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  1. Scott Danforth

    Installing an inverter

    The inverter instructions will have this info. However you may want to look at what you typed. For what you typed, you would be looking for a step- up transformer and diode pack. AC to DC Inverters are for going from DC to AC
  2. Scott Danforth

    Bow plowing at high speed.

    Your bunks should extend to just aft of the transom. Maybe move your winch post forward. May be impossible to get the hook out
  3. Scott Danforth

    Gross trailer weight rating

    Your first question was how.... i answered. It was a statement not a question
  4. Scott Danforth

    Gross trailer weight rating

    Your tongue weight......
  5. Scott Danforth

    Marvel Mystery oil in a 2004 5.0 engine

    Any compression reading higher than 150 is either a bad gauge or oil in the cylinders You may want to check your fuel pressure against spec Its not your ECM or coil
  6. Scott Danforth

    1998 Bayliner Capri floor.

    Use a goos shop vac with a bag, use duct tape to hold the hose near your work to suck as much as possible It helps
  7. Scott Danforth

    Advice on transom , stringers and floor rebuild

    Is there a reason you want to use epoxy? Your boat was poly resin If it was me, laminate ACX exterior plywood with titebond III, make new transom, stringers and bulkheads. Tab in with CSM and 1708 Drop in floor and tab in, foam Cover with 1708. Finish with gel
  8. Scott Danforth

    NEED HELP QUICK PLS: Replacement Engine choices for 350 MPI

    Stock build is a mediocre motor with stock GM flat topped pistons and pressed pins vs propper LCQ pistons and floating pins. Difference is between 100-125 lb-feet and a fatter torque curve (about 50-100hp more) if you build it right yourself Seacore is just a fancy name for HX cooled Up to...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Arrow Glass Manual for starter problems?

    Start by cleaning all connections Then dig deaper if that doesnt help. Sorry you bought a boat with a 470
  10. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 Rebuild or not

    I would never rebuild a 3.0. to rebuild one will cost your $1800 to buy a good running 3.0 in a rotten boat is only $300 +/-200 i agree with everyone above, run it.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Filler Size Applications?

    I always mixed both chopped fibers and fumed silica (cabosil) I also use the fumed silica to make thickened resin for non-skid
  12. Scott Danforth

    1973 brochure?

    have you tried this: https://www.starcraftmarine.com/resources/request-brochure
  13. Scott Danforth

    Replacing stringers

    go to the stickies..... https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/ read links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b. look at every picture, watch every video, read every post in the threads then determine is this something that you CAN do or want to do we cant...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Pontoon gas tanks

    I wouldnt mount the tanks in back, however that is me. wrong location for weight distribution put the 'toon in the water and have two heavy people at the back to see how the logs squat
  15. Scott Danforth

    283 flywheel

    Casting numbers are not final part numbers.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Bilge pump runs does not pump

    bilge pumps do not get the last 3-4" as they draw a vortex
  17. Scott Danforth

    Engine cut out while slowing down....

    or holes in the pistons
  18. Scott Danforth

    Freese Plug

    if your block is not cracked, definitely buy a lottery ticket. some ford 302 motors will push out the core plug and may survive. never ever saw a GM motor that pushed out a core plug and not have a crack. ever. out of the dozens of motors that I have swapped out due to missing core plugs and...
  19. Scott Danforth

    NEED HELP QUICK PLS: Replacement Engine choices for 350 MPI

    you can rebuild what you have for about the same cost as building new from scratch and have a better motor than the GM built 6.2. or you can buy the GM built 6.2 a new crank is always cheaper than reconditioning your current crank a new set of rods is always cheaper than reconditioning your...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Small used cc

    I disagree there. Boats like a Scout 530 LXF, or an HCB Estrella 65, or an Intrepid 470, or a Midnight Express 60 Peid a Mer or even the Aviara 40 are really really nice center console boats. the Chris Craft Catalina line is also nice. Heck I would even take a Boston Whaler 420 Outrage...
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