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  1. Scott Danforth

    How to prime engine

    welcome aboard the motor is self-priming unless you have a blockage. simply dunking the motor in the water will allow water to flood up to the crank mounted raw water pump. suggest when you are on the lift (not in the water) you pull the line from the PS cooler to the raw water pump off the...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Motor / Drive Removal ?

    finish removing the rest of the drive - the upper is still on. take the trunion caps off. pull the 16 screws on the boot, push teh boot into the transom hole remove the 8 lag bolts holding the front and rear motor mount assemblies into the boat pull the motor and intermediate housing as an...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Steel Caps or Bearing Buddys?

    only you can determine if its worth it. steel caps are $3 a pair, bearing buddies are $30 a pair.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Restoring plastic hatches and accesses.

    buy new hinges. you are trying to restore something that is UV damaged. plastic bits are designed to last 15 years max (that is kept indoors when not in-use) and 5 years max with direct UV exposure. The plastic parts are under $5 the stainless versions are under $10 it will cost you more in...
  5. Scott Danforth

    want to run my engine out of the boat.

    you missed / did not comprehend what I stated. your ignition system was replaced with the delco voyager. your motor originally had a points type distributor. that is the reason for the heat-shrink butt splices. regarding your iPhone, if you upgraded to IOS 11.2, you get blurry pics. however...
  6. Scott Danforth

    want to run my engine out of the boat.

    no need to cut the heat shrink. just post a better picture. your pictures look like you use the same camera they filmed bigfoot with. blurry as hell. from what I can tell in the blurry pics, its heat shrink. and it wasnt to extend the wires. your ignition was replaced. you had points...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Mirrocraft 1628 holiday vs Legend All sports 15

    and trying to climb up the motor is not an old-guy task.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Easy fix for voltage drop(?)

    the leading cause of voltage drop is bad connections. start at the battery, and work your way to the motor and the helm by cleaning every connection with 150 grit sand paper until they are clean and shiny enough your mother in-law would eat off them. this includes the block and starter...
  9. Scott Danforth

    want to run my engine out of the boat.

    the ignition looks like it was updated to a delco voyager. agree that they look like heat shrink
  10. Scott Danforth

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    going vintage and chrome?
  11. Scott Danforth

    Which Sealant?

    I would strip the remainder of failing varnish. use oxalic acid to lighten up the stains. apply a few layers of old timers formula to the wood, then a few layers of spar varnish. followed up by replacing the clear polycarbonate with a clear silicone 50 year caulk. otherwise you could do...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Random

    hey, please tell the Admiral I was early for something...... LOL
  13. Scott Danforth

    Motor mount bed angle

    because in the grand scheme of things, that is what the shims of wood under the mount does just before they drive the lag bolts in with a burb gun at 125psi of shop air.
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    Guess what day it soon is......

    that is all......
  16. Scott Danforth

    2 Fuel Water filters ,2 totally different fuel contents,Fuel pros ,have a look at this

    one filter got a slug of un-diluted stabilizer. BTW, if you run your boat tank close to empty, just fill up in the spring. no stabilizer needed.
  17. Scott Danforth

    1978 Chrysler floor help?

    I would look much closer at this section of stringer. the color means its rotten. that is black mold
  18. Scott Danforth

    1978 Chrysler floor help?

    if that is a true statement. you are the very very first fiberglass boat to ever need a floor and not stringers or transom out of hundreds of thousands of restorations here on iboats. I seriously suggest you buy a lottery ticket or test drill into the stringers
  19. Scott Danforth

    Motor mount bed angle

    that is what shims are for and why the mount is semi-spherical. the answer is yes. you can be parallel to the keel or perpendicular to the transom. that 15 degrees wont mater to most mounts I myself like to mount the transom shield, hang and align the motor, then make the mounts parallel to...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Rewire Electrical

    then go at it a different way. start at the battery, clean every terminal on the way to the motor and up to the helm with sand paper. then seal the connectors with marine electrical varnish
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