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  1. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    watch that first fall. my shoulder still bothers me from a fall 8 years ago while cutting hard in 3 feet of water.....
  2. Scott Danforth

    dead kittens

    would have to be on the boat to see. however if the mama had babies, she would have carried them in the gunwales from the rear of the boat and crawled forward for safety. you may have to split the cap/hull or cut an access
  3. Scott Danforth

    3.7 to 4.3 swap

    what makes a vortec a vortec is the heads and the vortec heads will fit on the earlier balance shaft and non-balance shaft motors
  4. Scott Danforth

    I Just Bought My First Boat. 1997 Sea Ray 175 3.0LX A1 G2. WHERE TO START PLEASE HELP!!

    remember, the drive is supporting the boat when the boat is on-plane. the prop thrust is so much more than you can generate by standing or jumping on the drive. with the drive up, get your most famine-proof friend - the guy you call Tiny. and have him hold the back of the boat and violently...
  5. Scott Danforth

    3.7 to 4.3 swap

    post 1996
  6. Scott Danforth

    1972 Starcraft Arrow closed bow conversion

    so you are ignoring the fact the floor is rotten, meaning the transom and stringers are rotten?
  7. Scott Danforth

    Starcraft Stainless steel boat, vintage, 1950's ?

    Start a new thread like you did Old threads are left alone Welcome aboard
  8. Scott Danforth

    Bought a 5.0 mercury kicker 03

    The kicker will push the boat fine unless you are in heavy wind/current. Then you may need the main motor
  9. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3 water in block

    Pressure test the cooling jacket Being a 4.3, this is an older boat Salt water or fresh water? If salt, most likely bad exhaust manifolds/elbows Regarding the boat yard, my guess is they are not a certified mercruiser service center
  10. Scott Danforth

    Bought a new long block and wondering about the coupling and gimbal bearing.

    4700 rpm to 5000 is fine.
  11. Scott Danforth

    1976 Mercruiser 233 Fuel Type

    ˙ᄅ/(W+ɹ) sɐ sdɯnd uo uǝʇʇᴉɹʍ uǝʇɟo puɐ '(Iʞ∀) xǝpuI ʞɔouʞ-ᴉʇu∀ ǝɥʇ pǝllɐɔ 'NOW ǝɥʇ puɐ NOɹ ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝƃɐɹǝʌɐ ɹo uɐǝɯ ǝldɯᴉs ǝɥʇ sᴉ ɹǝqɯnu ǝuᴉlpɐǝɥ ǝɥʇ 'sǝᴉɹʇunoɔ ɹǝɥʇo ǝɯos puɐ 'lᴉzɐɹq 'sǝʇɐʇS pǝʇᴉu∩ ǝɥʇ 'ɐpɐuɐƆ uᴉ ʇnq 'NOɹ ǝɥʇ sᴉ dɯnd ǝɥʇ uo uʍoɥs ƃuᴉʇɐɹ ǝuɐʇɔo ,,ǝuᴉlpɐǝɥ,, ǝɥʇ (puɐlɐǝZ ʍǝN puɐ...
  12. Scott Danforth

    1976 Mercruiser 233 Fuel Type

    91 RON octane is close to 85 R+M/2 (current pump swill) I would simply use 87 - 89 octane rec gas corrected the scale conversion
  13. Scott Danforth

    I Just Bought My First Boat. 1997 Sea Ray 175 3.0LX A1 G2. WHERE TO START PLEASE HELP!!

    a really good FLIR camera and non-contact) moisture meter
  14. Scott Danforth

    New to me 2009 4.3 stern drive

    the 3/8" bolts are 28 lb-ft the 5/16" bolts on the risers are 18 lb-ft
  15. Scott Danforth

    3.7 to 4.3 swap

    Hey @nola mike , can you share links to your conversion
  16. Scott Danforth

    New to me 2009 4.3 stern drive

    that is freeze damage to the manifold, those are inside wall pieces from your manifold. I would do a compression test on the motor and a cooling jacket pressure test as well. get a new set of manifolds and elbows on order. only buy mercruiser or Barr. dont buy GLM or Sierra
  17. Scott Danforth

    Electric Cars or Trucks

    come down to Florida for a week. even the plastic shift bushings under the car have dried/cracked/fallen out
  18. Scott Danforth

    Lake Winnebago (Wisconsin) Question

    I would call Pioneer and ask if they are close to charted dept. If I remember tonight, will ask a few friends that live off of 'bago https://usa.fishermap.org/depth-map/winnebago-lake/
  19. Scott Danforth

    I Just Bought My First Boat. 1997 Sea Ray 175 3.0LX A1 G2. WHERE TO START PLEASE HELP!!

    first, welcome aboard second, dont focus on rust on the motor at all. all raw water cooled motors have rust. same goes with your trim pump and other things. buy a can of boeshield and move on. your focus needs to be on why you are taking on water. since your boat is 25 years old and was...
  20. Scott Danforth

    1972 Starcraft Arrow closed bow conversion

    dont buy old fiberglass boats unless you like doing fiberglass work any fiberglass boat below $5k should be considered a project boat as stated above by JB. if the floor is gone, your transom and stringers are long gone. any boat conversion will always cost 5-10x what you think. and trying...
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