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  1. Scott Danforth

    spring vapor lock?

    post a pic of the mating surfaces. That may be the source of your hydrolocking
  2. Scott Danforth

    2007 Mercruiser 5.0 MPI randomly stalls

    check your fuel filter contents to make sure you have only fuel in there.
  3. Scott Danforth

    volvo penta Runs and drives but once it reaches operating, it shuts down.

    could be anything. check the condition of the raw water impeller check the distributor, cap, rotor, plugs and wires check the fuel system - specifically fuel quality, choke settings, and condition of carburetor check engine compression
  4. Scott Danforth

    spring vapor lock?

    you dont have a starter issue. you have a water in the cylinder issue from the manifold to elbow joint. what you are describing is hydrolock separate the elbow from the manifold and inspect the joint. you may be able to clean up the mating surfaces, however you may need new manifolds and...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Waste Tank Level Indicator - Options?

    the problem is your indicator. there are broken traces on the back of the board
  6. Scott Danforth

    Spare parts and manuals

    https://tohatsu.com/marine/na/tech_info/manuals.html
  7. Scott Danforth

    Solving inaccurate tachs?

    There are ultrasonic fuel level sensors, however you have to program them for the shape of the fuel tank Regarding the tach, they all are off somewhere. As long as its close, you are good. The airmotor on the tach is a very simple device
  8. Scott Danforth

    1987 19 ft Bomber Vanguard I/O

    This is not a buy and sell site. However regardless of the status of the title, that boat has a $negative value, meaning, you would need to dump up to $5k into it to have a value of $0
  9. Scott Danforth

    just asking, What about a Thread for Free, Cheap, Abandoned, I just got this great deal on a boat.

    The newbies wouldnt read it
  10. Scott Danforth

    Best way to repair corrosion on aluminum boat

    https://ammo.com/bullet-type/00-buck 00 buck, or double-aught buckshot (commonly mistaken as double ought buck), is probably the most famous type of shotgun ammo of all time. Even people unfamiliar with firearms know of it from movies and television. This ammo type, as the name implies, is for...
  11. Scott Danforth

    spring vapor lock?

    it will run fine, however it will hydrolock on you shortly after shutting it off.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Fuel Consumption - Is This Right?

    no problem..... I call it a vintage moment in our household
  13. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha One TKS - Fuel Pump issue?

    the steps I would personally do: replace the engine belt remove the drive and do a full PM on the drive, including inspecting the u-joints, gimbal bearing, bellows, and alignment while replacing the raw water pump, and then change fuid drain the fuel tank and inspect its contents. if the fuel...
  14. Scott Danforth

    spring vapor lock?

    time to pull the manifolds and elbow to inspect. you should not see rust trails.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Fuel Consumption - Is This Right?

    BSFC for an outboard is about 0.5 # of fuel per HP per hour for steady state loading (your motor may be different) 2-strokes are closer to 0.55-0.8 depending on design lets pic 0.6 for your 2-stroke if you run for 1 hour, 60 x .6 = 36 # of fuel, or at 6.82# per gallon, you would have burned...
  16. Scott Danforth

    1995 Talari 190 4.3 with 1.84 ratio 205HP

    yes, so you can run a 15x19 if you want
  17. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha One TKS - Fuel Pump issue?

    welcome aboard. the symptoms you list are not fuel pump issues. they are, however dirty carb and fuel system issues. if this boat sat a lot, the fuel in the tank and the carb could be bad. additionally, hard to start and hesitant acceleration are classic signs of debris in the carb the...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Abandoned boat hull stringer help. 1984 sunbird 16

    a soft floor means the stringers have rotted and the foam is wet to cause rot in the floor. the transom moving at all means the transom is bad a fiberglass boat stored bow down means that all the water that fills it up becomes a swampy mess. to answer your question, is it salvageable, the...
  19. Scott Danforth

    spring vapor lock?

    vapor lock is when the fuel boils in the pump from an overheat situation and the pump cant pump the fuel vapor. that phenomenon is ultra-rare in boats having fluid being pumped out when you remove the plugs and fluid in the cylinder is hydro-locked. that is when water or oil gets into the...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Running Out of Fuel - Half Full

    the hole in the middle is to mold in a support that keeps the top and bottom from flexing alot.
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