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  1. Scott Danforth

    Repair before installing Keelguard?

    looks like someone smeared auto body filler over the keel rash. the talc based auto-body filler will come loose when exposed to water
  2. Scott Danforth

    Cruising RPM’s

    From what I can find for a 1973 Gibson 36' with the chrysler diesel, the max RPM of the motor is 3600 RPM and it puts out 73hp.
  3. Scott Danforth

    1995 Grumman deep V 17' Model SP1784 replacing deck floor

    being a tinny, the job is easier. floor can be 1/2, 5/8, or 3/4. do not use pressure treated. ACX or marine ply. I would coat with the old-timers formula (just use the search function). looks like all the wood is gone, so definitely replace the transom wood as evidenced by the brown streaks...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Help me identify what engine I have in my new boat

    angle spacers are more about hood clearance than anything else.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Cruising RPM’s

    It's a houseboat. They move at displacement speed. They move the same speed with 50hp as they do 500 hp When you serviced the raw water pump, did you find all the missing pieces from the impeller?
  6. Scott Danforth

    5.0 GXi-J fuel pump relay keeps tripping

  7. Scott Danforth

    5.0 GXi-J fuel pump relay keeps tripping

    go in from the back side where the terminals are snapped into the plastic bit. you need access from both sides, you also need a small pick or small jewelers screw driver to release the tang to pull the terminals out.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Help me identify what engine I have in my new boat

    your manifold is drilled for dual patterns..... Holley Pattern and Q-jet pattern
  9. Scott Danforth

    Help me identify what engine I have in my new boat

    Threads are 5/16-18
  10. Scott Danforth

    5.0 GXi-J fuel pump relay keeps tripping

    Crimp the terminals in the relay mount. You have a bad connection causing heat
  11. Scott Danforth

    Starter grounding issue

    Clean the engine block pad. Clean the starter pad Because it would have cost money
  12. Scott Danforth

    Help me identify what engine I have in my new boat

    No
  13. Scott Danforth

    Help me identify what engine I have in my new boat

    Spacers add mid-range torque to a point
  14. Scott Danforth

    Bellows adhesive or not?

    I would wire brush the corrosion, use a zinc dichromate primer, and some paint prior.
  15. Scott Danforth

    1987 mercury 75

    most likely it would need a new harness because the old one's insulation will be deteriorated.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Simple winterization process / draining 4.3gl

    a little spray of water in the shaft hole is not an issue you want to run the motor up to temperature at an idle with the hose on full blast
  17. Scott Danforth

    Cold Starting RPM: What is normal?

    I run a holly 4150 without a choke. initial start is usually about 1500 RPM for a minute or so. no reason you cant get the 4160 to run at 1500 RPM or so for a few minutes. the choke should hold the carb shut, until you start it, and then it should open to about 3/8" wide when running, and...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    they dig after the grubs in your yard. get rid of the grubs, you wont have moles or armadillos beneficial nematodes
  19. Scott Danforth

    One riser 60 degrees hotter

    Never run faster than 1500 RPM on muffs Since your trailer is never perfectly level, the higher elbow will be hotter
  20. Scott Danforth

    Merc alpha one gen 2 can this be welded ?

    a competent welder can weld that.
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