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  1. Scott Danforth

    portable jump starter.

    or just add a second battery with a battery switch
  2. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 diagnosis / serial number decode

    Your float level or the needle and seat
  3. Scott Danforth

    1989 Sea Ray 160

    No. What kind of filter?
  4. Scott Danforth

    Should I buy-2002 Sea Ray 240 Sundancer

    First, Welcome aboard second, the Mechanic is lying as he wants to sell the boat third, if its just the tiller arm fix, pull the drive, the kit is fairly cheap and do it yourself as far as the corrosion, most likely the boat sat in the water a long time. and that was salt water. if the...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Mystery issues with Volvo Penta since I/O service

    guessing the drive hasnt been coming off for its annual maintenance with that stated, using the tilt rams and a block of wood and the 1" gap you have you should be able to force the drive off the housing taking the gimbal bearing with it in about 20 minutes. those two tilt rams at full...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 5.7 won’t make power

    use a dial indicator on the cam lobes, a degree wheel on the crank and the cam card to see if your cam is installed at 0 degrees now that you have the intake off. if you have a wiped out cam lobe, it will look like someone went at it with a grinder
  7. Scott Danforth

    Are Impellers Unique?

    same with I/O's impellers do not "suck" water and can not draw water up hill. they can only push water, and are required to be submerged to prime and start pumping, and either remain submerged, or the pickup on the lower unit is designed that as the boat gets faster and comes out of the water...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 5.7 won’t make power

    Put a dial indicator on the rockers, make sure all the intakes move the same, and all the exhaust move the same. You will need to crank to have oil pressure to keep the lifters pumped This you can check without pulling the intake
  9. Scott Danforth

    Trailer bearings wear out ultra quickly.

    your axle seal area where the sleeve rides on should be larger in diameter than the bearing surface. most trailers have about a 1-3/4" diameter seal, a 1-3/8" inner bearing and a 1-1/16" outer bearing
  10. Scott Danforth

    1986 Omc Sterndrive no spark

    with points you must file a new set gap the new set verify dwell with a meter on the new set and set timing on the new set. as points wear, the dwell and timing change. as you simply replaced the points, your dwell and timing will have changed and unless you took the boat for a sea trial and...
  11. Scott Danforth

    1994 indmar fi v8 good batt no crank

    coil, fuel pump, and kill switch have nothing to do with starting/cranking bad cable connection, bad starting pilot relay, bad starter, gear not in neutral, bad ignition switch can all lead to not cranking not having gauges/ignition says you have no power to the ignition switch. there are 5...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Where do you buy a gas tank pickup plate for a 50HP?

    used one on ebay
  13. Scott Danforth

    Stringer replacement

    the information you need is in the stickies. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/ specifically links 14 and 18.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Motor has power, won’t turn over

    never do this to a GM motor. you will strip the crank bolt threads out before you turn the motor over. always turn from the crank keyway by either removing the harmonic damper and using a crank socket, or by turning from the front pulley bolts or by using the flywheel teeth.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Is it safe to use oxyacetylene torch on transom bolts?

    Mix up ,50% acetone and 50% ATF. Better than any spray oil you can buy. Use the air hammer
  16. Scott Danforth

    2004 Volvo Penta GSI 5.7 parts question

    Flywheel is just a $70 manual truck flywheel Coupler is available from many places Go to volvopentastore.com and look up part numbers. Then start googling. You will find some parts on ebay, and some on craigslist. Also check some of the marine salvage places
  17. Scott Danforth

    Are Impellers Unique?

    Yep, pump needs to be lower than water to prime
  18. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta bell housing question

    You have to ask yourself, are you keeping the AQ280 drive or are you going with the SX drive. If you keep the 280 drive, you need a Volvo Penta AQ series V8 PDS housing. If you keep the SX drive, you either need a conversion housing, or you have to rebuild your transom
  19. Scott Danforth

    Converting 260MIE RH to LH.

    yes, however the GM Delco starters would still be there
  20. Scott Danforth

    Angler 203FX tilt engine, crack cowling

    up to you. if it was me, I would wrap silver duct tape over the crack and worry about it later
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