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  1. Scott Danforth

    Carbon fiber keel guard

    Call them, they mix the colors in the store
  2. Scott Danforth

    Carbon fiber keel guard

    FGCI in St Pete Florida has Whaler Blue on the shelf Quarts and Gallon https://fgci.com/product/gelcoat-sprayable-brushable/
  3. Scott Danforth

    New phone

    FWIW, my ringtone is WooHoo by the 5678's my alarm is fractured fairtales and the theme from the flintstones
  4. Scott Danforth

    New phone

    :p Hey Gustafson..... why dont you pull your lip over your head and swallow (yes, a line from Grumpy Old Men)
  5. Scott Danforth

    Carbon fiber keel guard

    I would finish the fiberglass and gel, and use a proven keel guard (plasticized PVC held on with 3M VHB tape after you prep the carp out of the gel) you need to mechanically sand with 40 grit to give the surface tooth for it to stick.
  6. Scott Danforth

    Volvo aq270T gimbal bearing

    https://forums.iboats.com/threads/photo-tutorial-dec-2017-update.702978/
  7. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser dies after getting on temp

    I own 2 or 3 Dwell meters (2 work). one is the one I inheirited from Dad , one is the Admirals late father's, one was mine if I can get it functional again local FLAPS used to have dwell meters you could use, however that went away about 20 years ago.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 5.7

    what troubleshooting have you done? randomly replacing parts without troubleshooting may or may not fix the problem what lead you to replace the 90 amp circuit breaker, starter and coil? do you have compression on all cylinders? do you have spark? do you have fuel? see post #21 for the...
  9. Scott Danforth

    boat foam?

    foam takes years to decades to break down due to freezing and thawing cycles if you prevent water from getting under the deck sole, the foam will never be wet.
  10. Scott Danforth

    5.7 Switched 12v

    the purple wire is a switched 12 volt. that is the ignition. you may want to understand the ABYC wire colors https://forums.iboats.com/threads/generic-boat-wiring-information-updated-verified.726970/ good luck with your sniper.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 165 6cyl inline dies when boat is in the water

    you have a mechanical fuel pump. the system wont care if the motor is in the water or not. what does care is the back pressure from the wet exhaust. you pumping the throttle is simply bringing the RPM's up and having the exhaust gas flow rate increase what are the compression numbers on the...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser dies after getting on temp

    did you get your wiring straightened out? did you get the points adjusted correctly and the dwell set correctly? what did you set dwell and timing to?
  13. Scott Danforth

    Keep blowing my starter solenoid up.

    but did you clean the terminals? looking at the picture of the solenoid, the wiring needs some TLC
  14. Scott Danforth

    Volvo aq270T gimbal bearing

    There is no gimbal bearing in the AQ drive There are bearings in the PDS Here is a link to me changing a 290 BDS shaft and bearings https://forums.iboats.com/threads/pds-shaft-issues.687012/ However your PDS may only have one bearing. Check the factory service manual
  15. Scott Danforth

    Keep blowing my starter solenoid up.

    You have that backwards. Higher voltage requires less current for a given power load.
  16. Scott Danforth

    looking at a 1990 thompson 260 fisherman

    Then get a FLIR camera and a moisture meter
  17. Scott Danforth

    VP 2007 3L 135HP engine oil options

    No, not really It is one of the very few cheap high zinc oils. You need zinc for your flat tappet motor
  18. Scott Danforth

    looking at a 1990 thompson 260 fisherman

    the boat is 36 years old. consider it has rot until proven otherwise. you have to drill test to determine rot in your transom and stringers
  19. Scott Danforth

    Keep blowing my starter solenoid up.

    if the purple wire reference to the alternator sense pin calls for more juice, that alternator will try to make that sense pin voltage go above 13.8. as stated, depends on the battery and condition of the wiring.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Need different prop for pulling

    AKI vs RON vs MON The US uses the AKI or Anti-Knock Index which is RON + MON / 2 Your motor is designed to run on 87 octane pump swill
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