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  1. Scott Danforth

    I hate rust and un-educated PO's

    picked up a new to me trailer. got a reasonable deal on a galvanized tennessee trailer for the Rogue that had a single bad axle. the existing painted shoreland'r is quickly dissapearing, even with a rinse and flush every use. the rollers quit rolling last time out, and a crawl under the boat...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Is there a truely stainless steel power socket?

    replacing the power outlets on the boat again. this time they lasted about 3 years (salt air). these only come with a 304 stainless mounting face. http://www.iboats.com/STAINLESS-STEEL-POWER-SOCKET-Seadog-Line/dm/cart_id.636825365--session_id.011166798--view_id.939666 Since I jettisoned the...
  3. Scott Danforth

    wiring diagram for 8-pin to round Mercruiser plug

    Boat actually has a Volvo, however stock wiring is for Mercruiser with an adapter harness. However I am cutting out the problematic round plug and simply splicing wires as the volvo plug is 12" down stream and the 8-pin rectangular plug is 12" up stream. issue, I tossed the round plug a week...
  4. Scott Danforth

    odd issue this morning

    got up to check iboats this morning with a fresh cup of coffee. says I have 1 notice of a subscription. funny thing, the post thread was 4 posts long and I had not subscribed to the thread. I had looked at another post, and went to look up the OP's other posts, and while the OP had 12 posts...
  5. Scott Danforth

    engine noise (knocking)

    start by removing the drive. this will let you know if the issue is the motor or the drive.
  6. Scott Danforth

    Mercury 9.8 lower unit interchangability

    I found a deal too good to pass up on a short shaft lower to turn my long-shaft electric start into a short shaft. The electric start is a 1984 and runs great. The complete lower (from exhaust plate down to prop) is from a 1973 based on the serial number. I plan on researching tonight when I...
  7. Scott Danforth

    volvo penta binacle 3856902

    Does anyone have a good link to the volvo penta binacle 3856902 (Teleflex Morse SL-3 top mount) parts list. I need a new trim switch return spring.
  8. Scott Danforth

    newbies, rules, and stickies

    any way to make the newbies actually read the rules and understand what the stickies are when they sign up? maybe a mandatory 30 second slide show showing the rules, stickies, search function, etc. many of the FNG's post questions covered in the stickies at the tops of the forums. Then again...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Nelson Lake in Hayward Wisconsin

    Heading out this coming Friday for some R&R in the land of 15000 lakes, beer, and cheese. We will be at the Mother-in-Law's boyfriends house on Nelson Lake in Hayward. Anyone fishing there lately? are the Walleye biting? limited on what I can bring for tackle, will have a few rapalas and a...
  10. Scott Danforth

    1984 Mercury 9.8 WMB-1 carb help

    so I thought I would get the 9.8 running for the Wooster Hellion project. half way thru pulling the carb apart to clean it and install the new carb kit. I notice that the anular booster is broken. Item 19 in the following image...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Happy 4th Everyone.

    Just thought I would mention, have a wonderful and safe boating weekend. This should be my last post until either Sunday or Monday. Tonight getting the boat ready for a weekend on the water. Tomorrow boating all day, watching the fireworks from the Manatee River just West of the Green Bridge...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Site progressing

    Hey IT guys. spent a few days in Jamaica and came back to the site today. noticed a lot less bugs than there were last week. I understand when the defecant material hits the rotary oscillator things get frustrating and not many people say thanks or notice when things go well, however just...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Greetings from Abu Dhabi

    Last minute trip to correct a platform elevator in a customer vessel in Abu Dhabi they have sea trials this weekend, and I couldnt get a technician there, so emergency last minute flight sun is just starting to rise here Happy Boating all.
  14. Scott Danforth

    DP290A guru's needed - leaking input shaft seals

    Here is the story in a nutshell. Drive is a 1988 DP290 A hanging off the back of a modified 271C a few weeks back, took the drive off to replace the bellows. While I was at it, going to paint it. when I pulled the drive, I could smell a faint wiff of gear lube. then when I undid the...
  15. Scott Danforth

    found a new oyster shoal

    @#$@@#$% cruising along in 8' of water, next thing 2' then back to 8'. not on the charts, gussing a sunk boat now turning into an oyster shoal. took a chunk out of the freshly rehubed prop. they know us by name now at general propeller.:facepalm:
  16. Scott Danforth

    @#$%@#$% vermin

    OK, so I parked the truck on the side of the house for the past week to keep the driveway clear for a bunch of gatherings. Today, go to hop in the truck to hook up to the boat and the door wont unlock with the remote. Unlock the door, and the light and chime do not come on. Stick key in and...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Man dies while charging boat battery

    Found this on another forum that I am a member of. Thought it would be pertinent to the boating crowd. Man Dies While Charging Boat Battery On Eagle Lake ? CBS Minnesota Apparently he was attempting to charge his battery, had the charger plugged in while standing in 20" of water and lost his...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Break backing plate interchange

    Time to replace the brake shoes on the trailer. Last time I checked, the complete backing plate assembly was $25 less than just shoes. That being said. Can I swap manufacturers of backing plate assemblies? Will tie down engineering interchange with titan/dico? The trailer has dico 15638-a...
  19. Scott Danforth

    VP DuoProp 290A water inlet question

    Hey Don..... back flushed the water inlet hose last night because I sucked a bunch of sand, crushed shells and small pebbles up and fouled the HX and exhaust manifolds on Sunday. When back flushing the water inlet, If I put my hand over the inlet grates and the hole in the nose of the outdrive...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Boating Today

    One spun prop hub - guessing going to be about $350 Sucking sand up the outdrive taking out the impeller - About $50 Getting towed by Seatow AND having a membership - Priceless...... or it would have been about $1100 worse part was running out of beer.
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