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  1. Scott Danforth

    your opinion

    Get a new heat exchanger kit from Orca or similar Mercruiser has has 20-30 different heat exchanger setups on the SBC alone between the early 70s and 2000s Being a 1997 you already have vortec heads.
  2. Scott Danforth

    your opinion

    the 350 with a carb has been around since the late 60's in boats However, your current motor is a 1986-1995 vintage your drive is a post 1992 if it was me, I would be taking your current block, vortec heads (1996 and later), a stroker crank/rods, LCQ style pistons and build a 6.2
  3. Scott Danforth

    Manifolds (Trying to figure out what I am looking at)

    pink antifreeze will turn clear
  4. Scott Danforth

    Maybe my turn for new boat time

    heavy fog is bad torrential downpour is bad at slow speeds, neither my hand-held or dash mount can keep direction, so if you look at my GPS tracks in the past after fog or heavy rain, its just a bunch of small circles. Now I have the dash compass as well
  5. Scott Danforth

    Manifolds (Trying to figure out what I am looking at)

    you have water in the exhaust. can be from any of the following: improper timing causing reversion improper cam causing reversion leaking manifold to riser joint causing water to run back in not enough SWL to riser height from factory too heavy a boat (water logged) causing the boat to sit...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Engine choice

    My guess is an idiot or a scam artist had the boat prior. You have a core block that will need at a minimum $1500 worth of parts and machining. To do it right you are looking at about $2500 As Scott mentioned, there are choices buy a reman, properly reman the one you have, or buy a salvage...
  7. Scott Danforth

    1992 Bass Tracker

    Those boats were small console
  8. Scott Danforth

    1990 Bayliner Avanti Fuse panel

    Does your dash have fuses? Circuit breakers? If not, look under the helm
  9. Scott Danforth

    1982 omc stern drive wont go up or down

    If you took the clutch pack apart, did you have the proper clamp to put it back together? Make sure you have all the clutch discs Check the hammer coupler and check voltages when trying to raise. If any of your connections are not shiny and clean enough for your mother in law to eat off of...
  10. Scott Danforth

    1992 Bass Tracker

    I would carefully pull the boat apart. making drawings and taking pictures as you go. then rebuild it back the way it came.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Ninja wood fired grill

    not sure I would trust a under $300 wood-fired appliance
  12. Scott Danforth

    Tracker

    there are a few salvage yards. green bay propeller may have a tracker as they were big on lake michigan. but you have to walk the yard. it would be easier and quicker getting two made at your local aluminum fab company since white water marine is still making trackers, you can also check...
  13. Scott Danforth

    What model is my boat.?

    that is half the motor that boat needs, or twice as much boat as the motor wants to push If you didnt buy it, I would pass, however you already bought it the drive and motor are the least of your issues. do a few drill tests in the stringer and transom. I see rot
  14. Scott Danforth

    1970-1971 seabird 19

    that was state of art back then. my old hydrostream was cored as well. gave the hull away after looking at what it would cost to repair.
  15. Scott Danforth

    1979 3.0 140 mercruiser engine swap to 1988 3.0 engine

    I smell a full hull restoration.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 120 convert to automotive.

    the slant six just never sounded right. great motor, however I can still hear the lifter tick from my childhood.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 120 convert to automotive.

    search facetube marketplace. with everyone yanking motors for LS swaps, the perfectly good old-iron is going for peanuts.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Gauges fluctuating, bouncing around

    you have bad connections. start at the battery, remove, clean and seal every connection all the way to the helm. pay attention to the ground buss under the helm.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 120 convert to automotive.

    no, there is no special bolt pattern. the merc 2.5 is the same as a Hyster fork lift 2.5 which is the same as a 1962 Chevy II 2.5. other than the big gap in lobe angles, small duration on the cam, the non-vacuum advance and the wet exhaust. its basically a small truck motor.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Sputtering, sketchy acceleration, idle unsteady

    my guess is you will find that you need to clean the fuel system including a carb rebuild.
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