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  1. Scott Danforth

    First engine with a catalyst?

    Follow the maintenance schedule in the manual
  2. Scott Danforth

    Emanuals??

    Get the factory manual
  3. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 165 4 cylinder running hot

    How are you testing? Muffs?
  4. Scott Danforth

    bad 4.3 omc engine gonna replace but want more horses

    Vortec heads came out in 1996.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Penta 4.3 GLA distributor cap wiring

    Start by finding #1 cylinder at TDC, then follow the firing order
  6. Scott Danforth

    Single point drain winterization

    No, pull the 50 pounds of extra hoses and fitting and plastic and go to simple drain plugs
  7. Scott Danforth

    Cracked exhaust manifolds

    You are getting off easy. Many people in texas buying new motors. Estimated about 30,000 to 50,000 I/Os in Texas that are not properly winterized
  8. Scott Danforth

    Carburator frustration

    the 1409 may be marginal for the 5.0.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Looking for Snap-On Boat Cover

    even if you find a stock cover, you have to go to an upholstery shop to fit all the snaps because they do not come pressed in. so save yourself a whole bunch of headache and just go to your local canvas/upholstery shop and have covers made.
  10. Scott Danforth

    Single point drain winterization

    in addition to the two block lines being plugged, those hoses run to a spider manifold on both the single point and a 3-point drain system. I do suggest yanking that whole mass of hoses.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Cracked exhaust manifolds

    did you drain the intake manifold thermostat well? if not, plan on an intake manifold.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Adding a GPS unit to a bowrider

    without a picture of your dash, teh best we can do are general comments.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Adding a GPS unit to a bowrider

    over the past 20 years, I have added a GPS/sonar unit to many boats. some times on the windshield in the center, sometimes to the right of the steering wheel on the dash, sometimes to the left of the steering wheel on the dash, twice in the dash (center console boats with new custom dashes) my...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Help with transom weld on painted aluminum boat

    I call my buddy. however in the past, my local radiator shop guy (guy that builds my hot-rod radiators) always has a boat or two in there to weld up. so either call a mobile welder, or call around to local fab shops and radiator shops. your local marina shop that does skeg repair can also...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Tearing down transom assembly

    or he is using a phone which doesnt show signatures.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Pontoon Hardtop

    I would look at something heavier than 1" aluminum tube. more like 1-1/4 square tube. you will want something in the 16 gauge or heavier wall.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Small used cc

    none. a boat that old will have issues. anything more than a few years old is all about condition.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Are surge brakes always a PIA?

    the only time surge brakes need to be bled is if you open the system such as replace a line, replace a slave cylinder or replace the master. short of that, if you need to bleed the brakes, you have an issue that needs to be addressed, such as a failed slave cylinder, a failed master cylinder or...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Help with transom weld on painted aluminum boat

    get it welded. cracks are common on tracker boats and yes, the guy welding it will grind away the paint to weld.
  20. Scott Danforth

    bad 4.3 omc engine gonna replace but want more horses

    the vazer was a custom drive, custom motor castings and custom heat exchanger and Mercruiser had to buy everyone of them back from the customers because they flopped. nearly a million $ in development for something that failed. a late model vortec 4.3 will give you between 205 and 220hp at the...
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