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  1. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 5.7L Black Scorpion grinding noise when in neutral

    your starter is probably already damaged. so pull it and inspect / test it your ring gear is probably chewed up if the starter was engaged while the motor was running. so the motor must come out to fix that. follow the yellow wire with the red stripe from the starter. it leads to the pilot...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Top speed

    25mph maybe as there are no lifting strakes on your pontoon to go faster you need more power and lifting strakes then again, forest river just took a stock trifecta pontoon to lake of the ozarks with 3 500hp outboards and only managed to get 100mph. Had they stripped off the arch...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Engine sputters when turned off

    That is run on. That little gasp at the end is the motor running backwards and sucking water from the exhaust You either have the timing out of spec, are running hot, or are running too rich
  4. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    You're missing the point If you make a fuel mistake in a car....the fumes go out the open engine compartment and dissipate. If you make a fuel mistake in a boat, the fuel vapor collects in the bilge and you meet Jesus
  5. Scott Danforth

    Hard start

    that is what the anti-siphon valve on the tank as well as the two check valve in the fuel pump does
  6. Scott Danforth

    Hard start

    not legal on an I/O
  7. Scott Danforth

    Boat Cover Supports

    Inflatable bud light furniture?
  8. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    remember in a boat, no surface to be hotter than 200F (93C) to prevent igniting the boat.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Boat Cover Supports

    I think we all do. had 4" of rain fall about 8 months ago, rain started pooling, the support pole slipped, and the whole cover had about 500 gallons of water in the top that I had to rig a pump up to get out. then had to repair the cover. tried everything and once in the while mother nature wins
  10. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    knowing why the IMO rules exists, and what it prevents, you may not have that attitude. however, its your life.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Boat with paint cracks and hull damage

    good luck in making water cooled marine exhaust or finding J1171 compliant electrics, or marine compliant fuel system parts.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Help identify 5.7 longblock serial#

    the casting numbers on the back of the block just above the flywheel housing boss is huge
  13. Scott Danforth

    Looking to stabilize my alum boat

    If you ever had forklift training and understand the triangle of stability. the bow of a small runabout has a triangle in the water that is only about 1' long, and about 8" wide. as the bow flares up, the worst place you can step is outside the triangle of stability.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Looking to stabilize my alum boat

    with a 14' utility boat like you have, there is not much width. if you want to add stability, as stated above. sit down. remove the forward deck. putting a forward deck on a small v-hull utility boat is like standing on the handlebar of a tricycle. you can do it, if you remain still and...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Hi-Lex throttle, why two switches?

    one is the trailer switch to run it all the way up. the other is the trim switch to operate in the trim range.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Water intake location? MC 185 w/AlphaOne

    and you can not run an outdrive in a barrel. you must use the muffs.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Help identify 5.7 longblock serial#

    is it the little round heat tag? those are overheat indicators that melt and fall-off if the motor is ever run hot.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Pressure treated plywood in aluminum boat

    Exterior plywood, titebond III, and some Iinseed oil will last longer than treated plywood and it won't eat your aluminum hull
  19. Scott Danforth

    Sharrow propellers

    For 8800, I can buy 6 sets of stainless props and 6 tanks of fuel
  20. Scott Danforth

    1985 Malibu Ski Boat Repair

    Gel You have some crazing in the gel. I would look to see if there is any damage on the inside
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