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  1. Scott Danforth

    OMC water pump reliability modification.

    stock pump is submerged when the boat sits, this primes the pump. all impeller pumps are designed this way. OMC, Mercruiser, Volvo Penta, Indmar, Ilmor, PCM. all have the rubber impeller pump at the crank centerline or below to self prime when sitting. when underway, the forward motion of...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Boat swamped, let's see if we can get it running...

    that is user error
  3. Scott Danforth

    Boat swamped, let's see if we can get it running...

    the great thing about a soda blaster is you can rinse the remaining baking soda out the bilge.
  4. Scott Danforth

    vista 268 - Loose or broken Wires near propeller?

    you can use some of these stainless lanyards as bonding leads https://www.mcmaster.com/lanyards/eye-to-eye-lanyards-not-for-lifting/
  5. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    let me know if you are looking in the Sarasota / Matatee counties. Tammy is a realtor.
  6. Scott Danforth

    vista 268 - Loose or broken Wires near propeller?

    that is a cheesy fix.
  7. Scott Danforth

    want to run my engine out of the boat.

    @brian3127 to run the motor outside the boat with or without the harness (which was covered before by Bondo, AD, Chris, Scott) hook up the garden hose to the thermostat housing hook up fuel tank to the fuel pump wire the block to the battery - using a 4 gauge or larger cable wire the starter...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Why can’t I find information on my Mercury outboard using my S/N????

    prop should be same for all the 7.5 and 9.8's built in US, Canada, and Belgium
  9. Scott Danforth

    Looking for a light, all around anchor

    because they work...... and because it would be sacrilegious not to.
  10. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    @DeepCMark58A you could always fly down. Woodys River Roo has a new Tiki canopy covering the whole area.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Looking for a light, all around anchor

    I am partial to a Danforth fluke anchor
  12. Scott Danforth

    broken steering cable

    buy a new cable. pull the old cable, the part number is hot-stamped on the jacket of the cable every foot.
  13. Scott Danforth

    vista 268 - Loose or broken Wires near propeller?

    if you have the parts, its about a 30 minute job to replace the bonding wires and the anodes
  14. Scott Danforth

    vista 268 - Loose or broken Wires near propeller?

    you want to fix that before you put the boat in the water.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Bayliner Capri 2150 resurrection.

    350 heads are anywhere from 64cc heads up to 76cc heads. plus if you put 350 heads on a 305, you shroud the valves and it doesnt run right
  16. Scott Danforth

    My 1984 Sea Ray part verification please

    welcome aboard. your wiring harness would have a resistor wire in it for the coil . if you have points, you have a non-thunderbolt ignition.
  17. Scott Danforth

    1988 searay capri

    figure out what it will take to legally make it yours, then how much it will cost you to legally dispose of the hull, etc. after you sell off parts. you may loose money.
  18. Scott Danforth

    OMC water pump reliability modification.

    a $27 water pressure gauge would tell you if you lost water pressure 30 seconds before an overheat.
  19. Scott Danforth

    vista 268 - Loose or broken Wires near propeller?

    Bonding wires. Replace them
  20. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    We have june bugs....... And 88 degree temps
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