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  1. Scott Danforth

    Old Mercruiser 120 3000rpms WOT rated for 3900-4300

    Check compression. All cylinders should be about 140 Go back to the distributor. Set the dwell to 32 degrees with a dwell meter Set the timing to 4-6 degrees BTDC
  2. Scott Danforth

    Boat age vs financing.

    put the parts boat on a junk trailer out at the road, put for sale $2500 and someone will steal it.....
  3. Scott Danforth

    OBD II scanner reader

    yamaha sells a diagnostic kit google yamaha YDS
  4. Scott Danforth

    When do you pull your freshwater boat?

    My buds boat is the first in on his lake in the spring usually a day or two after ice-out, and last off, usually deer hunting weekend
  5. Scott Danforth

    Hydraulic Steering for Sterndrive

    Plenty of boat salvage yards where you could get the bits you need for dirt cheap. let us know how it goes.
  6. Scott Danforth

    2002 5,7 Mercruiser exhaust manifold keeps cracking - 5 times this summer

    sporadic cooling water. manifold runs without water, gets to 900-1100 degrees, gets a slug of cold cooling water..... instant cracked casting you also burned up all the rubber bits in your exhaust as they are only rated to 250 degrees start at the inlet strainers and go thru every inch of...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Another Motor mount repair question

    do a test drill into the stringers, about a 5/16" drill, mark off the drill with tape to only drill 1/2". drill up about 2" from the hull.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Need help

    That's how Godzilla, mothra, and the smog monster are created
  9. Scott Danforth

    Another Motor mount repair question

    Finding them is easy, getting them to put down the video game controller and be interested in hard work is the challenge
  10. Scott Danforth

    Replacing U-joints Alpha one gen 1

    It's your thread.... You can post as often as you want and when you want
  11. Scott Danforth

    Getting challenging to find somewhat common items?

    the town I grew up in had 4 bars on nearly every corner. at one point, the most bars per capita in the world. that was about 173 bars for a town of 39,000 people. then there were every grocery store (selling liquor) every liquor store and every gas station selling beer.....not sure you can...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Hydraulic Steering for Sterndrive

    yes, that is how most of the power steering I/O boats are done
  13. Scott Danforth

    Elgin needle bearings

    thats soliciting parts which is against the rules.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Elgin needle bearings

    I never said cage. however bearing houses do not just sell the rollers. they sell the rollers and the shell that is pressed into the housing.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Getting challenging to find somewhat common items?

    there are about 400 filters that will screw in where the delco curerntly fits. its a 13/16-16 thread, 3-9/16 OD gasket is 3" ID x 3-3/8" anti-drain back 25-30 micron rating I personally dont like the shorter filters, as they load up and bypass way too soon Wix 57099 would be my preference...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Elgin needle bearings

    you need to buy a whole bearing with the races from your local bearing house. not just the needle rollers should be numbers on side of bearing
  17. Scott Danforth

    Hydraulic Steering for Sterndrive

    something is not right. I have 450hp going to my mid 80's drive and steering without issue. However I have the power steering actuator I would just get the power steering version of the drive actuator for the 270, 275, 280, 280 drives . only the small 4-cylinders should have gotten manual...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Another Motor mount repair question

    Never had a fiberglass boat that was just the transom and motor mounts. stringers and flotation boxes at a minimum. watching the forums, most are a full gut-n-restore being a 1988, you will most likely find lots of water logged foam going forward about 6-8 feet from the transom. you may get...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Boat age vs financing.

    you can finance a truck.....🤣
  20. Scott Danforth

    2007 to 2008+ 4.3L Mercruiser Swap

    there are billet aftermarket front covers without the sensor if you really want.
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