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  1. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    if you have a choice between the drum sander and belt sander from your local rental house......get the belt sander. it is about 40# lighter, however does a better job. the drum sander leaves drum-width divots if you stop moving for a second..... plus its really hard to lift that heavy thing...
  2. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    We are in the middle of refinishing the floors ... Not bad for an amateur
  3. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    Work is still getting in the way of home projects.... Home projects are getting in the way of car projects
  4. Scott Danforth

    ‘96 mercruiser power steering leak,

    rebuild kits for the pump are about $14 should you need it usually its the return hose that leaks
  5. Scott Danforth

    470 overheating

    However the 470 puts the life on elm street...... and Freddy Krueger is in the dream
  6. Scott Danforth

    New Exhaust Manifold surface prep? 4.3 Mercruiser

    if the surface is flat, bolt it up with a new gasket and go if the surface isn't flat, then address that first.
  7. Scott Danforth

    470 overheating

    the 470 doesn't do well if the temp got over 190. the aluminum open deck expands so much faster than the iron head leading to compromised head gaskets based on the pic, it doesnt look like the 4" updated heat exchanger. you may want to look into that. the 4" will keep the motor cool for a...
  8. Scott Danforth

    dpsm outdrive holds pressure after seal repair but not vacuum.

    does it instantly drop? or slowly drop? what is it after an hour? are you turning the shafts as you are testing? if it slowly drops to the 11 or 12 overnight, thats fine. if it drops to zero, you sill have a seal leak.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Testing Gas Flow on 82' Wellcraft Sterndrive

    You know that these motors do not like even a 10 degree over-heat due to the open deck and the aluminum block/iron head
  10. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta Outdrive SX-A - Stripped threads on oil fill/overflow hole - proper way to repair?

    you should be pulling your drive every year to inspect the bellows, u-joints and the gimbal, and checking alignment two choices on the hole. original size is 3/8-16 tap. can jump up to an M10 plug, or run a helicoil. you can do the repair in-situ if you use the grease trick on the tap, then...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Help me set up my new edelbrock 1409

    one is a divergent spacer for a square bore carb. small holes at carb transitioning to the big oval holes on the manifold. the other is a conversion spacer for the spread bore to square bore. Not sure you need both
  12. Scott Danforth

    Do i need to be concerned about these compression numbers yet

    do a leak down test
  13. Scott Danforth

    81 omc sterndrive

    are you talking the cables back by the ESA? or where the cable enters the control binnacle? what do you mean the cables are backwards? also, most likely your ESA is out of adjustment. go here. http://sterndrive.info/ and watch the videos on setting up the ESA
  14. Scott Danforth

    Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, VA

    the steam launch looks like @seikeinlemming boat with the canopy. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/steam-launch-parts-acquired.504822/
  15. Scott Danforth

    Wine glass harmonic sound switching from 3 blade to 4 blade

    you sure its not intake whistling
  16. Scott Danforth

    Gel Coat

    If you are putting metal flake over another color, you need as little orange peel as possible. which usually requires sanding it flat so the flake lays correctly. especially if you havent worked with gel often. Gel is finicky, and sprays like a high-build primer....and with the duratec, you...
  17. Scott Danforth

    5.0 GXi-J fuel pump relay keeps tripping

    Standard VF4 relay. Every electrical house has sockets and terminals.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Gel Coat

    Light reading. https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/gelcoating-the-whole-boat-down-to-the-waterline.61694/
  19. Scott Danforth

    Gel Coat

    If you are doing metal flake, you have to sand between each coat
  20. Scott Danforth

    Gel Coat

    why? you are thinking like you are applying paint clear gel is generally not used with the exception being a metal flake clear job on bass boats with gel, you start sanding at 240 grit, then 320, then 400, 600, 800, then start buffing to get the shine clear gel doesnt have the amount UV...
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