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  1. Scott Danforth

    Boat TLC questions

    just google carling switches and switch covers. companies like pacer and a few others offer laser engraving of the switch covers. you can even get them on fleabay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/174881754311 https://newwiremarine.com/product/15-switch-cover-kit/...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Smoke from the Alternator!

    if you let the magic smoke out. you have to take it in to an alternator shop to re-pack it with more magic smoke.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Trim Backing Material

    most boat interior substrates today are PVC board or HDPE (starboard) to get the bends, most likely PVC and heated with an oven then clamped in a mold to get the shape. can also use a heat gun.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Total boat electrical refit - looking for advice

    you are going to need some long and heavy cables from each battery to a battery switch. depending on your motor and the length of the boat, to combine the two in the front with the one in the back for a load at the back (starting the motor), you will need to have some really beafy cables. lets...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Boat TLC questions

    if the dash is plastic, the chaulkiness is from the loss of oils in the surface and the plastic is breaking down. I would use what you have as a plug to make a mold to make new ones out of fiberglass regarding the switches, if they are carling, just pop off the actuators and buy new ones...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Merc 4.3 Quench Distance

    Best you can do is go with a thinner head gasket
  7. Scott Danforth

    Name for connector “nut”(?) for fuel line to fuel pump nipple

    Fuel system is SAE flare fittings
  8. Scott Danforth

    first time boat

    Aluminum boat with outboard
  9. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3 carb weep

    FYI, teflon tape should only be used for shower heads pre 1975 or so. Loctite has a whole line of proper thread sealants
  10. Scott Danforth

    Lifting 20ft CC for bottom paint.

    Lift from the two transom eyes and the bow eye
  11. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3 carb weep

    Hey @achris teflon tape works good as a sealant......
  12. Scott Danforth

    Should I install Fuel/Water Separator?

    but the boat is a 98. and I believe starting in 1997 the 4.3's came with a fuel water separator
  13. Scott Danforth

    AQ290 Y-Pipe corrosion repair / replacement

    depending on the corrosion, the bolts come out pretty well. from the factory they were coated in Permatex #3 (aviation sealer) with the motor out, I would smack each of the bolt heads with a hammer to break any corrosion to the old y-pipe itself. then when you get the new to you y-pipes ready...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Short shaft motor on long transom

    rough rule of thumb is 1" back for every 1/2" you raise the lower. so if you have 3" from the anti-cav plate to the bottom of the hull, you need a 6" set back. if you have 5", you need a 10" set back.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3 carb weep

    ^+1.....what he said
  16. Scott Danforth

    Rec gas prices???

    oars.....sails.....or viking ship full of slaves.....
  17. Scott Danforth

    292 inline 6 with prealpha drive for 19.5 cuddy

    the motor burns 0.4# of fuel per HP per hr. nothing special about the BSFC
  18. Scott Danforth

    Unknown part

    first, welcome aboard second, as indicated above, those are the remains of your exhaust shutters. your motor was overheated and run without water and the rubber parts of your flappers have burned away. you need to replace them. and while you are at it, inspect all the other rubber bits in...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Should I install Fuel/Water Separator?

    your boat was originally fitted with a fuel / water filter. my guess is they did not retain that when they dropped in an older motor
  20. Scott Danforth

    OMC 800 Tilt - Need help!

    sitting for 12 years, did you clean every cable connection? what is battery voltage? what voltage are you measuring at the tilt motor when you are opperating it? do you have water in the clutch packs?
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