Scott Danforth

    BTV Bayliner Single Axle Trailer - Over-run / Inertia Brakes?

    Suggest disc over drums Bracket and caliper mount to the standard holes shown Disc just sandwiches Or if you go drums, backing plate bolta to holes shown, drum replaces hub
  18. Scott Danforth

    Kicking around another hair-brained idea

    our neighborhood has a ton of golf carts running down the road. many with kids way too young to be on the street (another matter) while I think of a pedestrian golf cart, some of the stretched ones, or some of the jacked-up top-heavy ones we see daily.... none of them appeal to me or the wife...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Waste storage tank

    welcome aboard. agreed with Bondo, normally you must cut the deck apart to get to grey and black water tanks if only needing to spend the 45 minutes pulling the drive to pull a motor to get to the tank, consider yourself lucky. clean the bilge while the motor is out.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Idling

    first, welcome aboard what are the compression numbers across the board when was the last time you serviced the carbs? the boat should idle until you run out of fuel. nothing to do with age. all about maintenance and condition
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