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  1. Scott Danforth

    Burning ~3 quarts of oil between changes

    I would look at stroking your current block to a 348. Talk to your local machine shop
  2. Scott Danforth

    Liquid Cooled ICE Question

    Yep, only the production 400 SBC has siamesed bores where the 350 has coolant flowing between the bores
  3. Scott Danforth

    Firing order HELP

    There you go
  4. Scott Danforth

    Best home generator?

    The former Cummins Power Gen in me says Diesel 20kw to run the house The practical guy in me says the truck has a 145 amp alternator and the RV has 2 batteries and an inverter. Mainly because the power hasn't gone out the last 4 hurricanes because the lines in the neighborhood are underground
  5. Scott Danforth

    Firing order HELP

    Unless you removed the dizzy and stabbed it correctly when the motor is at TDC on #1. The rest doesn't matter. Start with the motor at TDC on the compression stroke and verify wiring from there
  6. Scott Danforth

    Firing order HELP

    See the first line of post #3
  7. Scott Danforth

    Sears/Eska Connecting rod question

    Look at them. Cast steel is different than cast iron
  8. Scott Danforth

    Firing order HELP

    First, make sure the dizzy is stabbed correctly 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
  9. Scott Danforth

    Ford 302 spark plug read

    Go a bit richer until no ping
  10. Scott Danforth

    Astroglass 1989 full rebuild

    Hey Mickey..... Step back 20 feet.....
  11. Scott Danforth

    Liquid Cooled ICE Question

    First, the bit of pressure is normal unless you check at the coldest time of day. As the system cools, it draws in coolant from the puke tank (overflow) As the day gets warm, the fluid expands and builds pressure up to the cap rating before it pushes back to the puke tank So ignore that...
  12. Scott Danforth

    2 Questions

    Factory service manual is worth it's weight in gold https://www.volvopenta.com/en-us/service-and-support/your-engine/manuals-and-handbooks/
  13. Scott Danforth

    2001 Reinell 190 with Ford motor and OMC outdrive

    Save yourself many thousands of dollars and run....run away
  14. Scott Danforth

    Astroglass 1989 full rebuild

    Pics or it didn't happen
  15. Scott Danforth

    Clutch dog slipping ?

    This is a 14 year old thread. Please read the rules regarding old threads
  16. Scott Danforth

    Second mortgage for a carb?

    Post 14
  17. Scott Danforth

    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Common on waterfront properties with "grandfather clauses" or they need to meet current setbacks I know of a waterfront cottage that was on a hill and only 50 feet from the water If they removed more than 50% of the original structure, they would have had to have been 300 feet from the water...
  18. Scott Danforth

    My boat is being a boat . . .

    That .45 round for the laptop is looking better....isn't it
  19. Scott Danforth

    First time pulling an engine questions

    Any GM truck with a manual transmission in a junk yard can supply the dust shield for $3 Or you can spend $25 on a new one https://www.musclecarcentral.com/Clutch-Flywheel-Dust-Cover-Inspection-Plate-p/clu-36.htm However it's only to keep your fingers and thing in the bilge from getting...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Ford 302 spark plug read

    100 micron is fine. That will catch rocks. The typical spin on filter is about a 20 micron
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