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  1. Scott Danforth

    Please help with engine type selection!

    What is your budget? Your boat came with a 1992-1995 5.7 liter. However a 1996-2013 5.7 will bolt right in Your current motor most likely has bad exhaust manifold, so you have to replace them The front accessories are probably good I personally would look for a low mileage 1996-2000 5.7...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Monterey engine cover hardware all missing

    Hatch latch should be one of these. https://tacomarine.com/specialty-hinges-latches
  3. Scott Danforth

    mercruiser 3.7

    Have you serviced the points?
  4. Scott Danforth

    4.3 how to remove thermostat/sleeve from housing

    Some of those sleeves are plastic, some are copper (fabricated)
  5. Scott Danforth

    Thoughts on New Gen Direct Injected VP 5.3L v8 350HP?

    The LT motors have been used by Volvo since 2014. They are not new. The 6.2 puts out 430hp
  6. Scott Danforth

    Curved stern ladder

    One of the many Chinese ladders on the market
  7. Scott Danforth

    Volvo penta aq125a

    Use an analog meter
  8. Scott Danforth

    1970 Sea Star 15'

    Your boat needs a full restoration. Last thing to rot is the floor. Decades after the stringers and transom Read link 14 in its entirety, then the other links https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/
  9. Scott Danforth

    Sealant Around Center Console

    Guaranteed it's caulk. I have been on the Pioneer shop floor
  10. Scott Danforth

    What To Get?

    When it comes to boats, you really need between 3 and 7 boats to fit needs Everything from a kayak to a cabin cruiser
  11. Scott Danforth

    Sealant Around Center Console

    The center console just sits in a divot in the floor on the pioneer. The caulk is 95% cosmetic to keep crud from growing in the crack It should still be UV stable life-caulk. https://www.boatlife.com/product/life-calk-cartridge/
  12. Scott Danforth

    Pontoon Transom Cracks - Need Repair?

    That transom well needs a few reinforcement plates added. Also check for cracks at the mounting flanges to the deck structure. Have seen many 'toon pods come off in a "catastrophic disassembly" over the years
  13. Scott Danforth

    1997 GP760 Wave Runner scored pistons and cylinders

    Too lean, look at your fuel system
  14. Scott Danforth

    online shopping

    It's going to take another few months for the market to correct itself Those with over-priced goods will just sit on them
  15. Scott Danforth

    Alumacraft layoff..

    Keep the politics on X and facetube
  16. Scott Danforth

    Pontoon Transom Cracks - Need Repair?

    find a welder that does aluminum. (Hint, even your local radiator shop welds aluminum) Whome ever suggested JB weld is an IDIOT!. do your self a favor and do not listen to that
  17. Scott Danforth

    Need to determine best prop for weird setup

    follow the manual for setting base timing. put the timing shunt in and set to 1 degree BTDC then CHECK full advance at 2800 RPM. is it within spec? Yes, or No.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Water in the fuel

    Should be a carbon canister somewhere on a post 2012. Check to make sure the hose didn't break and is laying in the bilge
  19. Scott Danforth

    Need advice, Chaparral 190 SSI 2004

    Have you called Chaparral's customer service yet?
  20. Scott Danforth

    What To Get?

    in one thread you ask about a 14 foot, in another you wanted to put a camper on a boat. as other stated, I would rent a few boats, find what you like. a simple boat for lakes and rivers will be an aluminum boat with an outboard big water will require a bigger boat, most likely fiberglass...
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