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  1. Scott Danforth

    Lounge Seat Question

    You could call sea ray for a duplicate capacity tag
  2. Scott Danforth

    Need help on changing every wire on my sterdrive engine

    Was the boat sunk or exposed to the elements. In either case, the motor is the least of your issues
  3. Scott Danforth

    Hey Newbies

    Hey newbies..... Only way to fix a freeze busted block is a new motor
  4. Scott Danforth

    85 3.6 V6 OMC stringer poor or no throttle response/bog high altitude when in gear

    go thru the carb service the points. make sure to use a dwell meter. without a dwell meter, you are only doing a half-arsed job. ticking could be bad ignition component (spark snapping) or detonation (your motor eating itself) or lean rattling (your motor eating itself)
  5. Scott Danforth

    Lounge Seat Question

    no way to get 10 people in the boat unless most only weight 85#. the tag reads 10 people or X lbs. which ever limit is hit first. secondly, on a 19' boat, 6 people max unless you have people sitting on each other. my boat is 26' long, and most I can get is 6 people unless I start stuffing...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Speed sleeve for Cam seal /470 required items

    im to old to pound anything. I have a freezer, torch and oven for most bearing installs.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Remove Deck carpet to fiberglass

    why add a layer of wood that can rot? what is the point? pull the carpet up put a wire cup brush in the angle grinder, don on a full face shield and tyvek suit and remove the adhesive. you will be done in about 4 hours then go over the scar'd up gel with a trowel of thickened gel (gel and...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Speed sleeve for Cam seal /470 required items

    use a can of freeze it on the cam snout and heat the sleaves up with a 900 degree heat gun. no pounding at all, just grab with welding gloves and slip on.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Swapping Trailer Axles

    got a chop saw, welder and tram?
  10. Scott Danforth

    Got a free boat!

    yes, legally make the boat yours before doing a thing to it.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Water in oil pan!!

    you fix it by getting a non-cracked block. basically buy a cheap rotten bayliner hull with the 3.0 in it and scrap the boat hull, keeping the motor.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.7 GSi Knocking – Suggestions needed.

    that is an annual maintenance requirement pull the drive, inspect the gimbal bearing, inspect the u-joints and check alignment. every 100 hours or annually, which ever occurs first.
  13. Scott Danforth

    1981 Merc Oil Pressure Gauge

    usually the sender is bad or the wire is pinched / grounded
  14. Scott Danforth

    Boat wouldn’t start for a minute

    as indicated above, you have a bad connection somewhere between the battery and the motor. check both positive and ground cables, starter connections, etc. clean every connection shiny enough your mother-in-law would eat off them. when you think you cleaned them enough, clean them some more...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Yamaha L4 3.0 seawater pump impeller??

    all parts for the no longer supported yamaha drive are either obsolete or expensive. hopefully this nearly 30 year old boat is a family heirloom with sentimental attachment and not a recent purchase. without knowing diameter and length, spline info, etc you are on your own for a cross to jabso...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Original Seat cover

    your local upholstery shop will be cheaper and faster.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 140 Carb/Fuel?

    your accelerator circuit in your carb is plugged the pop could be a lean sneeze (go back to the carb), or improper timing there is no mechanic in a can. however snake oil does come in a can. so........ pull the carb apart and soak the pieces in carb cleaner and chase every passage with a...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Remove Deck carpet to fiberglass

    your chap has a fiberglass deck with carpet over it. most boats with carpet do only aluminum boats and wooden boat ever had bare wood decks if your deck is soft, it rotted from underneath. that means your transom and stringers are shot and the flotation foam is waterlogged
  19. Scott Danforth

    4.3 Mercruiser Spark knocking at high rpm

    spark knock can be from many things high operating temperature (180 is high) quality of fuel (check contents of your fuel filter) lack of fuel flow to the engine (AS valve/ plugged fuel pump, etc causing it to running lean) carb gunked up Carbon deposits in the combustion chambers improper...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.7 GSi Knocking – Suggestions needed.

    When was the last time the drive was pulled and motor aligned?
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