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  1. Scott Danforth

    Head gasket or Cracked block??? 1987 4.3 175/v6

    Welcome aboard And yes, prior to dropping the boat in the water in the excitement of new to you boat ownership, the drives should have been pulled, the alignment checked, gimbal bearing and u-joint inspection, new bellows and the drives should have been split and new pumps installed (All the...
  2. Scott Danforth

    pulls right at wot

    3.0? You may have to adjust the fin a bit more Steering wheel orientation has no bearing
  3. Scott Danforth

    1990 Wellcraft 223 Eclipse

    If the glass is flat, any custom glass shop can make it. If the frame extrusions are damaged, you can get sections from Taylor Made If the glass is curved..... The only low-cost solution is to find the same boat with a rotten hull in a salvage yard
  4. Scott Danforth

    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    The regulator will cure the overpressure. There have been a few high pressure issues recently with mechanical pumps. Did you install the spacer on the pump?
  5. Scott Danforth

    Battery...

    ^+1 (what he said)
  6. Scott Danforth

    5.7 vortec pertronix and Holley big carbs timing

    Standard 350 doesn't mean anything Flat-top pistons? Dishes pistons? Heads? Cam? Rocker ratio? If it's a generic 350, it's flat top pistons, 220 ish duration cam with less than 0.40" lift All Holley 4150 carbs are physically the same dimensions externally. By Big, are you talking 500CFM or...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Fix gel coat or use keel guard

    Gel coat to seal it, and carpet id you want
  8. Scott Danforth

    Second mortgage for a carb?

    It's a $350 usd Holley 2300 marine 300 cfm carb that you can buy from Summit Racing and have delivered even to Canada However a Holley carb has less moving parts than the average toilet and usually can be pulled apart, cleaned and put back together with $20 with of gaskets, or you can break...
  9. Scott Danforth

    97 SeaRay 175 project boat hull weeping question

    I use a linoleum knife
  10. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust manifold discovery?

    That is a classic example of thermal declination material breach due to volumetric expansion Your block is most likely cracked too If your block isnt, buy a lottery ticket
  11. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.7 no power

    What are your compression numbers? What trouble shooting steps have you taken? Is this a new problem? Or a new to you boat ?
  12. Scott Danforth

    Wiring a 72 glastron v-hull.

    Yes. Via a ground buss
  13. Scott Danforth

    4.3 Rear Main Seal replacement 2007 Tahoe Q7I Sport Fish

    You may need a c-shapped lifting rig to lift the motor. If I recall, the Tahoe cap covers most of the motor RMS oil leaks are rare.
  14. Scott Danforth

    spun prop hub, or bad coupler... how to easily tell the difference....or can you?

    The two prop shops I know that rehub are green bay propeller in suamico Wisconsin and general propeller in Bradenton Florida. Most prop shops ship to general propeller
  15. Scott Danforth

    Is this a rare silverline?

    If you look at actual volume of manufacture, all boats are rare However most boats, even if it's a one-off, doesn't make them more or less valuable than the next boat
  16. Scott Danforth

    5.7 vortec pertronix and Holley big carbs timing

    What is the advance curve? Total advance? Is it knee shaped or linear? Stock motor? Modified Cam duration? Lift? Rocker ratio? What intake? Single plane, dual plane? air gapped? What size carb? Series? List number? Primary jets, secondary jets, power valve size? Carb spacer? My...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 6.2 cracked engine block from cold

    I believe they are different. However not by much The OPs best route is to find a complete bobtail
  18. Scott Danforth

    No fuel - check my work and add as needed

    on a volvo, the electric fuel pump gets its power from the alternator with any new to you boat, before putting the boat in the water and going, do all the maintenance the prior owner didnt do pull the drive and do a bellows job, gimbal bearing inspections, u-joint inspection and check the...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Alpha 1 Gen 2 proper dog engagement noise.

    shift it like you stole it.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Ok. Trailer time!

    Wisconsin does not have trailer titles for trailers under 3000#. do you have a family member north of you?
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