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  1. Scott Danforth

    Opinions of engine owners. Least trouble and lower cost. Carburetor or F I ?

    As for least trouble and least cost, hard to beat a fully mechanical fuel pump diesel motor
  2. Scott Danforth

    Opinions of engine owners. Least trouble and lower cost. Carburetor or F I ?

    Been playing with EFI for years ..... Then the parts are NLA and you have a dead motor you have to invest in new EFI hardware I can still buy parts for a 1908 carburetor and ignition system, I can not buy parts for a 2008 EFI fuel or ignition system because the parts are NLA from the OEM or...
  3. Scott Danforth

    215 sundowner transom

    Yes, laminated plywood is the strongest
  4. Scott Danforth

    Best Jet Drive

    A Berkeley Jet will be behind 300+HP V8 Depending on which motor is in front of it, either a 351 or 460 Ford, a 455 olds, or a 454 Chev
  5. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.7GXIC-J Misfiring/Black Smoke

    Change it again. They only last about a year or two
  6. Scott Danforth

    Need help figuring out the year of my 3.0L Mercruiser Engine

    Your pump was supplied originally by Carter fuel systems to GM which supplied the long block to Mercruiser Summit Racing has them for a reasonable price. Your local NAPA can also supply the proper marine fuel pump
  7. Scott Danforth

    85hp Merc?

    40-50 years ago, when the motor was new and maintained, it was a good motor However 40-50 years later, with unknown maintenance and operation, who knows As posted above, get it cheap enough. Plan on putting time and money into it
  8. Scott Danforth

    How can I make my Tracker 40 HP faster?

    Got a pic of the boats keel and the anti-vent plate. With an ELPT on a short transom, the motor is way too long for the transom
  9. Scott Danforth

    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I laminated my own motor mounts from plywood. Many times stronger than dimensional lumber
  10. Scott Danforth

    Best Jet Drive

    None of the comparisons or information of how something that was new 40-50 years ago would be relevant You are buying used .....How was the drive maintained? What is the wear ring diameter,? Impeller clearance?
  11. Scott Danforth

    How can I make my Tracker 40 HP faster?

    the tracker branded motors were only on the tracker boats. so this is a second hand motor. what is the history of this motor as AD asked, is this a new to you problem with a long-time owned motor, or a new to you motor with a problem?
  12. Scott Danforth

    Radar tower removal.

    Malibu towers used to be made by Gere Marie. Monster Towers are made off-shore.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Radar tower removal.

    dont give tower manufacturers that much credit. they are slapped-together assemblies that leave the factory with sharp edges in the drilled holes and open windows in castings for wire routing. iff and I mean iff, the tower manufacturer was any good, they may have left some weld wire in the...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Happy Birthday Aspeck

    hey @aspeck congrats on another circumferential loop of the sun.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Radar tower removal.

    Got a pic? If you pulled a tow hower, you pulled a similar structure
  16. Scott Danforth

    Boats from work.

    that is an ugly color
  17. Scott Danforth

    Arghh! Freakin raccoon.

    he like twenty six year olds..... because there were twenty....
  18. Scott Danforth

    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    based on the pic, you should just need to take the spacer out in the foreground.
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