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  1. Scott Danforth

    1987 GM 305 x 2 rebuild questions.

    as long as the balancer is good, they are internal balanced engines. If it was me, I would spend $45 on new balancer
  2. Scott Danforth

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    this prevents the issues
  3. Scott Danforth

    Boat to store inside garage ?

    my 19 foot searay with a folding tongue on the trailer barely fit in a 22 foot garage and that was with the prop leaving a mark on the back wall and about an inch between the door and the trailer tongue hinge
  4. Scott Danforth

    Sealant or no Sealant?

    use mercruiser gaskets vs the sierra green leakers no sealant needed.
  5. Scott Danforth

    5.7 vortec motor starts ,then bogs and dies

    look at the wiring. when cranking, your fuel pump gets it power from the starter R terminal. when running your fuel pump gets its power from the oil pressure switch
  6. Scott Danforth

    Non-Skid - Economic Options

    are you looking to paint on, or add to gel? if painting, most of the non-skid is pumice (ground up lava rock). sand also works I think I paid $5 for a 3# bucket of non-skid from my fiberglass supply house. i have used it for the last 10 years on projects from the non skid painted porch to...
  7. Scott Danforth

    5.7 vortec motor starts ,then bogs and dies

    my guess is the idle circuits are plugged
  8. Scott Danforth

    NEED A VP PROS OPPINION!

    your looking at a 21 year old boat.....the condition things are in today is what matters. the 5.0 liter SBC is an OK motor if it was maintained the SX drive is an OK drive if it was maintained
  9. Scott Danforth

    Completely Dead After Rain - Can't Jump

    It won't jump or change with bad connections
  10. Scott Danforth

    Completely Dead After Rain - Can't Jump

    I woul bring tools and 150 grit sandpaper and clean every battery cable terminal and lug in the boat
  11. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    Managed to get some work on the closet
  12. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    Picked up a LS4 short block. Was in a wreck. Sat in a body shop for 15 years
  13. Scott Danforth

    Seat snap on cushion replacement

    Most likely from the wellcraft in-house upholstery shop they used to have See your local marine upholstery shop
  14. Scott Danforth

    Completely Dead After Rain - Can't Jump

    Thinking bad connection
  15. Scott Danforth

    5.7 merc quadrajet idle

    Just google quadrajet electric choke
  16. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    Diameter? Or crank mounting pattern?
  17. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    Tonawanda is the truck and boat and industrial engine plant Romulus is the car plant
  18. Scott Danforth

    5.7 merc quadrajet idle

    FYI, for about $60 you can buy everything you need to convert to electric choke.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Engine/outdrive swap recommendations please.

    Any swap will require a new transom and stringer setup. However it will be worth it
  20. Scott Danforth

    1997 Doral 300 SC twin 5.7 mercruiser

    I would run the motors off a good fuel source like a 3 gallon outboard tank Verify compression
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