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  1. Scott Danforth

    Demon 2bl carb getting too much fuel

    they are now. however Barry Grant (founder of Demon) used to be a competitor, then BG Fuel systems went out of business after 26 years in February 2011, and the name was purchased by Holley back in July of 2011 also, there is no demon marine carb doing some digging, there are race only...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Gelcoat Application Questions

    I sprayed the hull in 3 phases. Sides below the rub rail Bottom Top above the rub rail Cockpit About 20 oz of mixed gel/duratec to cover the 32 sqft I did roughly 1/2 gal of blue, 1/2 qt of. Red, 1/4 qt of black, 2 qts of grey, 1-1/2 gal of white, and 2-1/2 gallons of 904 ro spray my boat...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Over heating 4.3, 1995 non vortec

    Under load, they overheat. A car engine only produces full load 3-5% of the time as you cant get to a higher duty cycle. Run the engine PTO or in a drag race situation to get to 100% duty cycle and you overheat
  4. Scott Danforth

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

    Ouch. $50 worth of materials and 2 hours of labor.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Leaky power steering ram. Replace or rebuild?

    A rebuild kit is nothing more than seals / orings. Yes, that is usually what fails, is a seal or o-ring
  6. Scott Danforth

    Demon 2bl carb getting too much fuel

    Pist a pic. Most likely someone swapped your carb. Or made a Franken carb
  7. Scott Danforth

    89 460 OMC water System piece?

    Easy to repair or replace
  8. Scott Danforth

    3.8 water gushing from engine

    this. now buy a lottery ticket because if you had a freeze event on a GM block and it just pushed the core plug out and did not crack the block, you are the only one on some ford blocks, the blocks are built a little stronger and it can happen, not on a GM block
  9. Scott Danforth

    Over heating 4.3, 1995 non vortec

    it applies to a thermostat in the sytem. if there is no thermostat in an engine, the water velocity is too fast to adequately transfer heat from the hot surface to the fluid. if you do not run a thermostat, you do need to run an orifice disc
  10. Scott Danforth

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

    get a roll of green fine-line tape https://www.amazon.com/3M-6306-Scotch-Fine-Green/dp/B00CEHUK0W and your favorite painters tape. I would tape off and build up the black first. make it a bit heavy/thick the consistency of pudding (adding fumed silica) about 5 minutes after it starts to...
  11. Scott Danforth

    8.1 gi-b misfire / backfire

    I thought the 8.1 spec from volvo was closer to 45 psi on the high side and 8 psi on the low side.
  12. Scott Danforth

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

    that may be a bit small. I sprayed with a 2.3 tip however for that small area, I would simply roll it on, wet sand it and buff to blend. no need for duratec then
  13. Scott Danforth

    Bearing clearances and roller vs linked chain 5.7

    Roller chain is better than a link chain
  14. Scott Danforth

    Fuel pump push rod?

    Thats a ford motor, the pushrod is on a GM motor. Are you looking at the factory manual or a seloc/haynes/clymer
  15. Scott Danforth

    Ability to use amenities with inverter

    Fridge and micro should work
  16. Scott Danforth

    Volvo 5.0 Overheating

    High temps is a lack of flow. Check the raw water flow
  17. Scott Danforth

    8.1 gi-b misfire / backfire

    Your fuel pressure is low. Get the injectors flow tested
  18. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    Primary drive is fully sealed / pressure tested and vac tested. secondary drive had a tweeked shaft, so went to a bud's shop to use his press. shaft was .025 out when I started, .003 out when I was done backup drive lower is together and ready for paint... The upper.... that is...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Demon 2bl carb getting too much fuel

    welcome aboard demon doesnt make a 2 barrel carb, however there could be a 300 CFM holley 2300 on there. if you are getting fuel in the thoat by simply cranking it over, you have the float set wrong, or you didnt trim the nipple from the accelerator mushroom and its holding the float
  20. Scott Danforth

    Can the base of engine work? Two to bolts under engine are rusted and can

    trim up
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