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  1. Scott Danforth

    Bought a 5.0 mercury kicker 03

    The kicker will push the boat fine unless you are in heavy wind/current. Then you may need the main motor
  2. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3 water in block

    Pressure test the cooling jacket Being a 4.3, this is an older boat Salt water or fresh water? If salt, most likely bad exhaust manifolds/elbows Regarding the boat yard, my guess is they are not a certified mercruiser service center
  3. Scott Danforth

    Bought a new long block and wondering about the coupling and gimbal bearing.

    4700 rpm to 5000 is fine.
  4. Scott Danforth

    1976 Mercruiser 233 Fuel Type

    ˙ᄅ/(W+ɹ) sɐ sdɯnd uo uǝʇʇᴉɹʍ uǝʇɟo puɐ '(Iʞ∀) xǝpuI ʞɔouʞ-ᴉʇu∀ ǝɥʇ pǝllɐɔ 'NOW ǝɥʇ puɐ NOɹ ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝƃɐɹǝʌɐ ɹo uɐǝɯ ǝldɯᴉs ǝɥʇ sᴉ ɹǝqɯnu ǝuᴉlpɐǝɥ ǝɥʇ 'sǝᴉɹʇunoɔ ɹǝɥʇo ǝɯos puɐ 'lᴉzɐɹq 'sǝʇɐʇS pǝʇᴉu∩ ǝɥʇ 'ɐpɐuɐƆ uᴉ ʇnq 'NOɹ ǝɥʇ sᴉ dɯnd ǝɥʇ uo uʍoɥs ƃuᴉʇɐɹ ǝuɐʇɔo ,,ǝuᴉlpɐǝɥ,, ǝɥʇ (puɐlɐǝZ ʍǝN puɐ...
  5. Scott Danforth

    1976 Mercruiser 233 Fuel Type

    91 RON octane is close to 85 R+M/2 (current pump swill) I would simply use 87 - 89 octane rec gas corrected the scale conversion
  6. Scott Danforth

    I Just Bought My First Boat. 1997 Sea Ray 175 3.0LX A1 G2. WHERE TO START PLEASE HELP!!

    a really good FLIR camera and non-contact) moisture meter
  7. Scott Danforth

    New to me 2009 4.3 stern drive

    the 3/8" bolts are 28 lb-ft the 5/16" bolts on the risers are 18 lb-ft
  8. Scott Danforth

    3.7 to 4.3 swap

    Hey @nola mike , can you share links to your conversion
  9. Scott Danforth

    New to me 2009 4.3 stern drive

    that is freeze damage to the manifold, those are inside wall pieces from your manifold. I would do a compression test on the motor and a cooling jacket pressure test as well. get a new set of manifolds and elbows on order. only buy mercruiser or Barr. dont buy GLM or Sierra
  10. Scott Danforth

    Electric Cars or Trucks

    come down to Florida for a week. even the plastic shift bushings under the car have dried/cracked/fallen out
  11. Scott Danforth

    Lake Winnebago (Wisconsin) Question

    I would call Pioneer and ask if they are close to charted dept. If I remember tonight, will ask a few friends that live off of 'bago https://usa.fishermap.org/depth-map/winnebago-lake/
  12. Scott Danforth

    I Just Bought My First Boat. 1997 Sea Ray 175 3.0LX A1 G2. WHERE TO START PLEASE HELP!!

    first, welcome aboard second, dont focus on rust on the motor at all. all raw water cooled motors have rust. same goes with your trim pump and other things. buy a can of boeshield and move on. your focus needs to be on why you are taking on water. since your boat is 25 years old and was...
  13. Scott Danforth

    1972 Starcraft Arrow closed bow conversion

    dont buy old fiberglass boats unless you like doing fiberglass work any fiberglass boat below $5k should be considered a project boat as stated above by JB. if the floor is gone, your transom and stringers are long gone. any boat conversion will always cost 5-10x what you think. and trying...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Electric Cars or Trucks

    they said the same thing about every car from the 60's and 70's. and most of it was true plastic in an automotive interior lasts about 5-6 years. in the engine bay, about 5 years, on the exterior of the car, 5-10 years.
  15. Scott Danforth

    OMC outdrive Seattle

    Welcome aboard. It would help if we knew what vintage drive you are talking about. the old stringer drive and electric shift drives can grenade a section and not take out the other section. however the newer drives will share debris I would suggest looking in the yellow pages for OMC service...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Volvo penta outdrive

    no, 1995 should be the AQ series, most likey an DP-C (290DP derivative) the SM is a different animal, however the lower is similar in both design and shape, but NOT interchangeable.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Electric Cars or Trucks

    Doubtful, todays plasticmobiles wont survive that long, even in storate
  18. Scott Danforth

    Chaparral experts in here ?

    have you called the customer service line at Chap?
  19. Scott Danforth

    Electric Cars or Trucks

    However people are excited to find a 1918-1970 barn find...... same cant be said for most 1970-2022 vehicles
  20. Scott Danforth

    Transom Paint

    welcome aboard at the top of the forum are stickies. look at the 4th sticky down which has all the restoration links. look at link #19
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