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  1. Scott Danforth

    Kind of a weird question on a/c for boat

    are you talking a portable room air conditioner that gets set in the room and the condensate and hot air get routed outside? are you talking a window unit where you need to duct incoming and outgoing air along with condensate? or are you talking a portable hatch mounted unit where you just...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Constant alarm but motor running fine - 2004 5.7l raw water cooled Thunderbolt

    Serial number comes back as 4.3L CARB ALPHA/BRAVO - 0M615000 THRU 0W300012
  3. Scott Danforth

    Fuel tank dimensions

    on the 35 year old SeaRay, you may want to check the stringers and transom. those boats were wood stringers and transoms.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Transom replacement

    if you have wet foam, you have wet stringers and transom. you do not have solid stringers from the look at the pictures, I would recommend a full gut-n-rebuild.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Transom replacement

    nearly all boats in 1990 were wood construction. especially all of the OMC brands back then (Stratos, Javelin, Chris Craft, Hydrosport, Four Winns, etc.) for just the transom, 5 feet of stringers and a bulkhead on my boat, I went thru 15 gallons of resin, 4sheets of plywood, 30 yards of CSM...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Question about resin

    pre-preg and a big oven
  7. Scott Danforth

    Question about resin

    Tried Epoxy, wont go back to epoxy Unless you are using carbon fiber which requires epoxy, i would stick with poly
  8. Scott Danforth

    Replacing plywood with solid wood?

    Plywood can take a load from any direction because each ply is on the bias Single direction grain like what you are proposing will take a larger load in one direction, and much less if a load in the other There is a reason that plywood has been used for the past 100 years on transoms As AD...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Constant alarm but motor running fine - 2004 5.7l raw water cooled Thunderbolt

    Troubleshoot which system is causing the alarm. Then you will find the issue Temp, oil pressure, gear lube are all grounding signals Simply unplugging will dissarm
  10. Scott Danforth

    Pitting/corrosion on jon boat bottom

    Find a local sandblaster I used to spend weeks with a small hand held working on rust cars when I was building hotrods in the 80s and 90s. Then i found a local sandblasting company that only charged $200 to do a body and frame Considering beer, sand, etc, it was not only a wash financially...
  11. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    So pulled the boat out to adress the missing bearing cap...... Ended up buying 2 new hubs, going to clean one of the old ones up as a spare Then, while working on the bearings, noticed a large puddle of gear lube under the drive......pucky So now the drive is off and luckily I think I...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Chips in hull of new boat. Used it twice. How serious?

    You caused the damage by beaching Breaches in the gel will lead to other issues with the hull later. I would not use it until you patch the gel You need a keel guard if you plan on beaching it will if there are rocks in the sand..... BTDT, patched and did a keel guard
  13. Scott Danforth

    Marine Power 454 Engines Fuel Pump

    I would just buy new mechanical pumps because its less money and bullet proof
  14. Scott Danforth

    Chips in hull of new boat. Used it twice. How serious?

    Repair the gel, and get a keel guard if you plan on continuing to beach the boat
  15. Scott Danforth

    Marine Power 454 Engines Fuel Pump

    Mechanical fuel pumps were carter pumps Electric pumps are carter pumps Use either, however if you stay with electric, make sure they are wired correctly with an oil pressure switch like Scott mentioned
  16. Scott Danforth

    Daily Driver

    Update on the daily driver...... Thinking the trans was gone..... Found a salvage yard listing a trans with only 8000 miles. The pics of the car looked clean except the fact it was T-boned. Turns out the trans was replaced in 2014. Only paid $400 for the trans and $250 shipping from Kansas...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Ice Fish

    Cool, thanks for sharing
  18. Scott Danforth

    Remote Controlled Blower

    Make sure anything you mount in the bilge is SAE J1171 certified Trailer boat or mored boat? I turn my blower in when I launch the boat and tie off. When I get back from parking the truck, fire it up and go
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