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  1. Scott Danforth

    Velvo penta does on water

    Impellers do not "suck", they only push water. They have to be primed by being submerged. Then when you are underway, the force of the water coming in the water pickups keeps it moving to the impeller to keep pushing thru the system Use a set of muffs (the ones designed for the AQ series...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Velvo penta does on water

    Did you use a dwell meter?
  3. Scott Danforth

    Looking At A 1992 LUHRS TOURNAMENT 342

    Boats are designed to last 15 years. That is a 30 year old boat that was left neglected
  4. Scott Danforth

    Velvo penta does on water

    That motor is old enough, you probably have points
  5. Scott Danforth

    Velvo penta does on water

    You need a bucket big enough to submerg the entire drive to prime the pump. These pumps do not self prime. So you toasted your impeller. Always run on muffs when running on land Not running right in the water could be anything. Did you service the ignition? What is the compression numbers?
  6. Scott Danforth

    Swim platform handles need repaires

    take a picture on the bottom side of the swim platform. you may need to add access portals the welds broke on the stud where it was welded to the handle.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Boat stalled, later found oil in Bilge... help!

    1 - not a chance, the 3.0 uses timing gears 2 - could be most likely the front cover or oil pan has rusted thru
  8. Scott Danforth

    Ignition switch & ignition circuit

    no, kill switch breaks the purple wire to the motor on an I/O on a outboard, it grounds the ignition. the yellow/red wire is your cranking signal
  9. Scott Danforth

    Broken tongue bolt.

    buy new coupler, cut off the old one, weld on new one
  10. Scott Danforth

    Looking At A 1992 LUHRS TOURNAMENT 342

    consider it may need a full hull restoration. the motors are the least of the problems
  11. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0: Dead cylinder? very sluggish!

    for a cam change? pull motor, put on stand, pull pan hose out crank case with brake clean, removing the bits of trash pull cam and lifters and throw away install new cam and lifters install pan fill with 15W40 diesel oil (it still has zinc) and add extra zinc for break-in re-install motor align...
  12. Scott Danforth

    How much should extra weight slow me down?

    move some people forward, if youre butt-heavy, she wont level out.
  13. Scott Danforth

    aq penta volvo 140a

    yes, with a heat exchanger, you put in a 50-50 mix of antifreeze
  14. Scott Danforth

    1988 omc king cobra

    did you align the motor? if not, that rubber smell may be the coupler eating itself. are you running the motor on the muffs, or at the boat ramp? the other screeching noise could be your impeller eating itself from lack of water. if you tried to suck water from a bucket, you toasted your...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Overheat Mystery

    first, check the temperature with an IR thermometer. dont rely on a 35 year old $3 gauge
  16. Scott Danforth

    aq penta volvo 140a

    with heat exchanger, thru the radiator cap without heat exchanger (seawater cooled), launch boat, it will automatically fill when the pump starts spinning
  17. Scott Danforth

    Help! Need advise!

    You need about 20hp to get your boat on plane at that weight
  18. Scott Danforth

    Near Miss with Cutoff Wheel - Hull Cut

    blue rags and zip ties
  19. Scott Danforth

    Backfiring

    $150 is not a new carb. at best its a reman.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Hydraulic steering hose leak

    the rubber grommet is dried out, so its not pliable. however work the grommet thru the hole in the hull and you can then get the hoses out the slits
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