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  1. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    Diameter? Or crank mounting pattern?
  2. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    Tonawanda is the truck and boat and industrial engine plant Romulus is the car plant
  3. Scott Danforth

    5.7 merc quadrajet idle

    FYI, for about $60 you can buy everything you need to convert to electric choke.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Engine/outdrive swap recommendations please.

    Any swap will require a new transom and stringer setup. However it will be worth it
  5. Scott Danforth

    1997 Doral 300 SC twin 5.7 mercruiser

    I would run the motors off a good fuel source like a 3 gallon outboard tank Verify compression
  6. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    If it was me, I would go to a you-pull-it, get a running 1998-2003 s-10 4.3 long block with under 100,000 miles Swap the core plugs, swap the head gaskets, swap the circulation pump, then add the accessories and other items Get a used vortec intake from ebay You're then only out $500 vs the...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    Light reading. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/complete-history-of-the-4-3-liter-with-casting-numbers.693935/
  8. Scott Danforth

    Easiest Conversion

    @Rranger I know where a pair of running 3.7's are if you stick with the 3.7
  9. Scott Danforth

    I just got a 1980 Renken w/OMC stringer

    you can put the blades any way you like. they straighten themselves out when the motor turns.
  10. Scott Danforth

    OMC 260 Stringer Stern Drive??

    Agree to disagree on that. Mechanical units were 1981-1985, silver in color and had a different pickup. Hydro-mechanical shifts were 1978-1980, white in color, and have the pickup as shown in the pics Below is the mechanical shift
  11. Scott Danforth

    1987 GM 305 x 2 rebuild questions.

    If you have a gear set. Not a timing chain set. However two gears. Only then do you have a RH motor. However 99.9995% sure you have 2 LH motors
  12. Scott Danforth

    Need advice

    usually throw the phone in the glove box because the phone is not readable in Florida sunshine.
  13. Scott Danforth

    OMC 260 Stringer Stern Drive??

    here is the only place to get a manual. https://outboardbooks.com/ you will NOT find a manual on-line for copyright reasons there are videos on the T&C website. http://sterndrive.info/ you have a hydro-electric shift stringer 800
  14. Scott Danforth

    Wave impact, whining engine gxi-d 5.7

    you mention cutlass bearing, which is only on pure inboards do you have a pure inboard, or do you have an I/O? Inboards would not have a power steering pump (or the lines will be tied together). I/O's will have a power steering pump. the saginaw pump will whine like crazy at low oil. the...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Gas and Ethanol

    your new motor was designed to run on E10, not E15 youre fine running it on normal pump swill no need to spend more money on higher octane since you only use the motor for a few months, no need for a stabilizer
  16. Scott Danforth

    1987 GM 305 x 2 rebuild questions.

    verify before you worry. both should be LH. however pull the timing covers on your old 305's if you have chains on both, they are LH. if one has a gearset, its a RHmotor
  17. Scott Danforth

    MOTOR SWAP

    Start with the year of you OMC . As indicated, you most likely have a 1985 or older boat and bought a 1986 and newer motor or visa-versa What do you have
  18. Scott Danforth

    Wet sanding gel coat

    You can wet sand and buff on the same day
  19. Scott Danforth

    What gives with helping people with a problem ?????????????

    We take beer and bait.....
  20. Scott Danforth

    Mid-70s 400sbc Bogging

    Start with basics. Compression? Is this driven daily or does it sit. If it sits, go thru the fuel system
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