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  1. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 L Alpha One

    Look under the manifold for a crack in the engine block If the core plug was pushed out, the block is most likely cracked You may get lucky and it's just a leaking exhaust system. May have to pull the motor to check
  2. Scott Danforth

    How on EARTH do I get this thing off?

    Get a good 4-pin spanner and a breaker bar Use a heat gun and heat the end of the bore tube to about 300f
  3. Scott Danforth

    Mounting Bolt Compression of Transom

    Weigh the boat. My guess is the hull is about 400# heavy
  4. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 L Alpha One

    How did you last winterize?
  5. Scott Danforth

    What Year is My Boat 14’ Aluminum Mirro Craft

    Wisconsin DNR can get you the information from the last registration. If you are in Wisconsin, I have had the best luck going to the Brown County office on 29. The worst luck with Milwaukee
  6. Scott Danforth

    Need help identifying a 1978(?) Starcraft, 27' long

    What is the seller asking for this $300 worth of aluminum?
  7. Scott Danforth

    What Year is My Boat 14’ Aluminum Mirro Craft

    you need to pin down the paperwork to properly sell it. Mirro had the ski-n-troll in both 14' and 16'. grew up on a '74 ski-n-troll that mom bought dad with her company discount. (if you have teflon coated mirro cookware, she probably sprayed it.)
  8. Scott Danforth

    Mounting Bolt Compression of Transom

    start by doing a test drill into the transom. most likely, you need to replace the transom wood.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Merc 850 Inline 6 Piston Scoring

    Step 1 is to find a machine shop that does blind boring
  10. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0 L Alpha One

    ebay link has pics. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235078233517 however, as others posted. what exactly are you looking for?
  11. Scott Danforth

    Merc 850 Inline 6 Piston Scoring

    you can do a single piston oversized. however once you find out how much it costs to blind-bore and hone one cylinder or two cylinders. you may as well do the others as the set-up is 90% the cost.
  12. Scott Danforth

    projects other than boats

    yours is exciting in its own way...... like cruising down the highway and it just quitting.... :D.... just kidding. dont you have an old T-bird as well?
  13. Scott Danforth

    Transom Repair, Caribbean Jaguar.

    If the transom is rotten, most likely the stringers are also rotten Did you drill test them?
  14. Scott Danforth

    Need help identifying a dp drive

    Seal kit - yes Bearing kit - no Shim kit - no
  15. Scott Danforth

    Merc 850 Inline 6 Piston Scoring

    Doesn't matter what your pistons are like as you will need to get the bores bored and honed and get new pistons and rings
  16. Scott Danforth

    Manuals

    You can get factory service manuals here: https://outboardbooks.com/
  17. Scott Danforth

    2007 mercruiser 3.0 Rust by the looks of it on side of block cover

    It's the lifter cover. Remember, the 3.0 is a stroked version of the 153 cubic inch 4-cylinder that was designed in the late 50s for debut in the 1962 Chevy II
  18. Scott Danforth

    2014 Yamaha F115LA with 50 hours?

    The motor sat for a while. Do all the PMs it needs, then run it
  19. Scott Danforth

    2007 mercruiser 3.0 Rust by the looks of it on side of block cover

    If the rust bothers you. Hit it with a rattle can of black engine paint If the rust really bothers you, pull the starter, pull the dizzy, hit the rust with a wire brush. Then hit it with a rattle can of engine paint. Don't forget the timing cover that never had paint on it from the factory
  20. Scott Danforth

    Need help identifying a dp drive

    That is a drive spacer for an AQ series Fits 290DP thru DP-H (or there about) Just look at the parts breakdown for the appropriate AQ drive for the seals. It uses the same 2 o-rings as the ones at the joint on the standard drives, just twice as many
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