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  1. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 350 MAG MPI

    Change the flat cap and rotor. Those things fail often
  2. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    There are a few forums just on swapping LS/LT motors into dead BMWs there are even whole websites selling kits to do most of the work. https://www.sikky.com/product-category/lsx-swap-kits/bmw-kits/
  3. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    thats why I build my daily drivers. my next one will be under 2000#, under 11 ft long, and over 425 hp.
  4. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    Sounds like a solution to a problem that shouldnt exist in the first place, whereas the solution adds significant weight and complexity to an already extremely heavy and overly complex vehicle.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Menards plywood

    the most southern Menards is in Kentucky. so yes, he would be north of Kentucky
  6. Scott Danforth

    Source for bearing buddies rubber plug

    you obviously never seen a dexter hub then. the spindle is hollow, the grease zerk is on the end. you pump grease, it flushes everything out the front cap. you then replace the cap.
  7. Scott Danforth

    thinking of a Delco EST ignition system conversion but have a few concerns....

    Lou, buy 2 sets of points and a points file and they will outlast your boat Use the extra cash and buy the wife something
  8. Scott Danforth

    Source for bearing buddies rubber plug

    I get mine from a local trailer place. sturdy built trailer parts. they have a website
  9. Scott Danforth

    Winterization Ford 2.3 and OMC Cobra

    some light reading https://forums.iboats.com/threads/winterizing-inboard-and-i-o.770207/
  10. Scott Danforth

    Water in bilge

    Nice AI cut-n-paste there
  11. Scott Danforth

    Replacement tachometer output cable from Mercury Quicksilver controls?

    the connector itself comes in the harness. from a sealing point of view, they sort of suck. I personally would swap that connector with a Deutsch or Amphenol DT/AT series connector
  12. Scott Danforth

    Opinions of engine owners. Least trouble and lower cost. Carburetor or F I ?

    and the 2.8 V6.....
  13. Scott Danforth

    28' Pontoon with 3.0 Mercruiser Prop

    Lakes are easy Local channels here move with every tide and every storm. GPS means nothing, even your tracks from day prior Run aground, pick up rock in the muck, rock wedges between anti-vent plate and prop at 3000 RPM Most passes here have this sign.
  14. Scott Danforth

    28' Pontoon with 3.0 Mercruiser Prop

    I have sheared the prop shaft hitting a rock with a stainless prop. I have sheared off prop blades on aluminum props
  15. Scott Danforth

    Help identifying an old Alumacraft and capacity data

    HINs didn't exist back then. Only serial numbers
  16. Scott Danforth

    CORRECT bolts for 3.0/3.0LX Manifolds

    Stock bolts are grade 5 Grade 8 is fine Cutting bolts down or using washers is fine Your overthinking it
  17. Scott Danforth

    Flat tire on haul-out today . . .

    VW/Audi read the Wheel speed sensors vs a sensor in the valve stem No pairing needed, no sensor battery, just relying on wheel speeds The TPMS sensors in the 08 Solstice work, but the car's receiver doesn't read them The TPMS sensors in the truck are near end of life in the batteries
  18. Scott Danforth

    Opinions of engine owners. Least trouble and lower cost. Carburetor or F I ?

    As for least trouble and least cost, hard to beat a fully mechanical fuel pump diesel motor
  19. Scott Danforth

    Opinions of engine owners. Least trouble and lower cost. Carburetor or F I ?

    Been playing with EFI for years ..... Then the parts are NLA and you have a dead motor you have to invest in new EFI hardware I can still buy parts for a 1908 carburetor and ignition system, I can not buy parts for a 2008 EFI fuel or ignition system because the parts are NLA from the OEM or...
  20. Scott Danforth

    215 sundowner transom

    Yes, laminated plywood is the strongest
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