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  1. Scott Danforth

    87 PCM Chevy inboard temp / water pump issue

    https://skidim.com/fake-a-lake.html
  2. Scott Danforth

    87 PCM Chevy inboard temp / water pump issue

    A fake lake looks like a toilet plunger with adjustable handle with a hose attachment and forces water at 50 psi or more to the water pump from the pickup under the boat Trying to suck water into a bucket is a fools errand and will always result in a burned up impeller No matter how many time...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Help Identifying a Dinghy

    1940's to early 50s
  4. Scott Danforth

    2002 volvo penta 5.0 gxi and sx drive will not separate

    Abandon the Seloc manual for a factory manual Have you been pulling the drive every year?
  5. Scott Danforth

    End of Season Maintenance

    Looking for Huck brake parts....LOL
  6. Scott Danforth

    Volvo-Penta 3.0 - water in oil and other issues.

    The pic is of a 1984 or older V8
  7. Scott Danforth

    Signs of bad pour foam

    I just picked up 4 gallons of 4# from FGCI for a work project. It was mixed and packaged earlier on Friday.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Merc 5.7 Keeps Shearing starter bolts

    posts 11 and 12 are contradicting each other
  9. Scott Danforth

    4.3L Mercruiser Milkshake

    It will bolt to the flywheel housing Was the motor built as a marine motor? You will most likely need to fiberglass in new mounts Do you have 4.25" extra in the bilge You will need new exhaust manifolds, a new marine distributor
  10. Scott Danforth

    5.7L MerCruiser Bravo III under water...repairable?

    Suggested reading links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b in that order https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/
  11. Scott Danforth

    5.7L MerCruiser Bravo III under water...repairable?

    It's almost NEVER the transom gasket It is almost ALWAYS a rotten transom
  12. Scott Danforth

    No spark, 91 536

    New still need to be filed Dwell meter will not only tell you when you haved them gapped properly, however will also work as trouble shooting
  13. Scott Danforth

    Mixing Mercruiser 120 ( 1971 ) with Alpha Gen II ( 2000 4.3L )

    You will need to simply swap the 2.5 in where the 4.3 was and use the A1G2 flywheel housing
  14. Scott Danforth

    87 PCM Chevy inboard temp / water pump issue

    You are describing toasting your impeller perfectly Take the bucket, put ice and beer in it. However quit using it like you are Install new impeller, use dish soap or ky jelly to lube When you need to run on the trailer, connect fake lake under boat and turn hose on full. Then start the...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Help!!!!!volvo Penta aq125a inboard aq270 outboard

    Exhaust flap doesn't matter Did you service the points? Set dwell with a meter?
  16. Scott Danforth

    87 PCM Chevy inboard temp / water pump issue

    You must use a fake-lake on a hose with an inboard Or a fresh-water flush fitting You need to replace the impeller you toasted There is no pump in the boat that can draw water. They all only push water When the boat is in the water, the level of the pump is 8" or more below the surface of...
  17. Scott Danforth

    87 PCM Chevy inboard temp / water pump issue

    Only a positive displacement ball & check pump or a piston and check pump can lift water
  18. Scott Danforth

    87 PCM Chevy inboard temp / water pump issue

    The bucket would need to be 8" above the impeller and have a bottom fitting to be able to flood it to prime Again, raw water pump can not suck/draw water any distance You toasted your impeller Your circulation pump could be completely removed and the raw water pump would still pump assuming...
  19. Scott Danforth

    87 PCM Chevy inboard temp / water pump issue

    Raw water pumps do not "suck". They only push. They are a flooded inlet rubber vane pump Unless your bucket is big enough to put the whole boat in it, you toasted your new impeller Always use muffs or fake-lake if on land Your circulation pump circulllates water within the block and heads
  20. Scott Danforth

    87 PCM Chevy inboard temp / water pump issue

    Doubt you will need it. Only issue would be if the bearings and seals went bad
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