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  1. Scott Danforth

    Lost our best fishing buddy

    Fur babies are the hardest family members to loose
  2. Scott Danforth

    Compression ratio 5.7l

    Boat builder buy motors in advance and the motor can sit in the warehouse for years before being installed in a boat. For example, Volvo was selling 8.1 liter motors as late as 2014 and these ceased to be made by GM in late 2008. My 2002 SeaRay was a left over 2001 hull with a 1999 casting...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Compression ratio 5.7l

    you sure the block is a 96. all 96 motors were assembled as vortec
  4. Scott Danforth

    Compression ratio 5.7l

    Swap to vortec heads and you can go higher
  5. Scott Danforth

    Gelcoat cracks around mercruiser transom plate opinions and repair questions.

    look closer zool, that is a chip of gel coming loose and retained by the caulk
  6. Scott Danforth

    Trim tabs.??

    I put sport tabs on my searay. Best mod ever
  7. Scott Danforth

    Daily Driver

    new update on daily driver...... Thursday, developed a rattle in the trans. thought it was typical dual mass flywheel rattle at low speed. could not find anything with borescope in the clutch area could not see anything. continued to drive. Thursday night at 6:15pm, going thru the south...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Merc. 5.7 Repower wiring

    tech is wrong. choke coil is same regardless of 1-barrel, 2-barrel or 4-barrel.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Merc. 5.7 Repower wiring

    ABYC standard wire colors purple is ignition purple with yellow stripe is ignition while cranking yellow with red stripe is crank signal the purple wire from the round plug goes to the coil + and to the choke. It also goes to the relay that powers the fuel pump that is piloted off the oil...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Yamaha F250 crankshaft

    what do the journals mic to? the actual diameter is equally as important to the finish.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Old ford 302 no spark

    I would use a piston stop tool to verify you are indeed on TDC however it looks like you may need a new harmonic damper (or your piston is not at TDC) normally to replace that, there is not enough room in front to get a damper puller tool in there. the motor may need to come out.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Flagstone Patio pitched slightly towards house and water collects

    only way to re-pitch without tearing out and re-doing is to water-jet some dirt out from under one end and jack up the other with either mud jacking, foam jacking or concrete jacking I have to re-pitch the whole pool/lanai area as the slab settled about one inch over the past 20 years and the...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Propane BBQ Grill Repair question

    propane or natural gas? Did you replace the valve assemblies? sometimes the orifice gets plugged with debris and dirt. some are removable.
  14. Scott Danforth

    1993 Celebrity Status 208 Stringer and Deck Replacement

    welcome aboard. before FriscoBoater was on youtube, he was on iboats where he learned from members like oops and ondarvr lots of good information in the stickies at the top of every forum page. suggest starting here...
  15. Scott Danforth

    link or screenshot of cumming engine wiring

    I did say 4BT, not 6BT
  16. Scott Danforth

    1970 River Queen Houseboat new owner here!

    I suggest reading the USCG boatbuilders handbook. It will cover all the requirements of every system in a boat from fuel system to ventilation to wiring to lighting.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Evinrude 115Hp V4 Project Rebuild / Repowering a Fourwinns Fling Turbo jet boat

    Nearly all of the 90s jet boat hulls are balsa cored. This gave them strength and light weight vs a solid hull Some boats today still use balsa core on decks The area you have circled on your pic looks like part of the core is exposed
  18. Scott Danforth

    link or screenshot of cumming engine wiring

    There is a 16 valve 4BTAA at 250hp
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