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  1. Scott Danforth

    AQ290DP Steering Sealing Ring Install

    Looking at it, makes more sense to put the small lip against the housing and the thicker lip against the yoke
  2. Scott Danforth

    Running 5.7 without choke on quadrajet?

    I havent had a choke on the boat for two years. then again, the temperature is between 75 and 95 all year round except for a few non-boating days.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Squeezing more from 5.0L 220hp

    do a compression test. my Searay 190 (smaller boat, same motor/drive) would hit 5000 RPM with a 19P and be just shy of 50mph per the GPS (49.5ish). make sure your drive is the 1.62:1 However you are 4100# dry weight, that is a lot of boat, half a ton more than my Searay you may simply need...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Anti-Rattle solutions

    except the rattling in a durango is louder than the radio would go for what ever freak of science made the durango.
  5. Scott Danforth

    1980 Beachcraft I/O Pretty but Rotten

    Not with that bow. Removing the cap is actually about 10x less work than working around it
  6. Scott Danforth

    Volvo vs. GM Fuel Pressure Regulator

    Do a search, was covered about 2-3 weeks ago
  7. Scott Danforth

    Anti-Rattle solutions

    must be a durango thing my durango rattled with every brand of draw bar. I tried plastic window shims pounded in with a 5# fist maul and wrapping the draw bar with electrical tape. each would work for about an hour ultimately, I welded some 16 gauge stainless sheetmetal into the receiver to...
  8. Scott Danforth

    1982 houseboat prices

    first, welcome aboard second, why does a price from 41 years ago matter?
  9. Scott Danforth

    same speed with different props

    your hull wont let you go any faster without a lot more motor than what you have your 19p prop sounds like a much better match to the motor than the 21p which is lugging the motor as you load the motor up, you back up the torque curve.
  10. Scott Danforth

    1980 Beachcraft I/O Pretty but Rotten

    How is the transom built? from post #2, the floor is ply (common across many many many boats) the engine will last up to the point you dont maintain it and it gets murdered (marine engines usually never wear out, they are killed) If you like the looks, pull the drive, motor, interior, build a...
  11. Scott Danforth

    AQ290DP Steering Sealing Ring Install

    No Idea how the seal came when new. its not in the drive manual I have and the little cartoon drawing in the parts breakdown isn't specific. the grease does both functions
  12. Scott Danforth

    2021 Tahoe T18 floor storage won’t drain

    take it to the dealer and have them fix it if the boat is new and only 4 months old.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Trim and tilt problems on 5.0L

    knocking is often a bad u-joint pull the drive and look look at the oil in the system and match. if its brown, its SAE 30 motor oil. if its red, its ATF. the pump is self bleeding. just cycle the trim/tilt its full range about 10 times
  14. Scott Danforth

    Shocking experience

    You have something wired wrong
  15. Scott Danforth

    Oil level too high?

    Measure your dipstick tube to the pan rail. Add 3.75" to 4" to that length and mark the dipstick Fill to that line Your oil level should be between 3.75 and 4" under crank centerline Crank centerline is 0.12" above the pan rail
  16. Scott Danforth

    AQ290DP Steering Sealing Ring Install

    both will work
  17. Scott Danforth

    AQ290DP Steering Sealing Ring Install

    thin lip presses on the helmet yoke make sure to install new plastic bearings use a stick to wedge the helmet yoke up (between the yoke and ground) and then clamp the tiller arm
  18. Scott Danforth

    No core floor

    pull your cap
  19. Scott Danforth

    Volvo penta stalling help

    Seloc manuals are good for knee pads or starting fires. they make better out-house paper than they do manuals get the factory Volvo Penta suite of manuals for your motor/controls/drives
  20. Scott Danforth

    Merc 165 L6 Bogging Down at WOT

    wont cut it for your issue you need to spend the $35 pull the carb apart, clean the passages and replace the accelerator pump
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