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  1. Scott Danforth

    NEW Transom seal BAD!!!

    its looks like chinesium rubber . suggest getting genuine OEM OMC boot.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Boat shopping. Found an '00 Doral

    Brand means nothing when a boat is more than a few years old. at the top of the forum is a sticky with a check list for buying a used boat use that. stick your head under everything. look for rot and damage. do not get emotionally attached to the boat as that is when you buy a boat that may...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Advice needed on sterndrive replacement

    never pay retail. those shafts are available much much lower if you know where to look. prop shaft is about $130, drive shaft is between $2-300, whole seal kit is under $80 not to mention the A2G2 drive has been around in its current state of design/manufacture for almost 30 years. parts are...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta 5.0 GL-D Oil Sending Unit

    go to napa. generic NPT adapters. either 1/8" npt or 1/4" npt
  5. Scott Danforth

    Replacing mercruiser 485

    What ^ he said seriously, win more. My buddy spends less than $1000 a year racing, the rest is sponsors
  6. Scott Danforth

    Minty clean 1974 Mercury 9.8hp value?

    5 years ago, I would have said that the motor is worth $100-$200. however in the last 2 years, prices for everything went up about 3x being 1974, it is definitely a fresh water only motor (steel shafts vs stainless) the motor should be about 70#. I suggest offering $400
  7. Scott Danforth

    Stumped. OMC 235 HP I/O

    yes, and the other shaft that that one plugs into remember, when you get the drive all sorted away, you need to replace the rubber exhaust hoses on the engine as the insides of them will be all burned up from lack of water.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Replacing mercruiser 485

    no such thing as a tight budget and boats. Boating is seriously more expensive than racing (racing you have sponsors to help) owning a platypus engine like the 470/485 also means you must have deeper pockets than if you had a V6 or V8 cranks the same between the two. you can swap flywheels...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Stumped. OMC 235 HP I/O

    the only thing that goes back in the OMC hole is an OMC drive there are videos of tear down on the link I provided in post #5. They also do reman service. No I am not affiliated with them, however they were the only source of OMC data there was 15 years ago when I rebuilt my Stringer 400 from...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Hey Newbies

    it was parked because it had a serious problem. it sat because someone deemed the problem too difficult or costly to fix. it hasnt been fixed and the problem most likely is worse from sitting.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Why don't I see more jet motors?

    because of covid. the whole world discovered you can socially distance by being in a boat, kayak, canoe, tent or RV. so instead of people burning their vacations and savings on cruises or trips to europe, they are now spending their money and time on boating, renovating the house, camping...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Why don't I see more jet motors?

    the china site listed for the outboards are not US spec'd motors. they cant be sold back to the US because they do not meet US emissions. that, and the motors will not show up. regarding jet boats, in the 90's and the early 00's there were hundreds of boat manufactures jumping on the jet boat...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Trolling Motor Wire Step Down

    get some of these https://www.amazon.com/Positive-Insulated-Battery-Junction-thread/dp/B009SCSXVO mount up front, under the deck/whatever and go from there.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Stumped. OMC 235 HP I/O

    its a design flaw with ALL OMC stringer drives. its not if they will fail, its when they will fail. the drive has a 3-piece driveshaft, the section in the upper, the piece thru the raw water pump and the part in the lower. the male/female splines wear, then shear. you literally need to have...
  15. Scott Danforth

    5.7 1987 OMC shuts off at Low RPM

    Shift cable and ESA adjusment. You will need the factory manual and the TSB Hey @Lou C
  16. Scott Danforth

    Stumped. OMC 235 HP I/O

    Your OMC has a solid coupler, so it cant be the coupler. However you will find the vertical driveshaft in the drive most likely is toast. The rubber smell was the rubber exhaust hoses burning from lack of cooling water You need to pull your drive apart and have the 3 piece vertical driveshaft...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Material Availability for DIY/Home Improvement Projects?

    Everything is in short supply.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Advice needed on sterndrive replacement

    Buy the shafts and rebuild the drive
  19. Scott Danforth

    fuel pump frustration

    Two methods to hold the pushrod in an SBC or BBC Method 1, a big glob of grease Method #2, pull the short bolt in the front of the engine that lines up with push rod hole, install longer bolt to hold pushrod. Mahe sure to put short bolt back in
  20. Scott Danforth

    PVC stringers?

    fake wood, AKA HDPE, AKA starboard has only 1/10 the strength of plywood, deforms with heat and nothing sticks to it. when you use it as a deck surface, you must add more wood under it to support it. the wood in your hull is structural. your choice is wood, or something like coosa. keep in...
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