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  1. Scott Danforth

    First start of season, how long for water from impeller?

    You ran the hose to the motor and not to the muffs for the initial start? If so, you toasted the impeller Never ever ever ever run an alpha 1 without water flowing thru the muffs at full pressure
  2. Scott Danforth

    5.7 vortec pertronix and Holley big carbs timing

    @QBhoy , princess is the UK variant of Viking Know a few folks that worked at both companies However without knowing what motor and what carb, we can only give general suggestions
  3. Scott Danforth

    1997 Mercruiser 5.7 EFI blown head gasket

    Non vortec motors went away September of 1995 when the vortec motors came out Any non-vortec motor after September 1995 is a left-over old stock motor stored in a warehouse and used later Do you have 12 intake bolts (non-vortec) or 8 intake bolts (vortec)
  4. Scott Danforth

    1997 Mercruiser 5.7 EFI blown head gasket

    Get felpro marine head gaskets Find a different machine shop. Should be a 3-day turn around. New heads from GM are only $850 a set
  5. Scott Danforth

    5.7 vortec pertronix and Holley big carbs timing

    Read the thread Identify your motor. Very specifically identify the combustion mix of bore, stroke, piston style, heads, rocker ratio, cam duration, etc Identify your carb. Specifically the air horn numbers and any mods done Report it all back here
  6. Scott Danforth

    Second mortgage for a carb?

    Since the OP isnt digging and providing information. most likely its a Holley 75028 / R80316 (500 cfm) or R80320 (300 cfm) OMC lists Y42-2CC as the carb for the 1994-1998 OMC's 302DCMMDA, 302DGMMDA (I am guessing here, as the earlier OMC's had rochester 2-J's Carburetor Numbers: R80316...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Second mortgage for a carb?

    Jimbo is discussing a failure. Automotive carbs dump excessive fuel outside the carb where it runs off the motor and onto the road. In a boat with a bilge, that is a bomb and will blow up
  8. Scott Danforth

    Head gasket or Cracked block??? 1987 4.3 175/v6

    Welcome aboard And yes, prior to dropping the boat in the water in the excitement of new to you boat ownership, the drives should have been pulled, the alignment checked, gimbal bearing and u-joint inspection, new bellows and the drives should have been split and new pumps installed (All the...
  9. Scott Danforth

    pulls right at wot

    3.0? You may have to adjust the fin a bit more Steering wheel orientation has no bearing
  10. Scott Danforth

    1990 Wellcraft 223 Eclipse

    If the glass is flat, any custom glass shop can make it. If the frame extrusions are damaged, you can get sections from Taylor Made If the glass is curved..... The only low-cost solution is to find the same boat with a rotten hull in a salvage yard
  11. Scott Danforth

    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    The regulator will cure the overpressure. There have been a few high pressure issues recently with mechanical pumps. Did you install the spacer on the pump?
  12. Scott Danforth

    Battery...

    ^+1 (what he said)
  13. Scott Danforth

    5.7 vortec pertronix and Holley big carbs timing

    Standard 350 doesn't mean anything Flat-top pistons? Dishes pistons? Heads? Cam? Rocker ratio? If it's a generic 350, it's flat top pistons, 220 ish duration cam with less than 0.40" lift All Holley 4150 carbs are physically the same dimensions externally. By Big, are you talking 500CFM or...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Fix gel coat or use keel guard

    Gel coat to seal it, and carpet id you want
  15. Scott Danforth

    Second mortgage for a carb?

    It's a $350 usd Holley 2300 marine 300 cfm carb that you can buy from Summit Racing and have delivered even to Canada However a Holley carb has less moving parts than the average toilet and usually can be pulled apart, cleaned and put back together with $20 with of gaskets, or you can break...
  16. Scott Danforth

    97 SeaRay 175 project boat hull weeping question

    I use a linoleum knife
  17. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust manifold discovery?

    That is a classic example of thermal declination material breach due to volumetric expansion Your block is most likely cracked too If your block isnt, buy a lottery ticket
  18. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.7 no power

    What are your compression numbers? What trouble shooting steps have you taken? Is this a new problem? Or a new to you boat ?
  19. Scott Danforth

    Wiring a 72 glastron v-hull.

    Yes. Via a ground buss
  20. Scott Danforth

    4.3 Rear Main Seal replacement 2007 Tahoe Q7I Sport Fish

    You may need a c-shapped lifting rig to lift the motor. If I recall, the Tahoe cap covers most of the motor RMS oil leaks are rare.
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