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  1. Scott Danforth

    Water intake location? MC 185 w/AlphaOne

    and you can not run an outdrive in a barrel. you must use the muffs.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Help identify 5.7 longblock serial#

    is it the little round heat tag? those are overheat indicators that melt and fall-off if the motor is ever run hot.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Pressure treated plywood in aluminum boat

    Exterior plywood, titebond III, and some Iinseed oil will last longer than treated plywood and it won't eat your aluminum hull
  4. Scott Danforth

    Sharrow propellers

    For 8800, I can buy 6 sets of stainless props and 6 tanks of fuel
  5. Scott Danforth

    1985 Malibu Ski Boat Repair

    Gel You have some crazing in the gel. I would look to see if there is any damage on the inside
  6. Scott Danforth

    2005 mercury 4.3 spitting oil out. Starboard side

    every NAPA will have a plug for an SBC dipstick hole.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Cabela's propeller c321423. Will it fit a Merc 150?

    cabela props were private labeled by precision props. maybe call them since Cabelas is now Bass Pro Shops
  8. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4L heat exchanger repair

    Mr Cool is an aftermarket unit. the factory units came from Champ and Monitor. not sure how the aftermarket unit is made.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4L heat exchanger repair

    the whole thing is made of copper tubing, sheet and bronze castings. there is a mix of brazed and soldered bits the elbows are standard nibco elbows that are coped to fit the shell (should be 5.125 or 6.125" OD. and there is a hose retention bead rolled in it. the shell is just copper tube...
  10. Scott Danforth

    2000 vp 5.0 - can i use the closed tstat housing for raw conversion?

    only way that happened is if the HX was put on a used motor, or the EG wasnt maintained.
  11. Scott Danforth

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    I estimate $125K-$130K range
  12. Scott Danforth

    Raw water pump volvo belt driven

    https://www.spxflow.com/assets/original/johnson-pump-marine-marine-catalog-2018-us.pdf start about page 42. page 46 has the F5B (5.7 liter and smaller) and F6B (5.7 liter and bigger) crankshaft mounted pumps for the GM motors being belt driven, I assume the F7B. the SPX catalog sucks. the...
  13. Scott Danforth

    2000 vp 5.0 - can i use the closed tstat housing for raw conversion?

    ^+1
  14. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4L heat exchanger repair

    Is this a CHAMP or monitor heat exchanger? I would recommend that you take it to a radiator shop so they can pressure test after the repair the tube bundle is brazed, so that is not an issue, and the elbows to shell brazing is usually done prior to the tube bundle being installed in the shell...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Trailer tongue bracing? Help!

    hire a mobile welder to come to you. or flat-bed the boat/trailer
  16. Scott Danforth

    Merc Controls

    the controls on the 9.8 that you had were a 9.8E only option used on pontoon boats. basically mercontrol lite.... no frills, just 4 wires back to the motor. it took me over a year to find one for the hellion because I was running a 9.8E power head on the hellion. there are 2 starter wires and...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Aluminum Boat Transom Knee

    I would use 11 gauge (1/8")
  18. Scott Danforth

    OMC Cobra Lower unit replacement

    Find a complete 1992 or later Mercruiser 5.7 and Alpha 1 Gen II and swap complete
  19. Scott Danforth

    Aluminum Boat Transom Knee

    Use 5051, it will bend just fine
  20. Scott Danforth

    Aluminum Boat Transom Knee

    Any local fab shop can make you one
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