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  1. Scott Danforth

    Stalling issue

    I would blow out the vent line. disconnect vent line from the tank, and blow the debris out. there should be no backpressure.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Penta SX - new steering cable won’t go through the end of guide tube of power steering

    read the second line of my post.
  3. Scott Danforth

    broken steering cable

    remove your cable measure your cable buy replacement.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Penta SX - new steering cable won’t go through the end of guide tube of power steering

    If you have the old shaft, you can cut the end off to use as a guide. or find a socket the same size as the shaft, push in a bit to hold the lip on the seal open and guide the shaft in.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Can I run my Mercury outboard without gear oil?

    for about 20 seconds before the bearings seize up and ruin your day. go buy more gear lube
  6. Scott Danforth

    5.0 swap to 5.7 what carb is the best

    if you have two kidney bean holes where the forward holes are 1.75" and the aft holes are 2.25", then you have a spreadbore. if you have two slots, both 1.75" wide you have a square bore.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Electric Cars or Trucks

    That would make the 1500 mile trip to the land of Cheese and Beer a week long vs the 20-22 hours it takes now.
  8. Scott Danforth

    No water

    yes. if you have no water from that and the boat is in the water, then pull the drive and look at the whole water pump assembly.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    like the guy on 'Bago... https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/24/huge-ice-shoves-cause-damage-oshkosh-area/ My bud lost the shoreline trees and a bolder the size of a VW bug on his property in Green Bay
  10. Scott Danforth

    Furuno Model 1712 radar

    radar is invaluable in fog or you could run over other boaters just an FYI sea lice (kayakers) do not show up on radar. nothing will pucker upholstery faster than coming out of the fog 3 miles off shore at 90mph in a poker run than coming across a group of lost kayakers
  11. Scott Danforth

    No water

    are you getting water flow from the line from the transom shield, yes or no? I personally would put in a whole pump kit.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    you could chainsaw a chunk of ice out .
  13. Scott Danforth

    1988 Wellcraft classic 200xl small leak at the bottom on transom plate

    may have been 50 hours by the hour meter, however 15 years by the date stamp on the photos. I would not slather on 5200 and call it good.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Blowby through vent tube? Mercruiser 3.7

    should just be open vent elbow
  15. Scott Danforth

    To fuel filter or not. 3.0

    the reason the 3.0 doesnt have a good fuel/water filter is that its the base engine for most boats and they had to cut costs to get the boat price down to a price point. the 3.0 needs a filter just like any other motor the fuel pump on the 3.0 is nearly identical to the fuel pump the small...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Blowby through vent tube? Mercruiser 3.7

    running lean will burn a piston. could also be stuck rings, etc. I would drop a bore scope down the spark plug hole and look at the piston. I use the cheap ones you plug into your phone.
  17. Scott Danforth

    1988 Wellcraft classic 200xl small leak at the bottom on transom plate

    based on the floor in your first pic, your transom is shot. boats rot in this order: Transom - starting at keel Stringers - starting at transom Floor - because the foam is soaked
  18. Scott Danforth

    Small amount of water in gear oil.

    pull the drive drain the oil - gearboxes are pressure tested empty Plug the reservoir port for pressure testing use a mity-vac MV8500 or similar tool to pressurize the gear case to 15psi and watch the gauges. turn the shafts, shift the drive, etc...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Blowby through vent tube? Mercruiser 3.7

    if you have 30 hours on it, the rings should have seated. however if you had any moisture in the bores, there would be corrosion which would lead to blow by. compression test and leak down test will tell you what is going on. for $4k, you could have bought a brand new 6.2 liter V8
  20. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust boot

    the tube came about in 1988/1989 when Mercruiser put Big Blocks in front of the Alpha because the extra exhaust flow would blow out the bellows. the big blocks went away because the alpha drives would go "poof" and grenade and became a big warranty champagne while the Big Blocks in front of an...
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