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  1. Scott Danforth

    Chain worth it?

    the chain is for weight (not strength) the line in the rode is for strength. going to all chain will be less strong than what you have, and a whole lot more expensive. 5/16" stainless chain has a max working strength of 2400#, with a breaking strength of #9600 when new. 1/4" is significantly...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Waterlogged foam?

    floor, stringers, transom, and bulkheads in addition to the foam.... I would uncap it
  3. Scott Danforth

    Creating a twin inboard 17ft boat

    the centers on twin 470's was as small as 32", however most installations were at 34" I do not think you have enough room, especially on a 17' tahiti Most tahitis's (Schuster's) were jet drives, with an occasional ouboard. the I/O's were rare because of that. so you already have a sort-of...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Boats from work.

    that is sketchy as he#
  5. Scott Danforth

    Waterlogged foam?

    Weigh the boat
  6. Scott Danforth

    Testing Gas Flow on 82' Wellcraft Sterndrive

    How old is the fuel? Many of us have had pertronix failures Your compression is low, so you have nowhere near the original 170hp. My guess with the low compression, you are in the 120 - 130 hp range
  7. Scott Danforth

    2019 Grand Cherokee came with wrong size spare....Just found it out

    My current daily whip doesn't have a spare....or run-flats It came with a can of goo and a cheep tire inflation pump A plug kit and a 2-piston compressor now sit behind the seat
  8. Scott Danforth

    2019 Grand Cherokee came with wrong size spare....Just found it out

    Space saver spares usually are never the same diameter as the standard tires
  9. Scott Danforth

    290 DP pivot pin retaining bolt thread repair

    See if you can simply use a slightly longer bolt
  10. Scott Danforth

    Help me identify what engine I have in my new boat

    Then that Q-jet is older than your boat by 9 years Your Mercruiser would have most likely come with a webber (almost drop in replacement for Q-jet I would do the 1409 for most simple drop in (Who am I kidding.....I'm a Holley guy)
  11. Scott Danforth

    Help me identify what engine I have in my new boat

    is it a marine motor? the last Q-jet to ever roll off a factory floor was 1989. If you are thinking of swapping the heads, then I would also swap the intake, ditch the 3" of spacers and go with a better intake and then...... worry about the carb.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Testing Gas Flow on 82' Wellcraft Sterndrive

    you may want to check the manual vs trusting the AI google
  13. Scott Danforth

    Help me identify what engine I have in my new boat

    AVS and AVS 2 carb are NOT marine that should be swapped out for a marine carb block is most likely a 1995 block (vortec block with the non-vortec heads) found in a few hundred thousand 1995 trucks
  14. Scott Danforth

    Testing Gas Flow on 82' Wellcraft Sterndrive

    your compression is really low for the 470.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Cross country trailering advice/tips

    good idea regardless, right up to the point you knock them off. however some hubs can not take bearing buddies.
  16. Scott Danforth

    290 DP pivot pin retaining bolt thread repair

    Email notifications haven't worked in a long time. That is outside of the moderators control and is something on the hose settings My 1988 housings do not have the little stainless bits. My pivot pins also do not have the slide hammer threaded holes that it should VP made changes almost...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Piston Rings don´t fit, too little clearance, sits too tight

    I would swap the heads from the current heads you have to vortec heads and pick up another 30+ hp
  18. Scott Danforth

    Wellcraft transom reinforcement

    use $1500 minimum for just a transom however the stringers are most likely toast as well..... and the flotation foam is most likely waterlogged if this is a 80s or 90s built wellcraft, the quality wasnt there from the beginning.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 5.0L MPI Not Starting, I was driving the boat at a slow pace and it slowly stalled/stopped

    with compression that low, I would be doing a leakdown test ASAP
  20. Scott Danforth

    Woohoo! Daughter gets to take the pick of fellowships!

    Congrats to the daughter.
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