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  1. Scott Danforth

    Clutch Fan to Electric Conversion, 1997 Suburban

    This hasn't been done yet? It's a 30 minute job
  2. Scott Danforth

    7.4 Bravo water pump driven fuel pump

    Carter is in stock at summit https://www.summitracing.com/parts/crt-p4389 And the following is absolutely true. The Holley pump is over-priced junk NAPA has oil pressure switches in stock
  3. Scott Danforth

    Skiing behind vintage StarCraft Jupiter

    A tow bridle to the transom eyes
  4. Scott Danforth

    7.4 Bravo water pump driven fuel pump

    If you have the room, I would probably switch to a crank mounted raw water pump and use a Carter universal marine water pump and wire it with an oil pressure switch/ relay
  5. Scott Danforth

    . . . and I Thought Hi-tech Boat Engines Were Bad . . .

    Maybe the electronics are starting to go.....
  6. Scott Danforth

    Steering tight/hard to turn when i turn right

    If your cooler is leaking, most radiator shops can repair for cheap
  7. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3 closed cooling system question

    What help do you need? Have you picked up a factory service manual?
  8. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 165 wont rev in gear.

    Check the contents of the fuel filter for water/contaminates in a clear container Check compression Set dwell and timing to spec Stop spending money on parts and start trouble shooting. If you bought your carb and other parts off of Amazon, hopefully you have the originals. Amazon parts...
  9. Scott Danforth

    rocker switches

    The on/off switch for ignition, or the momentary for start?
  10. Scott Danforth

    Sea Dek or the equivalent

    That would be fiberglass panels
  11. Scott Danforth

    How do I fill the intermediate housing?

    should be oil plug on port side.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3L TKS 2BBL Carburetor Engine Sporadic Behavior

    You didn't fix the issue, you just found one of the two issues
  13. Scott Danforth

    Tune up problem

    Pull the dizzy and work on it on the bench 1990 should have mechanical fuel pump, not electric
  14. Scott Danforth

    Tons of play in CC steering wheel...

    single motor or twins? all v-hulls wander at idle speed with a single
  15. Scott Danforth

    350mag Mpi

    replace the cables. stiff cables with an alpha will trip the shift interupt. which may cause it to stall while shifting. stiff upper cables are usually an indication of the boat being submerged. However they generally last about 15 years. your boat is coming up on 18
  16. Scott Danforth

    5.7 Mercruiser stalls out

    no, marine plugs are not same as auto. marine plugs are nickle plated. spark arrestor cover has the AC delco numbers on it. if running NGKs The BR6FS is for non-votec heads, the BPR6EFS is for votec heads if running AC delcos, AC-MR43T for non-vortec heads AC - MR43LTS for vortec heads...
  17. Scott Danforth

    5.7 Mercruiser stalls out

    its never the coil nothing special about the coil, you either have a 1.5 ohm coil or a 3 ohm coil
  18. Scott Danforth

    Volvo penta 260A no spark on 1986 bayliner

    doesnt help that the center tower doesnt have the coil wire on it. however since the parts lists for the AQ260A shows a resistor to the dizzy, I am leaning towards points - at least originally. but the motor may have been played with a bit over the past 39 years.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Swapping gearing in a stringer outboard

    and a whole bunch of shims to set the gears up
  20. Scott Danforth

    4.3 low pressure fuel pump

    Original pump is a Carter/airtex. About $80 Nothing wrong with the Carter universal in the pic (I have been using them for decades). Use 90 degree fittings and you probably won't need to do anything but tweek your existing lines Nothing good comes from chineseum knockoffs from amazon.
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