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  1. Scott Danforth

    Stainless Steel Rowboat

    They made Stainless StarCrafts.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Question regarding wiring up a carter electric fuel pump

    wiring harnesses are a few hundred dollars to a few thousand. the wiring needed to add a relay and oil pressure switch and the fuel pump is under $100 while you can buy a harness.....why
  3. Scott Danforth

    Stainless Steel Rowboat

    look in the fiberglassics library
  4. Scott Danforth

    1969 buick 225 oddfire

    DUI or Davis Unified Ignition makes HEI knock-offs sold under the DUI label. they also make marine units. they currently do not make a marine odd-fire buick dizzy. you would have to call them, and ask if they will make you a one-off. it may be cheap. it may be really really really pricey.
  5. Scott Danforth

    New project

    Isnt it early, even for the midwest?
  6. Scott Danforth

    1969 buick 225 oddfire

    There isn't a marine HEI distributor for the 225. However Davis Unified Ignition makes one for a jeep. You could contact them to see if they can make you a pricey one-off marine distributor.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Have an old OMC Stringer + engine... what to do with it?

    Depends on what it is a d what the condition is. May be of value to someone trying to keep a stringer alive. May just be scrap
  8. Scott Danforth

    So, my 2025 Bayliner VR5 200 hp 4.5L mercruiser STILL barely pulls me up

    You know that searay and bayliners under 25 feet are built in the same facility I would look at better brands than searay
  9. Scott Danforth

    I just bought a 2025 Bayliner VR5 with the 200hp 4.5L Mercruiser, - many issues - Low power, BARELY pulls me up slalom

    Boats are the cheapest assembly of parts tossed together and slapped out the door, sold at a profit and the manufacturer hopes they make it through the warranty period. Some are lemons, some are gems, most are ok. They all rely on maintenance and care
  10. Scott Danforth

    2003 5.7 Volvo Penta water in oil

    Do the acetone test after the visual inspection of the joint
  11. Scott Danforth

    2003 5.7 Volvo Penta water in oil

    If you have a problem with the block and heads, you follow the sound of the escaping air. Remember air tests must have all the water removed from the water jacket. However I doubt you have a water jacket issue, as the port being rusted is from water entering the exhaust
  12. Scott Danforth

    Woods 9180RD Batwing came apart

    Grind out the weld with a 4-1/2" grinder. Then hit it with the flux core
  13. Scott Danforth

    Question regarding wiring up a carter electric fuel pump

    Thats how the circuit I use works. it also works as a starter interlock preventing cranking once the engine is running.
  14. Scott Danforth

    USPS, How does this even happen. Comical

    you should see my overseas shipments thru Fed-Ex...29 out of 31 shipments required no less than 4 hours of phone calls to get the package to get released from Memphis.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Question regarding wiring up a carter electric fuel pump

    This is how I have the carter wired in my boat. (however double check the oil pressure switch terminals for the one you use)
  16. Scott Danforth

    Best way to mount bunk boards

    countersink carriage bolts, then backfill the countersink area with caulk
  17. Scott Danforth

    Top unit noisy after bearing change

    did the mechanic clean the oil strainer between the transmission and lower unit? did the mechanic pull the whole drive apart to clean out the debris? Volvos have a great oiling system, but any damage to a bearing or gear gets pumped thru the whole thing. so any bearing failure requires the...
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