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  1. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    Custom water cross-over manifold Good news....parts are exactly like the CAD Bad news....block CAD of LS3 does not match LS4 with some of the holes, and the front timing cover
  2. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    Redneck valve spring seat cutter Just needed to make sure all the seats were golden for the new springs
  3. Scott Danforth

    Affordable fuel injection intriguing

    Or just take one of the many 3.0 mechanical dizzys you already have, and swap in a trigger and move the wasted spark to you hotrod with the old 2.5 liter Mercruiser
  4. Scott Danforth

    Affordable fuel injection intriguing

    You can batch fire a set of Ford 2-terminal coils if you want
  5. Scott Danforth

    Affordable fuel injection intriguing

    Juice isn't worth the squeeze to change it unless you want to spend money
  6. Scott Danforth

    Family of 5, 19ft or 21ft?

    If this is your first boat. Get aluminum and an outboard. Do not buy a fiberglass boat with an IO as your first boat unless you grew up in a family that boated, had boats, worked on boats, etc Too many bad fiberglass boats on the market and if you are new to boating, you won't catch the...
  7. Scott Danforth

    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    As stated above nearly every boat has the bolts drilled in at an angle
  8. Scott Danforth

    Family of 5, 19ft or 21ft?

    many 21' boats have a port potty closet in front of the left console. if you have a wife and/or daughters, they will want that.
  9. Scott Danforth

    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    if going stainless and in brine, go 316 vs the 304. most are 304
  10. Scott Danforth

    Kill Switch Lanyard

    you connect the lanyard to it
  11. Scott Danforth

    1981 Rinker with Mercruiser 120HP, In what order should I do these repairs??

    I use the string and inline scale method for rolling torque.
  12. Scott Danforth

    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    there were about 15 different on-shore and off-shore companies making railing parts in addition to the customs for OEM's drilling and filling is easy, however maybe you can find another 4-winns to pull the bow rail off. check salvage yards like Green Bay Propeller in Suamico Wisconsin or Dons...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Kill Switch Lanyard

    first, welcome aboard. being a johnson, going to assume 2-stroke. the switch could just be bad. 2-stroke kill switches ground the stator to ground. so disconnect the switch, and measure continuity both with and without the lanyard
  14. Scott Danforth

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

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  15. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    If you guys dont like whats on todays vehicles, just wait until section 24220 of the 2021 infrastructure bill gets implemented in 2027. known as the over-watch kill switch. basically, an array of cameras inside the vehicle watching the driver via AI tied back to a server farm that you get to...
  16. Scott Danforth

    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    being a 1995, first thing to do is get the 96+ vortec heads, and a cam change and you add about 40-45hp easy the Alpha will hold up to a 383 if you watch your hole shot, and use a rev limiter
  17. Scott Danforth

    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    in a few weeks when you are itchy and waking up with nightmares of moldy wood and foam, we will be here too. pro tip. a 3" diameter cup brush on the end of a 2' extension powered by a drill motor will chew up old flotation foam. use leather gloves to steady the cup brush.... have the shop...
  18. Scott Danforth

    1981 Rinker with Mercruiser 120HP, In what order should I do these repairs??

    When was the last time the gimble bearing, u-joints, and alignment were checked? you can do them in the order listed, however when you are doing the bellows, you will need to verify alignment and check the u-joints and gimble bearing. so that portion of the job may grow a bit.
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