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  1. Scott Danforth

    5.7 vortec motor starts ,then bogs and dies

    my guess is the idle circuits are plugged
  2. Scott Danforth

    NEED A VP PROS OPPINION!

    your looking at a 21 year old boat.....the condition things are in today is what matters. the 5.0 liter SBC is an OK motor if it was maintained the SX drive is an OK drive if it was maintained
  3. Scott Danforth

    Completely Dead After Rain - Can't Jump

    It won't jump or change with bad connections
  4. Scott Danforth

    Completely Dead After Rain - Can't Jump

    I woul bring tools and 150 grit sandpaper and clean every battery cable terminal and lug in the boat
  5. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    Managed to get some work on the closet
  6. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    Picked up a LS4 short block. Was in a wreck. Sat in a body shop for 15 years
  7. Scott Danforth

    Seat snap on cushion replacement

    Most likely from the wellcraft in-house upholstery shop they used to have See your local marine upholstery shop
  8. Scott Danforth

    Completely Dead After Rain - Can't Jump

    Thinking bad connection
  9. Scott Danforth

    5.7 merc quadrajet idle

    Just google quadrajet electric choke
  10. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    Diameter? Or crank mounting pattern?
  11. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    Tonawanda is the truck and boat and industrial engine plant Romulus is the car plant
  12. Scott Danforth

    5.7 merc quadrajet idle

    FYI, for about $60 you can buy everything you need to convert to electric choke.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Engine/outdrive swap recommendations please.

    Any swap will require a new transom and stringer setup. However it will be worth it
  14. Scott Danforth

    1997 Doral 300 SC twin 5.7 mercruiser

    I would run the motors off a good fuel source like a 3 gallon outboard tank Verify compression
  15. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    If it was me, I would go to a you-pull-it, get a running 1998-2003 s-10 4.3 long block with under 100,000 miles Swap the core plugs, swap the head gaskets, swap the circulation pump, then add the accessories and other items Get a used vortec intake from ebay You're then only out $500 vs the...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    Light reading. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/complete-history-of-the-4-3-liter-with-casting-numbers.693935/
  17. Scott Danforth

    Easiest Conversion

    @Rranger I know where a pair of running 3.7's are if you stick with the 3.7
  18. Scott Danforth

    I just got a 1980 Renken w/OMC stringer

    you can put the blades any way you like. they straighten themselves out when the motor turns.
  19. Scott Danforth

    OMC 260 Stringer Stern Drive??

    Agree to disagree on that. Mechanical units were 1981-1985, silver in color and had a different pickup. Hydro-mechanical shifts were 1978-1980, white in color, and have the pickup as shown in the pics Below is the mechanical shift
  20. Scott Danforth

    1987 GM 305 x 2 rebuild questions.

    If you have a gear set. Not a timing chain set. However two gears. Only then do you have a RH motor. However 99.9995% sure you have 2 LH motors
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