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  1. Scott Danforth

    Need More Bling

    what ever you do, dont do this: if brokeback mountain had a gas station
  2. Scott Danforth

    Random

    Im a second order vegetarian. food eats vegetables, I eat food
  3. Scott Danforth

    Rebuilding pontoon into a tri-toon

    remember, you have a displacement hull. plenty of pontoon threads on here where someone pulls a 50hp off to install a 90hp and the speed is the same, however the fuel consumption and noise are increased. if you are planning on getting the pontoon to go up to 40mph, it probably wont.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Acceleration problem

    most likely the carb is dirty and needs to be pulled apart its not the neutral safety switch, that only disables the starter. the shift interrupt switch only comes into play when coming back to neutral your issue is fuel system related.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Mercury wear pads missing cause of vibration?

    when was the motor last aligned?
  6. Scott Danforth

    Help. Can’t find this neutral throttle button

    you also need the rubber bit over the button.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Rebuilding pontoon into a tri-toon

    here is some light reading. https://www.pontooners.com/maximum-horsepower-pontoon-boat/ keep in mind, unless properly designed, you may not be any faster with 200hp than you would be with 50hp on a pontoon. you need to get a displacement hull up on plane. that means lifting strakes, etc.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Play in my Telflex Steering

    Now that you know what is under the helm. go to the back of the boat with a helper and look to see if you have actual slop, or if its just low-speed bow wander
  9. Scott Danforth

    Other causes for prop slip?

    Dash tachs are notoriously off and their inacuracies are usually not linear. they are nothing more than a digital to analog converter and a volt meter unless its a CAN BUSS gauge reading directly from the engine ECU (which your 2000 3.0 would not have) just a bit of corrosion on the...
  10. Scott Danforth

    steering cable?

    no way to lube a steering cable. usually the inner sheath wears thru and the cable starts to rust in place. just buy a new cable. $150 well spent
  11. Scott Danforth

    Tower of power polished cowl wrap.

    Looks good, however you know that their phantom black is just Ditzler PPG black in a more expensive label. rattle can solvent-dry paint will not stay on a motor. best is always a catalyzed paint. Mercruiser/Mercury marine paint process and paint materials (pulled from the manuals) are in the...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Thoughts on a 2005 Doral Thundercraft 240 Magnum?

    any boat that sits for 5 years should be a red flag. why? normally the reason a boat sits is something went wrong with it, and it was put away waiting for the owner to get a round to it. sometimes the owner dies and the boat sits in storage the low hours is also concerning. not using a boat...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Play in my Telflex Steering

    that is a rotary helm then (round-ish with the cable sleeve out the other side of the helm). a rack helm is a square metal tube about 18" long with the cable coming out one end and the helm in the middle
  14. Scott Danforth

    Play in my Telflex Steering

    lets confirm. standard steering cable back to a hydraulic actuator, correct? not hydraulic helm like dingbat is assuming. correct? rack or rotary helm? is the slop actually there, or is the issue low-speed bow wander (all single engine v-hull boats wander at low speeds) if its low-speed bow...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Need help with my 3.7l mcm 180

    The kit you buy will have instructions and schematics
  16. Scott Danforth

    Is the best way to repair this on the bottom of my Hull

    I would mix up some gel coat with fumed silica (the paste that JAS indicated) then purchase a keel guard. did that on my 2002 SR 190
  17. Scott Danforth

    Is this gel coat or top side paint?

    no, its because dark colors absorb UV light where white tends to reflect it. it is the gel breaking down due to sunlight. the red colors tend to be worse than other colors. remember, the boat was designed to last about 15 years.
  18. Scott Danforth

    1986 Bayliner Capri 2150 Bowrider - Rear Seating

    they sell medicated powder for that......... LOL
  19. Scott Danforth

    Need help with my 3.7l mcm 180

    the intake manifold and the carb. exact same motor, except one is a 2-barrel, one is a 4-barrel other than that, same poorly designed block, same poorly designed water pump, same soft cam nose, same problems
  20. Scott Danforth

    Is this gel coat or top side paint?

    yes, I am aware that Formula uses Axalta, so does Chris Craft. Chap is definitely Gel
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