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  1. Scott Danforth

    4.3 electrical issues (intermittent is a nasty word!)

    wiggle the key when you are testing the switch.
  2. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    And go-jo is also goop..... And according to Joe, everything is goop
  3. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Australian and British car guys called it bog starting about 70 years ago .....It's also the term for the toilet or crapper. Because well.....2-part fillers have the consistency of cow dung
  4. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Goop is what you clean your hands with Mud or bog or fairing compound are what you are mixing tomorrow
  5. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    just wait until Ted starts to use a wee bit of bog on his extension. (insert homer simpson backing into the shrub GIF here)
  6. Scott Danforth

    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    what is the trailer manufacturer? have you contacted them? nearly all trailer manufacturers have a parts manual and sell parts
  7. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    you could have used a piece of starboard. because short of one specialty solvent based glue, not a thing sticks to starboard.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Advice / Tips for Draining Old gas and checking fuel lines.

    I usually pull the fuel sender as @muc suggests. I have a small section of aluminum tube (3/8" fuel line from a hotrod project) on the end of a hose going to a manual squeeze ball pump to get most out. it also allows you to hose down the tank with simple green to clean it if you need to. on...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Corrosion - degradation on shiny surfaces

    post a pic couple of other things that can be done are chrome vinyl wrap, etc there are also spare parts for VP controls.
  10. Scott Danforth

    1999 Volvo Penta 5.0 GL freeze plug kits

    to hear hollow sounds, the wood must first be wet, then rot, then get eaten by insects and dry out. wood will be wet and rotten for about 20 years before the insects get to it. only way to know is to make some test drills and look at the shavings. chuck up a 5/16" drill. tape off all but...
  11. Scott Danforth

    1999 Volvo Penta 5.0 GL freeze plug kits

    I would go straight to a 377 or 383 stroker and not think twice.
  12. Scott Danforth

    No dipstick on 1989 era 3.0L?

    The stick and tube of the 3.0 and any of the I6 motors should be the same
  13. Scott Danforth

    1999 Volvo Penta 5.0 GL freeze plug kits

    You need whole new long block and exhaust manifolds
  14. Scott Danforth

    D’oh

    I take photos of everything I take apart Only failed me once when the phone fried before I could put the outboard back together in about 2012 I now email myself pics
  15. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Jodi is right on that
  16. Scott Danforth

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-I/subchapter-T/part-182/subpart-E/section-182.520
  17. Scott Danforth

    Missing bolt 4.3 mercruiser

    If it's spraying oil, it's most likely the oil port that should have the gauge sender in it
  18. Scott Danforth

    Another Free Boat Project

    I agree with Matt. Just give the non-profit $6-8k. Price out a ball gear kit, manifold, seal kit, upholstery, and the $3k in fiberglass and the $6k may not be enough If the boat was perfect, and I mean perfect. It has a value of $500.-$800 The drive is obsolete and parts are nearly...
  19. Scott Danforth

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    because IMO says you do it. because IMO requires it, so does the USCG and its on the CFR
  20. Scott Danforth

    Should I change prop pitch/ go to stainless.

    are you running the top pickup, or a bottom pickup? what is your water pressure? I have been in many switzercrafts and hydrostreams with merc 150's and a few 225's back in the 80's and 90's. my buds '74 super hugger was also a 16' boat with a manual jack plate with a 1500. he had to run a...
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