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  1. Scott Danforth

    Two Trolling motor on one Inflatable boat

    Go with a 2-stroke
  2. Scott Danforth

    Pro or amatuer hull repair?

    Now step back another 5-10 feet.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Changing Chrysler i/b to Chevy i/b process

    Kennedy adapters makes engine/trans adapters. However my suggestion is to buy a much newer boat, or as AD pointed out, upgrade motor AND trans.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Pro or amatuer hull repair?

    So now that you are back. Take a picture of the area standing 15 feet back from it. Again, hard to see the tree in the forest when your nose is pressed against the bark
  5. Scott Danforth

    Time for a ‘new’ boat?

    Ted, come on down, Intreppid is just 3 blocks from the office. Will make a call, and you can get a tour
  6. Scott Danforth

    Bayliner 1600 rotten floor

    Mods have been notified. Link 14 is also on Friscoboaters youtube channel
  7. Scott Danforth

    Bearing Buddys falling off

    first, are they the correct size for the hub? if you collapsed the pilot by zealous applications of a hammer to get it off, you may need to buy new. you can pin-prick the hub like crofoot mentions.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Flooring HELP

    your boat has had what we refer to as a deck-over. it is the equivalent of a shady used car salesman using the sunday comics and bondo to cover rust. original floor would have been a single layer of exterior grade plywood or marine plywood as indicated above, you need to look. most likely...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Bayliner 1600 rotten floor

    the floor will never dry out and you are looking at a full restoration. yes, paying someone the $7500-$10k to do the work will exceed the value of the boat you can do the work yourself for about $2000-$2500 with about 6 months of your time. look at the DIY sticky at the top of the forum (4th...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Old girl for sale. Need advice

    Be careful. you can ask what it would go for, however this is not a buy/sell site unless you list it. offering for sale is solicitation and against the rules. Suggest you post in the various CL's in WI (Appleton, Green Bay, Fondulac, Sheboygan and Milwaukee) as well as the twin cities and the...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Gas/oil sheen run-off from motor

    then look at the fuel system like AD mentioned
  12. Scott Danforth

    Old girl for sale. Need advice

    there are three types of buyers for old aluminum beauties like that. buyer #1 has had a similar boat and is buying out of nostolgia. this is the buyer that will pay the $2900 or so that Ted mentioned Buyer #2 wants to use the boat as wall art for a man-cave or a bar/grill. this buyer may...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Gas/oil sheen run-off from motor

    check your power steering fluid level if your power steering cooler has a leak, you will pump oil into the raw water stream
  14. Scott Danforth

    causes of oil found in crankcase?

    oil will always be in the crank case. that is where the oil is fuel in the crank case oil is from a non-firing cylinder or a leaking injector. I would do some troubleshooting vs throwing parts at the boat. start with a fuel pressure gauge and troubleshoot the fuel sytem
  15. Scott Danforth

    2001 mercruiser 305 alpha drive to couple year older 350 engine

    make sure you use the old 1989 serial number and information then when buying parts. if you mix/n/match parts with the 2001 5.0 , make good careful notes
  16. Scott Danforth

    Engine removal with boat in the water

    the "Mercruiser" starter is an AC Delco that is shipped on the motor from GM there is also Argo and a prestolite that were used over the years.
  17. Scott Danforth

    2001 mercruiser 305 alpha drive to couple year older 350 engine

    the exhaust pattern on an SBC has not changed since 1955 your 1989 350 is a turd compared to 1996 and later with the vortec cylinder heads. the 1989 motor is a flat tappet cam with open chamber heads. 1996 and later are roller cams with vortec heads. in fact the 305 your pulling out has...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Engine removal with boat in the water

    you have to remove the drive to pull the shaft out of the motors bung-hole you have to have the drive off to re-install the motor and align the motor no amount of witness marks are going to help you pull the boat, get it on the hard, then pull the drives and then pull the motors you dont...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Correct ventilation in engine compartment of runabout

    you can sew with an old cast-iron singer 15-91 direct drive. that is what @Woodonglass uses
  20. Scott Danforth

    Where to pick up power for electric choke?

    the same purple wire coming from your key switch that goes to the choke also goes to the coil. dont try to re-invent what works for millions of boats. i also agree, dont post PDF's (IT 101, PDFs normally contain malware) embed your pics you can still buy spread bore carbs and manifolds and...
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