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  1. Scott Danforth

    Procedure to drain and refill closed antifreeze on 5th gen Volvo Penta 4.3?

    Yes
  2. Scott Danforth

    Trying to find Brochure or manufacturer info on my boat.

    your boat is an islander based on the picture They are made off-shore in fiji https://www.fibreglass.com.fj/islander-boats If I had to guess, looks to be early 2000's Islander 17 Randal craft made small bass style boats. https://boatbrochure.com/products/randall-craft-brochure...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Request for Photos of Johnson V4 rebuild

    Its covered in the factory service manual https://www.outboardbooks.com/
  4. Scott Danforth

    1989 Mercruser 5.7 will not get over 2000 rpm

    run the motor from a separate portable fuel tank after you clean the carb. by clean, not talking an exterior spray of carb cleaner, however taking it apart, cleaning all the passages and verifying they are clear by passing fishing line thru them prior to installing a new gasket set.
  5. Scott Danforth

    3.0 Mercruiser seems to hang or seize when starting

    unless he is using a gap-style spark tester that shows a spark jumping a 3/8" spark, he is most likely using the cheap little one that simply has a light that lights up. the OP may not be getting a good spark. the little light-up spark testers will fire at as little as 5000 volts. dwell time...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Random

    18 gallons of fuel in 3.6 seconds is not bad this boat https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-23133/alamshar.htm consumes 13.6 gallons of fuel per second at WOT which is 65 knots. although its only published at 45 knots. Its rooster tail can be viewed from space. the aft...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Adding fuse panel question

    you will be fine with 8 gauge wire. the bluesea systems amp to length ratio chart is linked below https://www.bluesea.com/resources/1437 Most standard outboard control harnesses only run 14 gauge to the dash. some run 16 gauge.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Ocean outboard ID Required

    looks like a farmer made it in the machine shed and added a decal his kids made on a cricut
  9. Scott Danforth

    3.0 Mercruiser seems to hang or seize when starting

    if dwell is not properly set, timing cant properly be set with points. no money is even spent on setting points. just 5 minutes of time to get the beer, dwell meter, screw drive and remote start button
  10. Scott Danforth

    Fiberglass Question

    if you do not need strength of the core under the fiberglass, mix up some microspheres into a fairing compound. Me, I would cut the top of the 16" wide wall off, fix the core material, then when I glass it back, I would put storage lockers in the whole wall to store PFD's, Life vests, tackle...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Serial number

    No crimp. It's an inverted flare. Slide the tube nut on the tube. double flare the tube the tool is $20 from amazon (every one that works on cars should have one in their tool box already https://www.amazon.com/Double-Flaring-Tubing-Bender-Cutter/dp/B07TXZ5K58/ here are some random youtube...
  12. Scott Danforth

    292 inline 6 with prealpha drive for 19.5 cuddy

    Looks like rotten core material. Grind down to good glass and build back up
  13. Scott Danforth

    Ideas on getting lake water temp sensor w/o drilling into hull?

    LMAO.... Not to mention the door county cherry bounce
  14. Scott Danforth

    Sea Pro Seats

    Your local marine upholstery shop
  15. Scott Danforth

    Adding fuse panel question

    I went with Carling circuit breakers. $3 each from Grainger. Add the little sealed plastic covers for $1.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Adding fuse panel question

    Assuming all your wiring is 18 gauge or larger. Bilge wire should be 16 or 14 gauge Bilge & Livewells 15 amp (draws 8) Horn 10 amp (draws 6) Lights 5 amp for LED Fish finder 5 amp USB 3 amp
  17. Scott Danforth

    Changing remote controls?

    Or use a small nut splitter
  18. Scott Danforth

    Ideas on getting lake water temp sensor w/o drilling into hull?

    My Garmin tells me the temp, how many gallons per hour I am burning, my location when I run aground, my tracks, what fish are below me and the water temp
  19. Scott Danforth

    Ford 302...closed cooling

    Nah....... just hit my head once or twice.....
  20. Scott Danforth

    Bravo 1 low water pressure

    use a mechanical gauge, not the failure prone mercruiser sensor to validate water pressure. check for bravoitis.
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