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  1. Scott Danforth

    Cushions

    Seek out your local boat upholstery shop
  2. Scott Danforth

    Need advice for when to pull the trigger on new purchase

    Thompson hasn't been in business for almost 60 years Any fiberglass boat under $10k should be considered a project unless proven otherwise Fiberglass boats on the great lakes are prone to rot due to many reasons You will get more boat for less money with aluminum. Especially if you are only...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Need advice for when to pull the trigger on new purchase

    I would look for something a few decades newer than a Thompson Look for an aluminum boat made newer than 2000
  4. Scott Danforth

    Sewing thread recommendations for a class 15 machine

    You can get new industrial machines for $2300. Used ones in the $600-800 range
  5. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser Thunderbolt V Ignition No Longer Available

    Go thru the tests. Find out if you do have a bad component or a bad connection The trigger assembly for the dizzy is only $65-70 The amplifier assembly is available only thru MerCruiser
  6. Scott Danforth

    Seats for Sunrunner272 ultra

    Use PMs please.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Chaparral SSI 196 - prop recommendation

    What RPM do you get at WOT? What are the other answers to the questions in the sticky at the top of the forum?
  8. Scott Danforth

    New valve cover gaskets and still leaking V6 4.3

    You need to run your motor more than 3000. You are not going to hurt anything by opening the throttle a bit My motor will spin 6000 all day long. It is fully balanced
  9. Scott Danforth

    1988 Vp 290 dp trim problem

    your trim cylinders need to be rebuilt. your seals are shot the seals last about 15 years and you got 34 out of them. consider yourself very lucky I got my cylinder seals from star marine. $75 to rebuild the cylinders. no need to remove them from the boat or remove the drive. just prop...
  10. Scott Danforth

    New valve cover gaskets and still leaking V6 4.3

    oil around the breather is normal. when I do a long run at just below WOT (about 20 miles at 4500 RPM) I will get some oil residue out of the valve cover breathers. that is what soap and water are for.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Bunks with plastic on top

    ask for a 2x6 stud
  12. Scott Danforth

    Campion factory auction

    we did the upholstery for the Explorer 22 and the Muskoka 28 at my last job. not the most attractive boat designs. lots of angularity
  13. Scott Danforth

    Question

    you can put power-tune on a buick and push it into a cat door.
  14. Scott Danforth

    5.7 mercruiser conversion in Bayliner 192

    going from the 2:1 ratio of the 3 liter to the required 1.47:1 ratio for the 5.7 will require a different drive ratio. If you need guidance on the fiberglass. go to the stickies in the restoration forum.
  15. Scott Danforth

    5.7 mercruiser conversion in Bayliner 192

    first, the drive should be off. it is 20 times harder to install a motor with the drive and you have to remove the drive to align the motor anyway. so save yourself a headache and pull the drive second, not sure a bayliner is worth hitek exhaust manifolds. third, you have to fabricate and...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Bunks with plastic on top

    if you have an aluminum boat do not use treated lumber. they do not make 316 staples. they would be too soft to go into wood. lowes and home depot sell 2x6 framing wood in every store. available 6 foot, 6 foot, 10 foot, etc. and if you are from the midwest, there is also Menards and Fleet...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Looking for a electric mechanical fuel pump for 5.7 carburetor mag.

    you are way way way way way way overthinking it. the exact same carter electric pump is used as a priming pump on every dodge truck with a diesel and that pump is pulling thru 15-20 feet of hose and its pulling vertical 2 feet. mount the pump at the back of the by the motor along with the fuel...
  18. Scott Danforth

    4.5 hp evinrude smoky and oil residue in test tank

    because you are in a test tank and can not load the motor there is always unburnt oil and fuel at low RPM's on a 2-stroke
  19. Scott Danforth

    Campion factory auction

    not if you design ugly boats like this last round.
  20. Scott Danforth

    New valve cover gaskets and still leaking V6 4.3

    dont just feel. look. if you cant get your eyes back there, use your phone on a selfie stick if the oil leak is still coming from the valve covers pull the valve cover off (the blue rubber gaskets can be reused hundreds of times) look at the flange. is the flange perfectly flat and...
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