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  1. Scott Danforth

    Can I use a 3 wire PTT motor to replace a 2 wire PTT motor and keep the relays?

    if you understand relays, reversing contactors, etc you can make it work both systems need 2 relays, the 2-wire uses both contactor sets, the 3-wire uses 1 cotactor set.
  2. Scott Danforth

    bow navigation wire runs through the railing… where does it come into the main section?

    here is a 1996 250 https://owners-resources.searayweb.com/owners-manuals-files/1996_250%20Sundancer_90-96_Sport_Cruisers.pdf I did not find an updated 250
  3. Scott Danforth

    bow navigation wire runs through the railing… where does it come into the main section?

    since we make similar bow rails at work, I do not think it would go thru the stanchion because it is too difficult to make the wire do the 90 degree turn. We run all of ours back to the aft mounting pad / nut-penny thru a hollow stud. However can not comment on your 27 year old SeaRay as I...
  4. Scott Danforth

    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    oxalic acid is as mild as vinegar. I just had 100 quarts I made to soak some rusty parts for welding and was scrubbing the parts with my bare hands in the tub.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Needing a t top

    the company that originally made the HSB tops in 2000 has been bought and sold (I think twice). I think your two choices are find a trashed boat with a top, and refurb the top (it will need new powder coat as the anodizing will have long corroded) or get one made.
  6. Scott Danforth

    best place to get reman 5.7 mercruiser

    BTW, a 1996 boat run in Minnesota for 3 months a year should not need a rebuild unless something went away. You probably do not even have 1000 hours. What indicates it needs a rebuild?
  7. Scott Danforth

    best place to get reman 5.7 mercruiser

    If you can get to Green Bay. Stop in at Baril Engine and see Larry Sannes, or to Manitowoc and see Scotty and Jake at Manitowoc Motor Machine. They are busy during race season
  8. Scott Danforth

    best place to get reman 5.7 mercruiser

    The heads alone give between 30-40 more HP than the 12-bolt non-vortec motors because the ports are higher allowing so much more airflow to the motor The roller cam can be more aggressive to give you a whole lot more power. However the cam installed in your motor is extremely mild Stepping...
  9. Scott Danforth

    best place to get reman 5.7 mercruiser

    The heads make it vortec. If you are going reman, I would go vortec heads, 4-barrel, and stroked crank. 320hp-330hp. With a decent cam, and a good intake, 380-420hp The flat tappet 2-barrel was 215 HP or so
  10. Scott Danforth

    Need to vent....

    I had a 1993 as well. The 88-93 were Brazilian made. Basically the old 1.8 VW 2-valve motor with the old Audi 4000 transmission in an old tooled Audi Fox body. Good daily in town, sucked on the highway if you had to pass as there was not much power Bought mine for $400 with a parts car...
  11. Scott Danforth

    bow navigation wire runs through the railing… where does it come into the main section?

    Doubtful If they exist, they are on the SeaRay website
  12. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Ted, 1.12 x (boats suck at fuel economy) is still (boats suck at fuel economy)...... But that is a good bonus
  13. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    That is why you have 3
  14. Scott Danforth

    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    You don't need bikinis on boats😉 But you do need beverages
  15. Scott Danforth

    Terribly stoopid question

    its the crank knurling that guides the oil on the seals on a 2-piece RMS crank Side note - Bud of mine received a RH crank once by accident and could not keep the mains from leaking. we discovered on tear down. Machine shop did the work to swap the crank and covered the bearings/gaskets but...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Help with tach repair

    there are a few. Fluke 88 is one but requires an inductive pickup. you can also wrap a wire around a single sparkplug wire as an inductive pickup, read frequency in HZ, and multiply by 60 to get RPM
  17. Scott Danforth

    Help with tach repair

    there should never be voltage on the grey tach wire. that is the pulsed to ground side of the coil
  18. Scott Danforth

    best place to get reman 5.7 mercruiser

    up until covid, you could build a 350 or 377 for about $3500 with new parts. $700 block and $650 set of heads from GMPP, $800 comp cam K-kit, Melling oil pump, felpro gasket kit and a $1100 rotating assembly Today a new SCAT rotating assembly is within $10 between a stock 3.48" and a stroked...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Help with tach repair

    check continuity on the grey wire
  20. Scott Danforth

    Need to vent....

    88-93?
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