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  1. Scott Danforth

    Rinker 282 trailer

    To expand on AD and Scotts posts. My 24 foot boat is 26 feet long. It's listed now to transom It's on a 29 foot long trailer (23.5 feet from bow stop to rear frame member) The bow stop is adjustable both fore/aft and vertically The bunks and bunk brackets were custom made by me to fit my...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Engine cant idle

    You have a leak at the carb base. You can see it in the video
  3. Scott Danforth

    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    I mixed up my own metalic silver for my OMC. it was 4 parts rustoleum silver, 4 parts black, 1 part blue.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Dead Batteries

    the battery in my truck load tested fine a month ago before a trip. a week ago, it was toast with an internal short. it was 47 months old.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Dead Batteries

    not uncommon for batteries to die about the same time.
  6. Scott Danforth

    2024 G3 super slow gas fill

    take it to the dealer
  7. Scott Danforth

    Dead Batteries

    how old are the batteries? have you had them load tested?
  8. Scott Danforth

    Anybody know about Ford DIS ignitions?

    :LOL: :ROFLMAO:
  9. Scott Danforth

    Anybody know about Ford DIS ignitions?

    the manual pump says it needs more than a battery.
  10. Scott Danforth

    New 5.7 and heat exchanger plumbing question

    Call Orca (San Juan is now Orca,) Follow the instructions
  11. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 stalls at 1000-1500 rpm.

    I would be looking at the carburetor. Sounds like the acceleration pump circuit is plugged
  12. Scott Danforth

    Overheated Weirdness

    Lack of cooling water means the exhaust goes from 200f to 1100f Burnt rubber means no cooling
  13. Scott Danforth

    Trim Control Rubber Boot?

    Most of the time when the drive goes down underway, the piston seals are leaking. Easy to test for
  14. Scott Danforth

    Please help with engine type selection!

    As stated, even FWD motors have windage trays. This is a LS4 that perforated itself
  15. Scott Danforth

    Trim issues, torn wires, many mistakes

    Click = bad connections
  16. Scott Danforth

    Engine Swap 1979OMC with 3.0L Quicksilver

    The best think you can do is redo your transom and stringers to use either a late model Mercruiser motor and drive, or a late model Volvo Penta motor and drive. This will require replacing the transom
  17. Scott Danforth

    Engine Swap 1979OMC with 3.0L Quicksilver

    1990 or older motors used a 2-piece rear main seal. In 1990 the 3.0 was redesigned to use the same rod and piston in the 5.7 (for parts commonality) and the crank seal was redesigned to a 1-piece.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Please help with engine type selection!

    Most of the trucks I pulled apart have a windage tray. Windage tray is very important on sustained high-speed motors Even the front drive motors have windage trays
  19. Scott Danforth

    Foul Release Coatings ??? PropOne, PropGlide . . .

    Twin pods (Volvo diesel and IPS pods) Under a Cruisers Cantius 48
  20. Scott Danforth

    Foul Release Coatings ??? PropOne, PropGlide . . .

    Prop glide is what my bud uses on his moored boat
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