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  1. Scott Danforth

    pAm I thinking correctly??

    look at the specs of the motor for WOT pontoons do not always follow the rules of thumb. cupping reduces your WOT by increasing effective pitch a 4-blade will also decrease you WOT something else may be wrong, my bud has an 18' Crest with a 30hp and hits 22mph with 6 people on board while...
  2. Scott Danforth

    496 Mag HO RPM issue

    first, welcome aboard second, have you verified the tachometer? have you verified throttle travel?
  3. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 5.0L MPI 2007

    Huh? GM manufactured blocks are same as trucks as same as gensets. they come out of the Tonawanda engine plant in NY. your 2007 motor long block is exactly same as any 1996 -2000 GM truck 5.0 (GM started putting LS motors in the trucks in late 1999) not until within the last 6 years did...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Help Identifying a part Mercruiser 3.0 off 2003 bayliner

    Welsh plugs for the anti-tamper on the idle mix screws
  5. Scott Danforth

    Crusader 454 Cooling

    Measure water flow from the raw water pump
  6. Scott Danforth

    Non skid floor help

    Mix up thickened gel, trowel it on with a notched trowel, rol over it with a bedliner roller to make a great nonskid
  7. Scott Danforth

    Boat model

    Old boats will cost you about $4000 to restore the hull and about $2500-$3000 for an interior. Not to mention, you need a motor and rigging
  8. Scott Danforth

    Water on piston (Hydrolock)

    Any company can ship to canada. Just have to pay customs charges. However, i would pull a longblock from a S10 truck
  9. Scott Danforth

    help with mercruiser 470 with crankshaft hung generator

    the outboard stator that mercruiser put underneath the damper was limited on output (really really low output). additionally, it requires a water-cooled voltage regulator that is prone to failure. the voltage regulator is about $500. the stator coil is extremely simple, however that is not...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Boat model

    be wary of an automotive paint and body guy doing work on a boat. you cant use automotive fillers on a boat hull.
  11. Scott Danforth

    remove woodruff from tapered shaft?

    a 2-jaw or 3-jaw puller is the right tool to use. doesnt take much pressure to pull the hub off the taper.
  12. Scott Danforth

    facebook tells me things...

    Happy anniversary of your birth.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Going electric vs marinas

    they have been working on EV battery recycling for 5 decades. they also have been working on E-waste recycling for the past 4 decades. however until the producers are held accountable for end-of-life recycling, it wont happen. a good example is the canadian OPEI stewardship for...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Boat model

    welcome aboard what does the paperwork (title, registration, bill of sale) say it is. without those, it is most likely a yard planter. Depends on location, however if your neighbor didnt have the paperwork or registered in his name, he legally didnt own it and neither do you. looks much...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Water on piston (Hydrolock)

    agree with Ted, since you tore it down and didnt pressure test prior, all you can do now is visually look bad elbow joint manifolds? heads rusted thru? was there water in the exhaust passages of the exhaust manifolds? are the valves/exhaust ports nice and black from soot or rusty?
  16. Scott Danforth

    No spark possibly coil?

    doubt its the coil. usually never is the coil being a 2001 most likely it is the trigger assembly in the distributor (common issue). do you have the old 2-wire trigger assembly (failure prone) or the newer 3-wire. the old two wire ones were also not conformal coated. if you have the 2-wire...
  17. Scott Danforth

    How to reverse the function of the control lever?

    move the cable to the other side of the linkage behind the handle
  18. Scott Danforth

    Omc leg oil

    OMC stringer. either a stinger 400 (with the 3.0) or a stringer 800 (with the V6 and V8s) 80-W90 marine in all 3 gear boxes
  19. Scott Danforth

    Why's the boat leaking?

    bellows kits are about $100 for all the bellows. you already paid for the labor. yes, boats have sunk due to bad bellows however more importantly, a leaking bellows could be rusting your u-joints and input shaft on the drive, causing you thousands of more dollars. find the leak - now
  20. Scott Danforth

    3.0 running hot 200F

    pull the drive and reach up
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