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  1. Scott Danforth

    Wide, classic style boat (helm) seats?

    the seats you have posted are old Garelick seats. the seating division was sold to TACO and became TACO Seating almost 2 years ago the simple seats like that would be cheapest from your local canvas and upholstry shop as there are lots of mom-n-pop shops that build them now that most of the...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Fishing boat with cabin.

    5-people and comfortable depends if the people are normal sized or dwarfs fishing boat means less seats than a run-about, so you are in the 26'+ range For reference, a Freeman 42' boat has enough seating for 4-5 plus gear unless equipped with second row helm and aft facing seating. A scout...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    I see a full gut-n-restore from the pictures
  4. Scott Danforth

    Help! Water between hull and deck??

    your boat has 2-part flotation foam if it is still from the factory your floor should be held in place with blind rivets published weight is dry weight of boat, seats, etc, usually without motor. No gear or fuel or oil.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Compression Test without a battery?

    or use a screw driver on the solenoid to jump the B and S terms
  6. Scott Danforth

    Are wheel locks the way to go?

    Thieves will drive up to a boat in a marina parking lot and drive away with it and no-one would bat an eye until they go to look for the boat. if they want something, they will take it. I use the same lock as post #5 for both the RV and boat trailer I use a small lock when connected to the truck.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Motor out of alignment

    yes, a motor out of alignment will wear your gimbal bearing and take out your coupler if you read your manual, you should be pulling your drive every year and checking alignment
  8. Scott Danforth

    Motor out of alignment

    thousands of places make alignment tools for Mercruiser/OMC/Volvo drives. they are all the same
  9. Scott Danforth

    Thru Hull valve repair or replace

    I would go with a marlon thru-hull vs a bronze. check out forespar
  10. Scott Danforth

    No core floor

    if your floor is soft, the stringers and transom long ago rotted core separates the two layers of fiberglass. the more separation, the stronger the two layers of fiberglass become. a 5/8" thick section of floor with two layers of .060-.070 " glass and core in between will be stronger and...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Rub Rail Aluminum Replacement?

    or have it coiled up in a bucket with hot water and dawn dish soap. leave it wet and it just slides in
  12. Scott Danforth

    Rub Rail Aluminum Replacement?

    at the front or back is a splice plate or end termination trim. remove it grab the insert with your fingers and pull take new insert and squeeze between your fingers and push into groove
  13. Scott Danforth

    Merc 165 L6 Bogging Down at WOT

    there is no mechanic in a can, and spraying the outsides of the carb with cleaner does nothing pull your carb apart and go thru the carb. your accelerator pump circuit isnt working.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Are wheel locks the way to go?

    coupler locks are $25 for the low end and $200 for the top end bypassed with a bolt cutter or a cordless grinder with cut-off wheel or liquid nitrogen and a hammer a paddle lock cable thru your wheel is bypassed with a bolt cutter, a puck lock is bypassed with a shot of nitrogen and a hammer...
  15. Scott Danforth

    100% Complete Newbie Question about Houseboats

    Hope you have the money for the 4000-6000 gallons of fuel and a month to make the trip, and hope you don't hit a storm or high winds Houseboats are pure displacement hulls that move about 5-6 knots and burn a fair amount of fuel. If the wind is blowing you could be going backwards. Buy airline...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Starter Freewheeling/Stripped Flywheel?

    I'f you did damage the ring gear. Remember a ring gear is only $15 and that is all that needs to be replaced. Not a complete flywheel
  17. Scott Danforth

    Overheating issue.

    Unless the whole drive is under water, the impeller is not flooded to prime Impellers only push water, they do not suck up water...you toasted your impeller by trying to suck from a bucket So replace your whole raw water pump and get a set of muffs
  18. Scott Danforth

    Gear ratio on mixed upper SX-M unit and lower duo prop

    You could have just turned the engine over 10 times and counted prop turns
  19. Scott Danforth

    Fuel System questions for Mercruiser 260 EFI Conversion

    Because at temps below about160, EFI reverts back to it's base fuel tables vs the self-tune tables and relies on the enrichment setting. Make sure you always have the display running and watch the AFR so it doesn't fo lean Good luck to you sir.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Fuel System questions for Mercruiser 260 EFI Conversion

    Unless you have a heat exchanger to allow a higher temp thermostat to get engine temp up, EFI won't cut it.
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