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  1. Scott Danforth

    What's a Typical Idle Mixture Setting On A Marine Holley?

    Never understood why Holley ham-strung the 4160 carbs with the non-adjustable float when the adjustable float is less expensive due to the volume of parts
  2. Scott Danforth

    5.7L Non-Vortec to Vortec conversion

    Just gaskets
  3. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser start issue

    Sounds like a bad connection somewhere
  4. Scott Danforth

    Bell Housing - Merc 250 vs 292

    the 250 and 292 have different balance get the right 153 tooth flywheel for the 192. they are cheap at rockauto.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Merc 5.7L overheating issue

    how much water flow do you have coming from the raw water line to the thermostat housing? at idle, is should shoot up about 10" or so. you should be able to fill a 5 gallon bucket in about 20 seconds or less with the motor at 1000 RPM overheating is a lack of flow. either flow into the...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3…Milky oil coming from timing cover.

    the 1996 and later 4.3's have 5 drain plugs. 2 block, 2 exhaust manifold, 1 in the thermostat housing on the intake manifold. that one gets missed
  7. Scott Danforth

    Port Throttle cable length 35' Signature

    Iboats sells Morse and Seastar cables. Volvo penta buys cables from Morse or Seastar
  8. Scott Danforth

    optimax will not plane

    a compression test will answer a few things
  9. Scott Danforth

    Port Throttle cable length 35' Signature

    welcome aboard. generally the length of the cable is printed on the cable jacket every foot or so
  10. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3…Milky oil coming from timing cover.

    if you did not pull the drain in the intake manifold thermostat cross-over, then you most likely froze the intake and it busted. definitely pressure test the cooling water jacket. good news, its just a 4.3, they are fairly inexpensive from a pull-a-part salvage yard being a 1996 purchase...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3…Milky oil coming from timing cover.

    welcome aboard. is this a new to you boat, or is this a boat you bought last year and winterized it yourself?
  12. Scott Danforth

    AQ125A Volvo Penta Idle Issues

    No, not unless you filed the points perfectly parallel. you can be close enough to run in an emergency, however you will be off.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Old horn / alarm system

    welcome aboard. not sure what you are working on, however that all looks to be added by a prior owner. could have been an alarm system however the open contact switches would have failed quickly, so it definitely was repurposed from something non-marine
  14. Scott Danforth

    AQ125A Volvo Penta Idle Issues

    you get a dwell meter
  15. Scott Danforth

    AQ125A Volvo Penta Idle Issues

    What is your compression numbers? Use a dwell meter to set dwell Set timing Go back to the carb
  16. Scott Danforth

    fresh water flush port start up

    I would run it on muffs myself
  17. Scott Danforth

    2002 volvo penta 5.7 Liter idles but stalls when throttling up

    go back to the carb. My guess is something is not right or overlooked during the carb rebuild. is this a Holley 2-barrel or a Holley 4-barrel?
  18. Scott Danforth

    Does my engine work or my upper is broken

    hard to tell, however looks like the coupler has no splines left
  19. Scott Danforth

    Soft spot on boat floor that I may buy?

    the floor is the last thing on a fiberglass boat to rot. Rot usually starts near the drain plug and migrates up and out. as the flotation foam gets saturated, that is when the floor rots. unless you like doing fiberglass repair, I would look for a different boat.
  20. Scott Danforth

    What's a Typical Idle Mixture Setting On A Marine Holley?

    Holley makes about 150 different metering blocks depending on application, then the aftermarket multiplies that by about 10x All have jets many have idle mix screws Most have air bleeds some do not have power valves the emulsion tubes, passage size, etc. make up most of the differences. Most...
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