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  1. Scott Danforth

    Why is finding information on boats so difficult?

    Stop following an un-educated hack on facetube Your piston seal failed and your piston in the cylinder is bypassing
  2. Scott Danforth

    Why is finding information on boats so difficult?

    Nope, wipers and seals in the cylinders. Get the correct kit from five-star for the early cylinders
  3. Scott Danforth

    Why is finding information on boats so difficult?

    Try finding brake caliper seals from VW (hint, VW pulls whole caliper from Audi.) They are no breakdowns at the OEM level BTW, there are no O-rings in the trim system. There are cylinders seals and pump seals
  4. Scott Danforth

    Why is finding information on boats so difficult?

    Boats are more like hand-crafted custom suits, RVs, burgers, mystery meat tacos or meth labs. Each model is made between 1 and 1500 per year, it's slapped together with what ever parts they can get that week (there is no standardization)and there is near zero documentation. The hull is the...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Is my shift cable stretched?

    yes, the cone clutches wear. and the cables stretch cables last about 15-20 years. your 2004 is coming up on 21 years
  6. Scott Danforth

    1999 Searay 185 Knocking

    fuel filters are a yearly maintenance item.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Why is finding information on boats so difficult?

    This is the pin spanner I had to modify. This the the cylinders pulled from the drive this is what the cylinders look like apart.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Why is finding information on boats so difficult?

    yet you claim to be a mechanic to reseal the cylinders. raise the drive, put a block of wood underneath the drive, pull the pins on the cylinder rods, lower the drive to retract the rods using a pin spanner, pull the glands off the cylinders, pull the rod, gland and piston assembly. take it...
  9. Scott Danforth

    290 sterndrive serial decode

    for the drive, get a complete upper and lower seal kit (they are the same for all 290 drive up to the DP-H). Seal kits from VP will run you about $600 as they now list the seals separately (875741 , 876266 are now listed as see dealer) Seal kits from Sierra will be about $200 total for the...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Why is finding information on boats so difficult?

    Then I suggest you sell the boat. the seals will last 20 years max and you are going on 41 years it took me an hour to re-seal the cylinders
  11. Scott Danforth

    290 sterndrive serial decode

    you didnt listen. you look up parts based on the AQ151A package. Not your serial numbers. because the number you are posting is the transom plate number, not the drive number just above the steering helmut pin.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Stumbling at Cruising Speed - OMC 5.8L

    the old Mallory YLM distributor for your ford. however its now Sierra as the mallory line for marine was sloughed off to Sierra. I do not know the quality since the change.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Why is finding information on boats so difficult?

    If you are looking at information on your VP AQ151A package as per this thread https://forums.iboats.com/threads/290-sterndrive-serial-decode.773272/ then you follow the bread crumb trail I left. you can get part information that way. get the proper manual from VP for working on the motor or...
  14. Scott Danforth

    290 sterndrive serial decode

    in the volvo world from the 80's, you look up the whole package for an AQ151A specifically, you go here. https://www.volvopenta.com/shop/0 look up the AQ151A and then look at the transmission if you want to know specifically which 290 you have. however based on the year, its most likely a...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Oil Gauge Wiring Question Re: The Ignition Wire

    Wire the gauge to the other gauges. Just daisy chain the +VDC (purple wire), the ground (black wire) and the dash light (blue wire). The sender is the light blue wire under the dash
  16. Scott Danforth

    Why is finding information on boats so difficult?

    Regardless if it's a Merc, VP, OMC, etc. there are identification guides in the stickies. Your 7 paragraph post doesn't have one but of information on what you are working on
  17. Scott Danforth

    Stumbling at Cruising Speed - OMC 5.8L

    No, especially not Pertronix
  18. Scott Danforth

    Does anyone remember when car & boat engines only had.

    As a hot rodder from the 80s and 90s, I built EFI systems.....,really expensive early systems..... Only to have less peak power and the same economy as a properly tuned carb. After rebuilding the same motors for the third time and getting them retuned.....for the 7th time.... I realized EFI has...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Inoperative Gauges

    Follow the purple wire from the gauges to the key switch. Most likely a fuse/circuit breaker or bad connection
  20. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    looks like my axle is on its way........ Now I hold my breath...... I have a tracking number that just showed up on the R&L carrier site...... Not holding my breath on the frame.....
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