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  1. Scott Danforth

    Missing thread ? -- awaken a sleeping outboard ??

    Team work makes the dream work......
  2. Scott Danforth

    Missing thread ? -- awaken a sleeping outboard ??

    https://forums.iboats.com/threads/awakening-a-sleeping-outboard-by-boatbuoy.158032/ Hey GA, please re-point
  3. Scott Danforth

    Cobalt 232 swim platform repair

    bond them in, then fiberglass over them
  4. Scott Danforth

    Good Idea or Bad Idea. Stringer Prep.

    no, epoxy wont stick to linseed oiled wood
  5. Scott Danforth

    MerCruiser 5.0 Manifold Crack/Hydrolock Help

    pull the two hoses two the manifolds, pull the supply hose from the transom shield, tee them all together and pressure test. should hold 15psi forever
  6. Scott Danforth

    Carb advice, please.

    actually, simply sitting for 14 days is all it takes to have phase separation Cars get driven my advice, use the boat often, run it out of fuel at the end of the season
  7. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 backfire

    ^+1.....what he said
  8. Scott Danforth

    Cobalt 232 swim platform repair

    you will need to encapsulate the aluminum as aluminum tends to corrode easily think more like 36-40 grit and less like 80 grit
  9. Scott Danforth

    New Motor Vibration issues at low RPMs

    was the motor aligned when you replaced it? were you operating with the drive in the tilt position? the thunderbolt V is a very good ignition system, not sure what issues you are having. you can get vibration if your prop is bent, however not from the wrong pitch you can get vibration from...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 4.3GL-C bogs and surges when hot

    you realize a new carb is about $600 where a rebuild kit and supplies are less than $50 and they are a very simple thing to rebuild (my buddys 7 year old has been rebuilding them for 2 years)
  11. Scott Danforth

    Basic fuel questions

    Huh?
  12. Scott Danforth

    Albemarle 24 - EFI maps and fuel return

    first, welcome aboard second, OEM engine installations do not return fuel back to the main tank. they have an engine mounted fuel module. I would suggest you set up something like this.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Basic fuel questions

    1 - yes 2 - maybe 3 - no
  14. Scott Danforth

    Back to back boat seat reinforcement?

    I would build new seat boxes from scratch. I did mine out of aluminum
  15. Scott Danforth

    1977 OMC Stringer running hot or ??

    its self priming when its submerged. to submerge the pump, the whole drive needs to be in a bucket. since the bucket would need to be as big as the boat to do that, its not practical so......... use muffs or the trunion cap with the hose fitting. if you havent done the ball gears or the...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Crankshaft damper

    GM inline engines for decades never had a crank bolt going back to the 20's thru the 70's
  17. Scott Danforth

    Dump gun set up gelcoat

    I used it unwaxed I also called Jodi (ondarvr) since he works with the stuff all the time when I sprayed my boat
  18. Scott Danforth

    Crooked boat on trailer

    ^+1 what they said
  19. Scott Danforth

    01 Mercruiser 5.0 seems to have lost Horsepower

    do a compression check check fuel filter as indicated above how old was the fuel that you had in the boat prior?
  20. Scott Danforth

    Resin Cracks

    I would use a 4.5" angle grinder with 24 grit and have the hose from the shop vac ready
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