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  1. Scott Danforth

    Livewell and Interior design brainstorm

    I would put two 50 gallon livewells, a 2-pump seachest, a 1-1/2" high speed pickup. One forward,one aft. One for bait, one for caught fish
  2. Scott Danforth

    replacement Chevy engine for volvo penta

    There is only one GM HVS dizzy.....supplied by AC Delco for GM engines assembled in the Tonawanda engine plant.... Both Marine and truck pulled from the same parts bin.
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    New to Volvo family

    Search Volvo Muffs I use these.
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    New to Volvo family

    You can get a GM bare billet aluminum dizzy and swap over the ICM. Was about $100 last time I checked
  5. Scott Danforth

    Weed control

    You gave grand kids. Offer $0.10/# of weeds or $3 per wheel barrel full.
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    Tethered Laynard not working

    Outboards use the normally closed, held open terminals I/Os and powered ignitions use the normally open, held closed terminals Not sure what you bought from chineseazom
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    Alumacraft layoff..

    The market rose significantly during COVID, most companies were short-sighted and did not position themselves for when the market softened severely this past winter It should rebound in a few months, as RV is on the upswing and boating lags about 6 months
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    Weed control

    Most lakes I know of use something like this.
  9. Scott Danforth

    2003 4.3gl PEFS overheating, please help

    Find all the old impeller bits. You may need to back-flush
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Joe is the fuzzy looking one...... Not sure how he landed AC..... Hey Joe, JK We both ugly
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    Need to determine best prop for weird setup

    Blade style determines efficiency However if you want efficiency in a boat, get a sail or a bunch of oars and talk your buddies into rowing
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    New to Volvo family

    May have to swap the dizzy. The plastic body dizzys suffered from the screws stripping out. You can also get threaded inserts for the plastic
  13. Scott Danforth

    Sea Ray 1977 200SR

    Those are thermal-declination phase-shift material breaches.... AKA freeze damaged. Manifolds are junk May want to pressure test the motor, before going any further with it. Don't assume it survived. Freeze cracks on Ford's usually leak when motor is warm, however fail a pressure test
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    Purple instrument wire no power

    The dash should be daisy chained to a fuse running off the ignition key. It will split a few times and run back to the motor
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    Water in coupler bell housing

    Was the bilge ever flooded?
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    Water in coupler bell housing

    Bell housing should not be sealed. However a leaking core plug could be the cause
  17. Scott Danforth

    2006 MerCruiser 4.3 to MPI Swap

    Yes, you need everything
  18. Scott Danforth

    Stumbling at Cruising Speed - OMC 5.8L

    It's used as a mixing valve to mix block circuit with the constant flow to exhaust
  19. Scott Danforth

    Dock question: how do these sections hook together?

    Won't need auger posts unless you leave your pontoon tied to it in a big wind storm. The pontoon will act as a sail and pull the dock
  20. Scott Danforth

    Engine swap.

    A change to aluminum exhaust manifolds like something from stainless exhaust will drop almost 80# An iron short block LS motor is about 130# lighter than the BBC. Put aluminum heads on and add a heat exchanger and you drop 60#-70# It will drop the value. Because Mercruiser does not use LS or...
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