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  1. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    So a little victory. Figured out I can use a modified ram 1514 flywheel with a 153 tooth flywheel, a 10.5" clutch disc, and a ram 401 pressure plate under a stock jeep bellhousing Now to source a C6 Corvette oil pan to gain 2" of ground clearance over the stock LS4 pan
  2. Scott Danforth

    Seized engine

    Waiting 2 weeks......plan on rebuilding the motor. Pull the drive, pull the motor, then pull the motor apart
  3. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    A frosting bag and a plastic spoon makes good tools to make fillets
  4. Scott Danforth

    Could I use isolator to charge AGM battery

    a half-way decent DC to DC smart charger is about $175. probably less during a black friday deal. Physically the size of a sandwich. a DC to DC charger is effectively a DC to AC inverter, then a AC to DC charger all in a single box. you can get a separate inverter and a regulated output...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Could I use isolator to charge AGM battery

    you can use a DC to DC smart battery charger.
  6. Scott Danforth

    Question about control buttons

    trim tabs should be a pair of switches. up/down for port bow and up/down for starboard bow do not confuse trim tabs with outdrive/outboard trim/tilt
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Wife wants a jeep....so that is being planned
  8. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    which one?
  9. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    see post #374
  10. Scott Danforth

    No Center Attachment for Hauling onto the Trailer

    I know its enforced on two of the ramps here in Florida, and the two ramps on the lake my buddy lives on up in Sturgeon Bay. it only took a week of people power loading to have a spoil pile so big behind the ramp apron on the SR64 ramp at the Manatee/Braden River (just inland from Snead) the...
  11. Scott Danforth

    No Center Attachment for Hauling onto the Trailer

    power loading is illegal in most locations. it wrecks the ramp.
  12. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    will look on a model of an aluminum pod for the rigging tubes. may be tomorrow by the time I get the info deck plate. how big is your arm near your shoulder. Armstrong has their own (doesnt use a mounting ring) and the ones with a mounting ring have a smaller opening. fiberglassing the...
  13. Scott Danforth

    How long does it take to change power heads

    you are a business owner, with a limited amount of tech staff in this current marine market down turn. you just had to let half your staff go because no one is buying new boats, so your rigging and setup business is gone. you have to float a loan for any inventory as that comes out of your...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Thoughts on winter dust cover

    No.
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    Thoughts on winter dust cover

    another thought. I have an RV cover on the travel trailer that breaths and keeps the UV rays from baking it. these are basically a big box shaped cover. Got it on Amazon for about $100 a while back.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Parts Diagrams for Four Winns

    rotary helm. (BTW, they all look similar). really need the hot-stamped numbers off the cable length. from there, you can order a new rotary helm and cable system
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    Thoughts on winter dust cover

    I would get some cheap king sized sheets and cover the boat since its inside with no wind or rain, just dive-bombing turd rats
  18. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Ted shows them in the one pic.
  19. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    dont forget the tube for the rigging hose. on aluminum ones, that is welded in. on your fiberglass one, that would be glassed in.
  20. Scott Danforth

    50th Anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's demise

    I know people that have piloted ships across the Atlantic and North Sea in winter gales. they all stated, that is a cake walk compared to the great lakes during a storm waves on the great lakes get the same height however are closer together than in the ocean.
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