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  1. Scott Danforth

    Impeller spun?!?!?!?

    Pull line from the drive with motor running either on muffs/hose or in the lake and aim it up. Water will be flowing out about 6-8" at an idle. Then reinstall and go boating
  2. Scott Danforth

    Need help with a Mercruiser sterndrive and the trim sending unit.

    no such thing as a "pre alpha". there are MC1, MC2, MC3, MR, etc. what is your drive serial number that will tell you.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Lower Transom Cable Won’t Budge - Stuck in FWD

    replace the cable. since an over heat usually toasts the cable. have you checked the impeller?
  4. Scott Danforth

    Impeller spun?!?!?!?

    impellers need to be submerged when starting or fed by muffs. 20 seconds without a good water supply and they are toast older than 5 years and they are toast try to suck water from a bucket and they are toast. marine thermostats are stainless. so use the correct one. additionally, without...
  5. Scott Danforth

    350mag Mpi

    You have an MPI motor. Screw a 60psi pressure gauge into the Schroeder valve and read the pressure
  6. Scott Danforth

    Transom and floor replacement

    End grain balsa is still used today in low volume boats. It adds a lot of strength (by spacing the layers of fiberglass) without adding more than a pound or two Plywood would be heavy Building up with fiberglass matt will be heavier There are other core materials out there. Foam core, nida...
  7. Scott Danforth

    In-boat camshaft replacement - 7.4 Mercruiser

    No Pull the damper bolt too Get a damper removal/install tool
  8. Scott Danforth

    Only goes 20 MPH

    Most likely not. Just restricts exhaust flow enough to choke the motor
  9. Scott Danforth

    Transom and floor replacement

    Yes, uncapping makes your job easier
  10. Scott Danforth

    Scratching my head.. ( Tilt Trim motor )

    You put + on green, - on blue and it goes down You put + on blue, - on green and it goes up
  11. Scott Danforth

    Everything done but low rpm at WOT. Distributor spring?

    You need to take fuel pressure readings with the motor at WOT and under full load for a while What you are seeing is the float doing its job and the needle/seat opening and closing However if your pressure is fluctuating that much, you have a restriction up stream. Such as anti-siphon valve...
  12. Scott Danforth

    2000 Bayliner Trophy

    There is still wood in 2000
  13. Scott Danforth

    Transom and floor replacement

    Stand back another 10 feet in your pics so we can get perspective. I would uncap, the cut out all the bad and go from there
  14. Scott Danforth

    Fuel dumping in 5.0 cobra 1994 mechanical pump, not electric.

    Did you test fuel pressure yet. Should be between 2 and 7psi
  15. Scott Danforth

    Bad Transom?

    The wood in the transom was expected to last only 15 years. The boat is 36 years old
  16. Scott Danforth

    5.7 Mercruiser stalls out

    Not wiring or it would not come and go Measure fuel pressure while under load I don't trust anything pertronix
  17. Scott Danforth

    1995 Commodore 272 fuel gauge inaccurate

    Yes
  18. Scott Danforth

    350mag Mpi

    Your gauge is off as new motor spec is 150 psi. However as long as your gauge reads with a 10psi window across all 8 compression is good Check fuel pressure
  19. Scott Danforth

    Fuel dumping in 5.0 cobra 1994 mechanical pump, not electric.

    Unbolt the two halves and re-clock the bottom Or just get a diaphragm kit for your old pump
  20. Scott Danforth

    Everything done but low rpm at WOT. Distributor spring?

    No. Read ground to coil + The negative is pulsed by the dizzy
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