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  1. Scott Danforth

    81 sunrunner v6 omc sterndrive tilt problem

    First welcome aboard Look into a factory service manual (outboard books.com) My guess you are referring to the tilt motor vs the trim You most likely have a switch/solenoid/motor issue on the tilt motor
  2. Scott Danforth

    replace coupler or not?

    For $15 you can just replace the ring gear
  3. Scott Danforth

    HI! New Here!

    I think youre looking for a barge if you want to put a camper on it. smallest cabin boats were the 18' bayliners. the cabin was useless. to lay out on and get a tan, a 14 foot boat will be small. My suggestion. 16' aluminum boat, bimini top, and a shower curtain for privacy with a portapoty...
  4. Scott Danforth

    VOLVO PENTA OUTDRIVE DROPPING INSTANTLY

    I use a bit of .005" plastic shim stock wrapped around the piston to get the seal to compress when pushing the piston in the bore. at work, we have a tapered cone that drops in the barrel to drop in the pistons.
  5. Scott Danforth

    What's the best prop size? - 22 ft tahoe 228 Merc Alpha One Gen II 220 HP

    I ran a 15x19P Solas stainless on my SeaRay 190 with a 220hp 5.0 / A1G2 1.62:1. I would hit 4900 RPM with just me in the boat trimmed out and just shy of 50mph if you hit rocks often, stay with aluminum as aluminum props fold when you hit things, stainless props can take out the lower unit...
  6. Scott Danforth

    VP 280 no reverse

    if the leg pops up, look at the reverse catch (bottom left corner) use the factory manual to adjust the cable. however running it not fully in gear, you may have toasted your reverse gear.
  7. Scott Danforth

    VOLVO PENTA OUTDRIVE DROPPING INSTANTLY

    if you pressurized the blind ends and oil came out the gland end. then yes, one of your cylinders is bypassing. when you took apart the cylinders, was it the piston seal, or the piston to rod seal you found compromised?
  8. Scott Danforth

    Rpm's

    Try it without the plate
  9. Scott Danforth

    Rpm's

    Wrong prop, bad fuel, too long of a motor, bad plug, low compression..... Is this a new problem on an existing motor, or a new to you motor?
  10. Scott Danforth

    Anyone tried one of these boats?

    its just a resurgence of the car-top boat that sears did in the 40s and 50s however I dont like the rocking chair like hull on the minidrifter
  11. Scott Danforth

    Twin Solex pa44 1, volvo penta Aq151B

    your motor will always run better at idle with a higher advance. it will also pull water in from the exhaust and hydrolock. what did you set the dwell to on the points prior to the timing?
  12. Scott Danforth

    1960-something fiberglass Starcraft

    welcome aboard. you will need much of the information in this sticky. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/ look at link 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b. go thru every video and picture and read every post
  13. Scott Danforth

    Outdrive Pressure test Question

    Volvo also specifies a vacuum test
  14. Scott Danforth

    Outdrive cannot clean

    I would pull the drives and paint them ASAFP. Annual maintenance on moored boats is painting the drives, don't the zincs and doing a bottom job Or start planning on replacing them
  15. Scott Danforth

    Boating with small children ( Toddlers ) Best Life Vest.

    FWIW..... I have a bin of children PFDs it's just part of having kids and an expensive hobby Most of the ones I have are sterns brand and were purchased in the sporting goods store with the child in tow to ensure fit.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Casting numbers help omc cobra 5.0 HO motor thought 1993

    besides being a ford 302 with a 2-barrel carb, do you have a real question? or just a photodump and run? the high output versions were not 2-barrels, they were fuel injected motors with F40 heads and a 351 cam and 215hp you have a lowly 2-barrel motor with 190hp you can get parts here...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Fuel question(s)

    sea foam is naptha and light oil. not needed for anything
  18. Scott Danforth

    Stupid question…… garboard drain plug size

    with all pipe threads 2FFT 2 Flats past Finger Tight
  19. Scott Danforth

    hull repair needed along lower rake

    Its your boat, however it was done with laminating poly. not the crud from home depot.
  20. Scott Danforth

    hull repair needed along lower rake

    Looks like the boat was beached often You will need to patch both sides of that
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