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  1. Scott Danforth

    Shifting system

    Check adjustment on lower shift cable. May need to replace it
  2. Scott Danforth

    99 4.3 volvo gl

    Are you setting the choke before trying to start? You should never need starting fluid even without a choke in Wisconsin in January when it's -30 List your cold-start steps. Be specific Do you see a stream of gas spraying when you have motor off, spark arrestor removed and looking down the...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Kohler generator cylinders keep hydro locking

    How did you winterize the Genny? Check for cracks in the exhaust manifold
  4. Scott Danforth

    Honda bfp15d4 overheat

    Salt water motor?
  5. Scott Danforth

    Clutch Fan to Electric Conversion, 1997 Suburban

    Why not fix the clutch fan. The thermal clutches go bad. The engine driven fan will move 4-5 times the air that any electric fan can move
  6. Scott Danforth

    Martin 100

    Sight glass gauges have two hollow mounting studs, and they go thru a seal..... They also leak
  7. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 6.2 repower/finding an engine

    what is wrong with the original engine? your local engine machine shop can also help you. the merc 6.2 is nothing but a 350 block, a GMPP crank and GMPP rods
  8. Scott Danforth

    Help Me Identify Old Super Sea Horse

    No, because to do it right, that would be $10,000+ at a boat builder Fixing it is easy. Head over to the restoration forum and start reading Start here https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/ Read links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b in their entirety. Do...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Clunking/Knocking noise when steering

    Did you inspect the u-joints? What you described in your OP is classic u-joints
  10. Scott Danforth

    2011 Mer 4.3 inboard on Tahoe Q5i - engine bogging down

    It's the barbed fitting on the tank pickup tube. Also check the pickup tube for a strainer. They get plugged . Remove it and throw it away. It is not needed
  11. Scott Danforth

    Dieseling 3.0

    Check your timing Check the impeller De Carbon the motor Go thru the carb If you run rich, and get carbon buildup, it will run-on. Running hot will also cause run-on 3.0's are more susceptible than the other motors My 3.0 would diesel during watersports if you chopped the throttle right...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Help Me Identify Old Super Sea Horse

    That bandaid plate on the transom means the transom is soft
  13. Scott Danforth

    Astroglass 1989 full rebuild

    According to Jeff Foxworthy, so do rednecks....
  14. Scott Danforth

    transom repair options

    You have to grind thru the gel to fiberglass
  15. Scott Danforth

    Astroglass 1989 full rebuild

    Line-x xs-650
  16. Scott Danforth

    ok peeps. here is a question.

    With 3-wire. Black is ground, +12volts to Blue is up, +12volts to Green is down
  17. Scott Danforth

    Gas cap ? on a 1989 bayliner capri 85hp force outboard

    Some fills have integrated vent hose and those do have vented caps
  18. Scott Danforth

    93 vp aq570 with 280 drive hydrolocked??

    Volvo manifolds are a bit more restrictive than Mercruiser on the water side. Volvo never offered more than a half system on the SBC motors. But the VP manifolds do flow exhaust better That being said, it could be modified for either a half or full system. You will have to fabricate a...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Steering Question

    Hydraulic piston seal
  20. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust Bellows or Not

    The tube was originally for big blocks . Up to you to use the bellows or tube
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