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  1. Scott Danforth

    28' Pontoon with 3.0 Mercruiser Prop

    check your compression and the health of the motor as first order of business. compression should be between 140 and 150 psi for a healthy motor If your motor is healthy, you most likely need to drop in pitch for lightly loaded to get to 4400-4600 RPM. you may need to drop in pitch for...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Who makes covers that are any good?

    I use starbrite waterproofing lately. Amazon delivers it. Walmartian world and worstmarine carries it.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Who makes covers that are any good?

    With any cover, you have to re-water proof the material every 6-12 months depending on weather conditions. Even the Sunbrella material
  4. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    Magnetos have a fixed spark advance. Systems like the Kettering magneto systems are a bit complicated
  5. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    Now toying with using a speeduino ECM and running the coils as wasted spark, or running the MSD 60143. Both have a map sensor to program vac advance
  6. Scott Danforth

    215 sundowner transom

    Go to the 3rd sticky at top of forum. Start with link 14 (Frisco's thread), then go to links 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a and 4b
  7. Scott Danforth

    Need some info on adapting a Sierra A1 marine fuel line to a Carter mechanical fuel pump

    No, just needs to meet a bunch of requirements. Steel line is the cheapest
  8. Scott Danforth

    215 sundowner transom

    There is also Frisco's thread in the stickies which was done as a training/ education thread for the iBoats forums
  9. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.7/470 Overheat Problem

    Yes, an aluminum head is worth it. So is stabilizing the deck
  10. Scott Danforth

    2003 Mercruiser 6.2L MIE Plastic Timing Cover Replacement: Need Advice

    Correct, however the motor only takes about an hour to remove No way to get an oil tight seal on the pan to front timing cover without removing the pan
  11. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    That warranty is an accrual amount, based on about a 17% failure rate, and the average price of the parts and labor
  12. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    something happened..... a bit of patience and it was cheaper than the u-pull-it yards paid a work bud $50 to pick it up since it was in his neighborhood an hour south.
  13. Scott Danforth

    2003 Mercruiser 6.2L MIE Plastic Timing Cover Replacement: Need Advice

    pull the pan, replace the gasket get aftermarket billet aluminum front cover
  14. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    You spelled dumpster wrong
  15. Scott Danforth

    Cars you should have kept.

    It was ugly, needed shocks on all 4 corners, handles like a ship with a loose rudder, anemic acceleration, brakes too small for it's size, had rust holes the size of pumpkins and the whole under hood area was rusty......
  16. Scott Danforth

    Cars you should have kept.

    No, just a gearhead son of a gearhead / machinist. Bought many vehicles for 6-8 months of use (winter beaters, summer beaters, etc) Many cars were bought with issues, fixed, drove, flipped, rinse, repeat. Some were kept for years Some years I have had up to 6 vehicles registered
  17. Scott Danforth

    Cars you should have kept.

    Here is a list of cars I do NOT miss: 1973 AMC Gremlin 252 / 3-speed / levi interior 1970 Dodge Polara (318 auto) 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88 2-door 1976 Oldmobile Delta 88 4-door 1980 Ford Grenada 1970 Plymouth Satelite (rusty POS springs went thru the trunk shortly after purchase) 1980 Datsun...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Cars you should have kept.

    The Chrysler K-car was derived from the L cars - a joint venture with VW and designed by Chrysler Europe (Simca). the first L-car 1.7 liter motors were even VW short blocks with Chrysler heads on them (VW had not used a carb since 1975, having gone to bosch fuel injection). if you look at...
  19. Scott Danforth

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    ^ + 1. coming from the GM tech. the 10 speeds are a joint venture transmission with Ford and GM....Stalantis used the Aisin trans......Cummins Turbo diesel and Aisin 10-speed do not appear to have the same issues that Ford and GM are seeing.
  20. Scott Danforth

    215 sundowner transom

    the two flotation boxes will have water saturated foam. that will have extended the rot forward quite a bit. You have a lot more of the boat to de-rig
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