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  1. Scott Danforth

    1986 270 Amberjack Sea Ray

    Have you called SeaRay? Or gone to their website?
  2. Scott Danforth

    Solid repair shop for boring force 85 cylinder

    Those scratches are deeper than 0.010
  3. Scott Danforth

    1976 Mercury 1150 - Water Problems, Several of Them

    Gaskets last about 15 years. Your motor is almost 50. You may have to go thru the whole motor and change all the gaskets
  4. Scott Danforth

    Liferail Netting Suggestions

    Recreational boats do not have the railing requirements like commercial vessels or yachts Training and education should be the first thing. Young children should not be on the foredeck without supervision You can also have canvas sewn up as panels for your bow rail. However that will limit...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Wandering heading at slow speed

    All single motor V-hull boats have bow wander
  6. Scott Danforth

    Found my stolen boat! Wiring nightmare, no fire

    Points will last 15-20 years with maintenance Use a dwell meter. It will tell you if your condenser is bad, etc as well as get the setting correct. Over 1 million coils a year are changed and only about a dozen are actually bad. Do your troubleshooting first vs throwing parts at it
  7. Scott Danforth

    Found my stolen boat! Wiring nightmare, no fire

    It's never the coil
  8. Scott Danforth

    Found my stolen boat! Wiring nightmare, no fire

    put power to the + side of the coil from the B+ and you are now "hot wired" then turn the motor over however if you did not set the points with a dwell meter, go back to the points
  9. Scott Danforth

    is Nada boat valuation acurate?

    Ted..... your inner geek is showing.....
  10. Scott Danforth

    Mystery hole evinrude 70

    As stated above many times The hole is what happens when the drill at the factory drilled thru the casting. The threads are a bit shorter. The bolt is on the other side of the casting split If it bothers you, shove a bit of bubble gum in the hole, or epoxy, or rtv
  11. Scott Danforth

    1997 Landau 1650 need more speed

    Chine walk will make you pucker the upholstery
  12. Scott Danforth

    jack plate wiring

    Yes, that is how the oildyne EHA unit works
  13. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta md5a 1982 diesel Delphi 296 replacement

    You have to systemicly look everywhere for the cause of vibration Could be any of the following: Debris on prop Bent prop Bad prop bearing in strut Bent prop shaft Bad cutlass bearing Severe misalignment loose flywheel One or more dead cylinders (however you only have 1 cyl) However some...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Dean's List gets another motor

    Ouch
  15. Scott Danforth

    5.7 /Chevy 350 hard starting and stalling when idle

    Intake is not marine. hope you are boating in only fresh water. check the rest like silvertip mentioned
  16. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta md5a 1982 diesel Delphi 296 replacement

    Yes, on diesels, you should pre-fill the filters
  17. Scott Danforth

    42 amp alt ford 302 engine

    Have the alternator tested. My last rebuild went back twice. Two bad regulators out of the box
  18. Scott Danforth

    Wasn’t sure where to post.

    When Cadillac started using Led Zeppelin in their ads?
  19. Scott Danforth

    5.7 /Chevy 350 hard starting and stalling when idle

    first, welcome aboard However you need to provide much, much, much, much, much more information first, at a minimum..... what year 5.7 (since there are nearly 70 years of the Chevy small block in boats) Second, which ignition system (Mercruiser alone has had 4-5 ignition systems in the 5.7...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Computer Illiterate?

    make sure you are logged in as admin and you can load google chrome or firefox. windows 11 does suck worse than windows 10, 8, 7, etc.
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