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  1. Scott Danforth

    28' Pontoon with 3.0 Mercruiser Prop

    Lakes are easy Local channels here move with every tide and every storm. GPS means nothing, even your tracks from day prior Run aground, pick up rock in the muck, rock wedges between anti-vent plate and prop at 3000 RPM Most passes here have this sign.
  2. Scott Danforth

    28' Pontoon with 3.0 Mercruiser Prop

    I have sheared the prop shaft hitting a rock with a stainless prop. I have sheared off prop blades on aluminum props
  3. Scott Danforth

    Help identifying an old Alumacraft and capacity data

    HINs didn't exist back then. Only serial numbers
  4. Scott Danforth

    CORRECT bolts for 3.0/3.0LX Manifolds

    Stock bolts are grade 5 Grade 8 is fine Cutting bolts down or using washers is fine Your overthinking it
  5. Scott Danforth

    Flat tire on haul-out today . . .

    VW/Audi read the Wheel speed sensors vs a sensor in the valve stem No pairing needed, no sensor battery, just relying on wheel speeds The TPMS sensors in the 08 Solstice work, but the car's receiver doesn't read them The TPMS sensors in the truck are near end of life in the batteries
  6. 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
  7. 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...
  8. Scott Danforth

    215 sundowner transom

    Yes, laminated plywood is the strongest
  9. 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
  10. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.7GXIC-J Misfiring/Black Smoke

    Change it again. They only last about a year or two
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Scott Danforth

    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I laminated my own motor mounts from plywood. Many times stronger than dimensional lumber
  15. 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?
  16. 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?
  17. Scott Danforth

    Radar tower removal.

    Malibu towers used to be made by Gere Marie. Monster Towers are made off-shore.
  18. 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...
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