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  1. Scott Danforth

    Gas tank pressure fueling up!! 🤬

    Check your tank vent line. The vent itself is fine from your description also check the fill line
  2. Scott Danforth

    1990 MeriCrusier 3.0

    Did you file them, did you set the dwell with a meter? Did you reset the timing
  3. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 140 Points to Delco EST results in low RPM at WOT

    That marble sound is most likely detonation which is your motor eating itself
  4. Scott Danforth

    1990 MeriCrusier 3.0

    Did you service the points?
  5. Scott Danforth

    Just need to know what wires go to what?

    You can't just splice into your system without adding a bunch of diodes
  6. Scott Danforth

    I'm lost

    Pull the drive and address your impeller Overheating is a lack of water flow
  7. Scott Danforth

    Lifespan of the engine circulating pump? Preventative maintenance

    Unless the bearings go bad from a leaking seal, the circulating pump will usually outlast the motor. 550 hours in 27 years is quite low. Average use is 50 hrs per year Suggest you use the boat more
  8. Scott Danforth

    I'm lost

    If the motor was running hot, you may have killed it How hot is hot? Anything over 180 means you have an issue. When was the last time you serviced the impeller and did a drive service?
  9. Scott Danforth

    Best piston for gen 2 4.3 mercuiser

    You never buy parts until after you machine the block. Only way to do it, is to buy a new stock bore block and buy new stock bore rotating assembly Agree with others, take it to your local engine builder
  10. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4 Dipstick Tube Broke, Can't Remove Oil Pan

    The pan is $80 if you do damage it
  11. Scott Danforth

    OMC sterndrive not moving in gear.

    The 400 is 4 cylinders only. You have to identify the upper. However I suspect someone swapped the whole drive
  12. Scott Danforth

    How do I set fuel/air mixture 3L Holley carb?

    Suggest you get a good mechanic. If you want to do the work yourself: Rule #1 stay off youtube. Too much wrong information. There is no easy button Google Holley blades and center in the idle slots. Look at the Holley tech library You adjust both screws the same at the same time Read the...
  13. Scott Danforth

    How do I set fuel/air mixture 3L Holley carb?

    as stated in your other thread. check your gauge. if 1 and 4 have black, check your valve seals. you may be leaking oil into the combustion chambers to adjust idle air on a holley 2300 2-barrel. adjust the two idle air screws in the carb base. make sure the blades are centered in the slot...
  14. Scott Danforth

    How do I set fuel/air mixture 3L Holley carb?

    not on a 3 liter. big ole hole in the top, log plenum and 4 exits into the cylinders
  15. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4 Dipstick Tube Broke, Can't Remove Oil Pan

    most likely the oil pickup is getting stuck in the windage tray. worst case, push the dipstick into the pan
  16. Scott Danforth

    Seized engine

    when you drained the block, manifolds, etc. did you prob the holes
  17. Scott Danforth

    Just need to know what wires go to what?

    something like this one from e-trailer that just plugs into your volvo wiring harness and has the diodes in it. https://www.etrailer.com/vm/Volvo/S40/t1
  18. Scott Danforth

    Just need to know what wires go to what?

    you need an adapter (converter) for your volvo (or any european car) to run a trailer. white is ground, brown is tail lights, yellow is left turn signal, green is right turn signal.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Need painting help

    do a search of the restoration forums on prep suggest the starcraft forum as there are hundreds of boat restoration and prep threads https://forums.iboats.com/threads/shoestring-starcraft-ss160-resto-mod-let-the-long-slow-road-begin.721077/page-18#post-5737606 once you get the prep done, see...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Volvo grease substitute? - on impeller O ring

    that part is somewhere.
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