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  1. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3L - Stumbles at 3000RPM

    I would have pulled the carb apart by now and been out a few bucks for gaskets. regarding fuel pressure, its either there or not. most intermittent issues are not fuel supply related as the fuel bowl in the carb has enough fuel in it to run for a few minutes. the fact the motor runs at...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3L - Stumbles at 3000RPM

    It's almost never the coil. Coils work or they don't. They are not ever problematic at a specific RPM in the middle of the range
  3. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3L - Stumbles at 3000RPM

    The filter at the carb will pass small rocks. It's about a 100 micron filter. The spin on one is 11 micron. Look at the water separating filter....looking for water
  4. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3L - Stumbles at 3000RPM

    there is no mechanic in a can. seafoam is just naptha. nothing special. wont hurt....... wont help...... will make your wallet lighter
  5. Scott Danforth

    leaking riveted starcraft ('82 MR180)

    gluvit on tinnys...... there is also the stuff you can supposedly spray on a screen door
  6. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3L - Stumbles at 3000RPM

    how old is the fuel? when was the fuel/water separator filter last serviced? have you checked the content of the fuel filter for water? when was the carb last cleaned. it sounds like either water in the fuel, bad fuel, or dirty carb.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Starter Not Engaging

    the seloc manual isnt worth being used for anything more than a knee pad. look at the pilot relay for the starter. follow the yellow wire with red stripe. being EFI, the relay should be next to the fuel pump relay.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Thinking of trading deck boat for jet boat

    Im not big into the Yamaha jet boats. primarily from the extra fuel burn
  9. Scott Danforth

    NO insects or spring birds this year.

    bug splats on the windshields have been down for decades, significantly worse in the past few years insects are almost non-existent down here in Florida other than mosquitos. they are down as well. Bat populations are down too. everyone is spraying insecticides..... which kill insects which...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Snapped seat bolt

    you know Ford is advertizing employee pricing right now.....
  11. Scott Danforth

    Snapped seat bolt

    This is on your rusty but trusty truck? there should be a weld nut attached to the sheet metal. I would probably put in a few self-tapping sheet metal screws, or get the carpeting a bit wet and weld the bracket to the remainder of the broken bolt / ez-out
  12. Scott Danforth

    Bayliner Floor Project

    its a roll of the dice. however I believe that in 2007, sugarsand used stringer tubs. doesnt mean that there isnt dead fish between the floor and hull. older boats have lots of wood many newer boats have stringer tubs and lots of methacrylate holding them together (glorified superglue) with...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Crank driven vs block mounted raw water pump pros/cons

    must have done a few hundred heat exchanger setups in my prior life. you need to make sure the expansion tank is about 20% of the total system capacity. you need about 10% for draw-down and 6% for expansion. is this a full system or a half system?
  14. Scott Danforth

    Bayliner Floor Project

    Not sure you will get into a newer boat, even needing a motor for only $2k. Boating is an expensive hobby. the last 4 years, the cost of boats is up 40% over what they were in 2021. So the used market prices are artificially high. looks like most of the auction prices are starting at $2k for...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Bayliner Floor Project

    define cheap? I would look on sites like boat trader, or visit your local marine salvage yard prior to using facetube market place. also look at the salvage auction sites. https://sca.auction/en/search/type-boats/state-fl...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Boat budget question

    Just hope AC doesnt see this post......
  17. Scott Danforth

    Bayliner Floor Project

    your post from saturday should be a red flag that the boat is not safe. there is no quick bandaid for your current boat plenty of newer hurricane sunken boats available with good hulls, some cosmetic issues, and flood damaged motors available. bayliner changed their hull construction methods...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Back for More! Looking into a bigger boat for big water - Deck or other

    10 people skirting the great lakes something to handle rough water Having grown up on Lake Michigan, you could do a pontoon until the wind changes direction. then you will want something that can take a pounding I recommend that you look for a deep v at least 24-28 feet, most likely twins...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Should I buy a boat without a survey?

    find a surveyor that will travel and pay the travel expenses.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Crank driven vs block mounted raw water pump pros/cons

    Volvo uses an anti-rotation bracket
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