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  1. Scott Danforth

    Question About Speedi-Sleeve Installation

    I use the dishwasher on Fridays when I get home early to wash parts I also use the oven to heat ring gears for flywheels and to heat carb parts for painting
  2. Scott Danforth

    spark plug question

    Vortec head intakes have 8 bolts that are vertical, non vortec head intakes are 12 bolts at an angle
  3. Scott Danforth

    spark plug question

    Dieseling or run on is from either carbon hot spots and running rich, or running hot and running rich, or timing is off and running rich
  4. Scott Danforth

    Advice / Tips for Draining Old gas and checking fuel lines.

    It quit being fuel at least a year ago. Gasoline lasts 12 months from date of refinement Now it's not even good enough to start a brush fire
  5. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.7 GXI Exhaust Riser

    Walk from starboard side to port.
  6. Scott Danforth

    Advice / Tips for Draining Old gas and checking fuel lines.

    Your 2 year old stuff is no longer fuel Pump it out, clean the tank, get fresh fuel
  7. Scott Danforth

    Question About Speedi-Sleeve Installation

    I freeze the shaft and put the sleeve in the oven and heat to 350. Then drop on
  8. Scott Danforth

    R.I.P Chuck Norris

    Our sell by date is still about 78-79. So he lives past the sell by date
  9. Scott Danforth

    No dipstick on 1989 era 3.0L?

    Yes, the process for filling and checking VAG and many ZF transmissions requires the car in gear and running to add fluid
  10. Scott Danforth

    No dipstick on 1989 era 3.0L?

    Maybe so, however a setup that requires 2 people to check and fill a transmission is stupid. One under the vehicle with a pump and fluid, the other in the car,with the car in gear and running is a recipe for disaster. The mods to the trans pan cost 3x the price of a dipstick
  11. Scott Danforth

    Random

    jet sprints turn the speakers up for this one.
  12. Scott Danforth

    [SPLASHED] I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    you going to fill that pocket with foam and skin it?
  13. Scott Danforth

    Family of 5, 19ft or 21ft?

    the ford roll-overs were primarily because the ford/firestone relationship and the 721 tires being used under heavy SUV's the tires failed, causing instability with socker moms driving.
  14. Scott Danforth

    [SPLASHED] I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Ted, regarding the tube, get a bit of fiberglass tube and glass it in since you are bonding the pod to the hull anyway. Im in agreement with @Pmt133 .... I cannot and will not support 3M sealants after the repeated failure of my boat which isnt used as often as it should. would hate to see a...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Bevel Prop Washer

    most likely 17-7ph. should have a dull greyish tint. will eventually "patina" in salt water. the 300 series bellevilles loose their springiness when flattened.
  16. Scott Danforth

    [SPLASHED] I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Ted, most of the armstrong brackets have a vertical drain. being aluminum, they simply weld a tapped boss in the aluminum, or if the material is thick enough, just tap the base material. I would take the garboard drain you show, recess it in the bottom of your keel on the extension. and use...
  17. Scott Danforth

    [SPLASHED] I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Not much change in boat stylings over the years...... Pointy end and blunt end with propellers
  18. Scott Danforth

    Bevel Prop Washer

    that is a belleville spring washer. (We used them in actuator clutch packs). fastest way to get them is McMaster Carr https://www.mcmaster.com/products/belleville-washers/disc-springs-2~/
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