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  1. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    ford pricing from ford website.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Winterizing for in water - engine raw water drain

    Plus I will add that is you pulled the drain plug from the little manifold under the motor and nothing came out, the whole drain system is clogged.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Winterizing for in water - engine raw water drain

    You can't winterize while in the water
  4. Scott Danforth

    Winterizing for in water - engine raw water drain

    by blue plugs, you mean the plastic wingnut thingies on the bottom of the J hose, each side of the block and the bottoms of the manifolds? if so, youre drained. drained = winterized. now work on the annual drive maintenance. there is a sticky in the engine forums on winterization.
  5. Scott Danforth

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    I also run vehicles for about 15 years/300,000 miles or more. the screens in my 2014 GMC are both going belly up. the fix is to buy new screens. however if that happens, the motor and trans will go stand-alone ECM. the problematic 6L80E will get rebuilt for the 4th time or replaced with a...
  6. Scott Danforth

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    The 10 speed transmissions in the Ford and GM are sister transmissions from the same Ford/GM JV
  7. Scott Danforth

    Boats from work.

    The only head on tow vehicle I saw was in the skyway toll booth area, and the boat didn't use transom tie downs. The boat landed on the vehicle 50 ft ahead
  8. Scott Danforth

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    Wife's audi has a bunch of weather messages too.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    My buddy used to be the manager of a bunch of Camera Corner stores in the Madison area. he is now retired, still single and photography is his hobby. he has a huge lens he uses to photograph craters on the moon as well as objects really far away.. the thing is like 36" long and requires a...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Boats from work.

    My late father would call that grape-ship. he was a weld inspector for many years few jokes from over the years..... if your not a welder...... youre a grinder..... two things in life where penetration counts...... one is welding, the other is farming
  11. Scott Danforth

    Things i hate

    im too poor to hire painters.... LOL. MIL had a painter at her house for a week painting all the rooms and trim. I think it cost her $4k.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Things i hate

    use a halogen shop lamp to look for dry spots while you are rolling. also suggest using a drop cloth to cover the floor and everything you dont want splatter on. should be able to knock out the ceiling in about 30 minutes
  13. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    get dishwashing gloves.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Boats from work.

    never come on the trailer faster than you want to hit it.
  15. Scott Danforth

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    only if you skew the numbers per millions of miles driven thats because todays crop of drivers crash before they get out of the driveway as they are trying to text and drive
  16. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    it was a "woody" with mahogany panels. whats left of the original wood is in the car that I could use as templates if needed. going with carbon fiber inserts (see post #1)
  17. Scott Danforth

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    ABS is about the only recent improvement that I like besides the heated seats. however the Bosch servo unit is now nearly 30 years old in its design. there are a few inherent flaws in it regarding todays 5-star safety ratings.....to bad they are wrapped in fugly and bad powertrain...
  18. Scott Danforth

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    That's just darwinism
  19. Scott Danforth

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    My next truck will be a 1967 GMC K20 with a custom quad cab on a custom chassis with a 5.9 P-punp Cummins and a 6-speed manual transmission.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    I like looking at snow..... on the screen in y'all's back yard as long as its not here.
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