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  1. Scott Danforth

    Getting impatient

    you know the 4 seasons of Minnesota are Near Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Bad Sledding. Where in Wisconsin, it was June, July, August, and Winter If you really want to buff and clean a boat, feel free to come on down. will feed you all the beer you can drink while buffing my boat..... LMAO
  2. Scott Danforth

    volvo penta 5.0 gxi-g Starter rebuild

    no such thing as "red" starter. that just paint is this a direct drive or a PMGR? if direct drive, switch to PMGR, 2x the torque, 1/2 the weight rebuilding your starter will cost you more than a new one if it was submerged you need a machine shop to rebuild a direct drive starter as you...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Electronic steering

    remember, everything man-made will fail the probability that a steel cable in a sheath fails vs a steering system that stops working because battery voltage is low (like from an alternator that goes south) or a capacitor decides that its time to go when you are 20 miles from shore just google...
  4. Scott Danforth

    1999 Volvo Penta 5.0 GL freeze plug kits

    Napa keeps core plug kits in stock. marine use brass or stainless. cars and trucks use coated tin Melling MPE-100BR is for small block chevies from 1957-2014 however if they were pushed out by not winterizing, the block cracked
  5. Scott Danforth

    Electronic steering

    Sell the boat with the cover, buy the boat you want
  6. Scott Danforth

    SNOW Common Sense

    nah, the snow load is equal to you and two buddies standing in the boat on the trailer drinking beer.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Been a little cold.

    View from my office in Sarasota
  8. Scott Danforth

    Electronic steering

    sell your I/O boat, buy an outboard boat
  9. Scott Danforth

    Which exhaust manifold gasket?

    Oxalic acid is cheaper than vinegar
  10. Scott Danforth

    SNOW Common Sense

    Spray the chute with boeshield or silicone spray to keep it from clogging
  11. Scott Danforth

    Which exhaust manifold gasket?

    Agree with Bondo that manifold and elbow is toast
  12. Scott Danforth

    Port, not larboard.

    It was port and starboard back in the 1600's. Ships had a Steer Board side and a loading side In 62 AD the artificial harbor was created Medieval Latin for Harbor was Portus https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/port-starboard.html...
  13. Scott Danforth

    anyone use the aftermarket p/s actuators sold on ebay and amazon? looking for feedback

    Just rebuild the one you have with a new seal kit
  14. Scott Danforth

    StarCraft Splash of the Year 2025 - Nominations

    Hey @redneck joe , which SOTY group do you want to be in?
  15. Scott Danforth

    Lubricate new water impeller rubber ?

    KY jelly works as a great impeller lube because it's water soluble
  16. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    so...... you have to leave 1 case of beer behind? or did you account for that in the buoyancy calculations
  17. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Ted, how many cases of beer will fit in the bilge where the two 6.2's used to sit? Did you figure in the weight of "provisionings" in your calculation?
  18. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Ted may be currently contemplating another layer or so of fiberglass......
  19. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Hey Ted, Mercury is showing the new 808 hp outboard at Miami. you could get by with one motor.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Wiring a 3 wire trim/tilt pump to throttle handle switch

    The relays are used because of the inrush current of the motor which will take out the switch
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