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  1. Scott Danforth

    Another Motor mount repair question

    you wont hear anything with a tapping test until the wood long ago rots away. only true way to tell is a test drill down low in the bilge. 5/16" bit, drill 3/4" into the transom about 2" up from the hull bottom and 3" over from the drain plug. if shavings come out wet, dark and smell like...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Another Motor mount repair question

    being a searay pre 2002 and being a 1988 with rot. its a given you need to cut out and repair properly. just surprised it took this long. most of the rot should have showed up 20 years ago.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Another Motor mount repair question

    epoxy wont work. epoxy by itself is really really brittle. as in glass brittle not to mention, the hollow chamber most likely extends into the stringers and the flotation boxes. most likely when you pull the box off, you will find the stringers gone, and the flotation foam water-soaked...
  4. Scott Danforth

    2017 115hp efi fuel issues please help

    Here is what I have done to clean rusty metal tanks. with aluminum tanks, skip the muriatic acid cut-n-pasting from past threads: Here is what I have done in the past simple cleaning - 2 gallons of simple green, followed by 2 gallons of boiling hot water, go for a drive down a back country...
  5. Scott Danforth

    2017 115hp efi fuel issues please help

    no, fill up...... go boating..... when it stumbles, change filter...... go boating refill..... go boating
  6. Scott Danforth

    planning first trip to thousand islands

    old thread. @ajcampbell31 , do not post in old threads unless you are the OP
  7. Scott Danforth

    Ethanol free gas for Mercruiser

    part of testing equipment for OPEI is a phase-separation freeze test of the fuel tank. This is a requirement for all plastic fuel tanks on lawn mowers, snow throwers, etc it takes a lot of work to get E10 to phase separate for testing. usually leaving the tank in the cold chamber for well over...
  8. Scott Danforth

    opinions..pictures

    the 305 only has 260 hp if it can hit WOT. there is not much torque under the curve. if the motor never gets above 4600 RPM, there is only about 210hp there
  9. Scott Danforth

    Photos not saving to server

    :D :ROFLMAO:
  10. Scott Danforth

    Dual Battery Box ?

    look for a 4D or 8D industrial battery box. I have one in my boat to hold the fuel pump, oil filter head and extra oil filters, a some auto chemicals, etc.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Ethanol free gas for Mercruiser

    its not. you are literally worried about nothing. phase separation generally doesnt happent unless you let the fuel sit for a long time at really low temperatures. again, you are worried about nothing.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Manual jack plate starting height

    because simply tilting doesnt always cut it as the tilt also changes the bow attitude but doesnt raise the motor. many flats boats use jack plates in addition to T-n-T to run perfectly flat in 4" of water by getting the boat on plane, trimming it out, then raising the motor to get that perfect...
  13. Scott Danforth

    1960 40 hp Johnson lower unit leak

    the thread is over 20 years old. the OP hasnt been back for 15. read the rules on posting in old threads.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Can you paint an outboard cowling with automotive spray paint?

    Your motor was sprayed with PPG DAR series of automotive paint in the plant
  15. Scott Danforth

    Manual jack plate starting height

    Can you convert to a hydraulic jack plate? That's the ticket
  16. Scott Danforth

    Manuals for 5.7

    From the Brunswick site?
  17. Scott Danforth

    2017 115hp efi fuel issues please help

    Pull the inspection cover over the tank Pull fuel sender
  18. Scott Danforth

    for discussion

    looks like it was chewed on by an angry beaver
  19. Scott Danforth

    2017 115hp efi fuel issues please help

    start at the tank when cleaning the fuel system. tank, pickup, anti-siphon, then fuel/water filter, then FSM, then injectors.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Manual jack plate starting height

    rule of thumb with setback. for every 4" back, raise the motor up 1" so with the 4" of setback on the transom jack, I would have the AV plate 1" higher than normal as a starting point. you will blow out prior to running out of water.
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