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  1. Scott Danforth

    Trim motor

    and this trim motor is for a " "?
  2. Scott Danforth

    225 EFI not peeing

    check the impeller. all it takes is hitting a plastic bag or a piece of kelp in the water to block enough flow to fry an impeller
  3. Scott Danforth

    Trim ram maxium extension

    My SL 3 controls require the same finger trigger used to get it out of the neutral detent to over-ride the trim limit. Could be specific to the control binnacle.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4 mpi

    how old is your fuel?
  5. Scott Danforth

    Trim ram maxium extension

    you are still in the trim section, and not tilt. pull the finger trigger while raising to tilt above the 8 degree trim limit
  6. Scott Danforth

    Is 17ft long enough for a tournament bass boat?

    former co-worker is in the top 5 florida bass fishermen. his recent boat is 21 feet long and powered by a 225hp Merc last time I talked to him. his top speed was just shy of 100 to get to the holes faster and be able to fish longer. He also had over $6k in lithium Ion batteries to power his...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Bell Housing - Merc 250 vs 292

    the 292 should have 3 mounting holes to cover both flywheel sizes with the GM starters as Bondo points out.
  8. Scott Danforth

    What's a Typical Idle Mixture Setting On A Marine Holley?

    Never understood why Holley ham-strung the 4160 carbs with the non-adjustable float when the adjustable float is less expensive due to the volume of parts
  9. Scott Danforth

    5.7L Non-Vortec to Vortec conversion

    Just gaskets
  10. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser start issue

    Sounds like a bad connection somewhere
  11. Scott Danforth

    Bell Housing - Merc 250 vs 292

    the 250 and 292 have different balance get the right 153 tooth flywheel for the 192. they are cheap at rockauto.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Merc 5.7L overheating issue

    how much water flow do you have coming from the raw water line to the thermostat housing? at idle, is should shoot up about 10" or so. you should be able to fill a 5 gallon bucket in about 20 seconds or less with the motor at 1000 RPM overheating is a lack of flow. either flow into the...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3…Milky oil coming from timing cover.

    the 1996 and later 4.3's have 5 drain plugs. 2 block, 2 exhaust manifold, 1 in the thermostat housing on the intake manifold. that one gets missed
  14. Scott Danforth

    Port Throttle cable length 35' Signature

    Iboats sells Morse and Seastar cables. Volvo penta buys cables from Morse or Seastar
  15. Scott Danforth

    optimax will not plane

    a compression test will answer a few things
  16. Scott Danforth

    Port Throttle cable length 35' Signature

    welcome aboard. generally the length of the cable is printed on the cable jacket every foot or so
  17. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3…Milky oil coming from timing cover.

    if you did not pull the drain in the intake manifold thermostat cross-over, then you most likely froze the intake and it busted. definitely pressure test the cooling water jacket. good news, its just a 4.3, they are fairly inexpensive from a pull-a-part salvage yard being a 1996 purchase...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3…Milky oil coming from timing cover.

    welcome aboard. is this a new to you boat, or is this a boat you bought last year and winterized it yourself?
  19. Scott Danforth

    AQ125A Volvo Penta Idle Issues

    No, not unless you filed the points perfectly parallel. you can be close enough to run in an emergency, however you will be off.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Old horn / alarm system

    welcome aboard. not sure what you are working on, however that all looks to be added by a prior owner. could have been an alarm system however the open contact switches would have failed quickly, so it definitely was repurposed from something non-marine
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