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  1. Scott Danforth

    Need advice on cracked fiberglass between transom and bottom of hull

    Most likely you need to do a full restoration of the hull. Go to the stickies at the top of the forum. 4th one down is the DIY links. Read links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b in their entirety. Read every post, watch every video. Your answers are there
  2. Scott Danforth

    New starter solenoid kills everything.

    Stop throwing parts at it Your issue is most likely a bad connection. Start at the battery and clean every connection to the motor and then up to the helm. Clean and shiny enough your mother in law would eat off them. Then when they are all tight, seal with marine electical varnish
  3. Scott Danforth

    Merc. MPI 300 Water Leak-Water Distribution Housing? & Winterization Question

    Best advice ever. And the sad thing is most of the engineers at Merc would agree
  4. Scott Danforth

    Lounge Seat Question

    You have to call., not email, not website. But pick up the phone and call. They have records going back many decades
  5. Scott Danforth

    Question on motor size

    Probably not. Rule of thumb is 75% of max rating for minimum hp
  6. Scott Danforth

    Transducer question

    Buddy mounts his transducer on a telescopic pole he can retract
  7. Scott Danforth

    Merc. MPI 300 Water Leak-Water Distribution Housing? & Winterization Question

    There are no shortcuts in winterizing. Drain the cooling system an pressure test
  8. Scott Danforth

    Lounge Seat Question

    You could call sea ray for a duplicate capacity tag
  9. Scott Danforth

    Need help on changing every wire on my sterdrive engine

    Was the boat sunk or exposed to the elements. In either case, the motor is the least of your issues
  10. Scott Danforth

    Hey Newbies

    Hey newbies..... Only way to fix a freeze busted block is a new motor
  11. Scott Danforth

    85 3.6 V6 OMC stringer poor or no throttle response/bog high altitude when in gear

    go thru the carb service the points. make sure to use a dwell meter. without a dwell meter, you are only doing a half-arsed job. ticking could be bad ignition component (spark snapping) or detonation (your motor eating itself) or lean rattling (your motor eating itself)
  12. Scott Danforth

    Lounge Seat Question

    no way to get 10 people in the boat unless most only weight 85#. the tag reads 10 people or X lbs. which ever limit is hit first. secondly, on a 19' boat, 6 people max unless you have people sitting on each other. my boat is 26' long, and most I can get is 6 people unless I start stuffing...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Speed sleeve for Cam seal /470 required items

    im to old to pound anything. I have a freezer, torch and oven for most bearing installs.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Remove Deck carpet to fiberglass

    why add a layer of wood that can rot? what is the point? pull the carpet up put a wire cup brush in the angle grinder, don on a full face shield and tyvek suit and remove the adhesive. you will be done in about 4 hours then go over the scar'd up gel with a trowel of thickened gel (gel and...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Speed sleeve for Cam seal /470 required items

    use a can of freeze it on the cam snout and heat the sleaves up with a 900 degree heat gun. no pounding at all, just grab with welding gloves and slip on.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Swapping Trailer Axles

    got a chop saw, welder and tram?
  17. Scott Danforth

    Got a free boat!

    yes, legally make the boat yours before doing a thing to it.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Water in oil pan!!

    you fix it by getting a non-cracked block. basically buy a cheap rotten bayliner hull with the 3.0 in it and scrap the boat hull, keeping the motor.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.7 GSi Knocking – Suggestions needed.

    that is an annual maintenance requirement pull the drive, inspect the gimbal bearing, inspect the u-joints and check alignment. every 100 hours or annually, which ever occurs first.
  20. Scott Danforth

    1981 Merc Oil Pressure Gauge

    usually the sender is bad or the wire is pinched / grounded
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