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  1. Scott Danforth

    1983 OMC 5.7, I need help with the trim and tilt wires.

    I dont need a pic. I can wire a boat in my sleep as I know the color codes
  2. Scott Danforth

    Maxum SR 1800 wandering at low speed

    Three ways to get around it first, counter-rotating props like a VP DuoProp or a Bravo 3 second, twins third, dont go slow as a single propeller spins, there is the forward thrust from the prop pitch and the side thrust from the rotary movement of the prop turning and pushing on the water...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Maxum SR 1800 wandering at low speed

    all V-hull boats with a single prop wander at slow speeds google v-hull wander. been covered a few hundred times on i-boats alone and there is nothing you can do except try not to correct. when you try to correct, it actually gets worse.
  4. Scott Danforth

    stackable boat storage

    how thick is your slab? if 8" thick, you can anchor a 2-post lift if only 4" thick, you will need a 4-post lift
  5. Scott Danforth

    Engine dies going into reverse

    requires pulling the drive which is part of the annual PM service
  6. Scott Danforth

    1983 OMC 5.7, I need help with the trim and tilt wires.

    yellow should have a red stripe if OMC followed the proper wiring color scheme
  7. Scott Danforth

    Can't Open this site

    iboats wouldnt open on the home 'puter this morning. Firefox update was being pushed. so I went to task manager, killed the process and once the updates were installed, good to go. may be same on your end.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Can't Open this site

    I'm running Firefox and chrome depending on which device
  9. Scott Danforth

    2012 VP 300 C-A Exhaust manifolds getting too hot - DTC 441 & 442

    Then I apologize
  10. Scott Danforth

    2012 VP 300 C-A Exhaust manifolds getting too hot - DTC 441 & 442

    What does this have to do with the OPs thread? Please do not hijack threads
  11. Scott Danforth

    Engine dies going into reverse

    As stated above. You need a new lower shift cable and you need to adjust it properly
  12. Scott Danforth

    Engine dies going into reverse

    Only 14 years past the typical service life
  13. Scott Danforth

    Mercury 150 not performing well under load and drinking gas.

    Confirm the Welsh plug serial number and the tag coincide
  14. Scott Danforth

    Mercury 150 not performing well under load and drinking gas.

    Nowhere do you post compression numbers. Start there Then check the contents of the fuel filter for pure fuel
  15. Scott Danforth

    Can't Open this site

    Don't know. Get firmware and software updates about 3x per week at work. The last was all the MS office 365 and Edge (don't personally use).
  16. Scott Danforth

    Winterization Question

    Nowhere in the factory manual does it say it's OK to try to draw AF up thru the muffs
  17. Scott Danforth

    Can't Open this site

    There is a MS update that was pushed thru recently
  18. Scott Danforth

    Rapid trailer jerk at higher speeds

    Im only getting 7 years on fence sections anything rot proof or mildew proof after 2004 is not.....that is when they quit using arsenic in things like marine vinyl, marine foam, treated lumber, etc.
  19. Scott Danforth

    stackable boat storage

    you can buy a 2-post garage lift for about $2k that has the safeties built in. you do need 8" of concrete slab to anchor it with. a 4-post lift is a bit more.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Taylor made half horsepower deicer

    submersion pond pump that hangs from a float to keep ice from forming around your boat by keeping water flowing
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