Search results

  1. Scott Danforth

    2001 Reinell 190 with Ford motor and OMC outdrive

    Stringer drives went out in 1985. A stringer in a 2001 boat is just a bunch of Frankenstein parts. Not worth buying unless they give you $2000 so you can pay disposal fees
  2. Scott Danforth

    97 tracker party deck

    Look at the wire colors. ABYC colors are standard for past 30 years. (In the electrical forum stickies)
  3. Scott Danforth

    Only starts at WOT

    Fuel lasts 12 months from date of distillation if it's stored in a closed container My guess you need to clean out the goo that used to be fuel that is in your tank
  4. Scott Danforth

    Only starts at WOT

    Being a Rochester on a VP, the motor is over 35 years old. I would start with a carb teardown and cleaning, then rebuild
  5. Scott Danforth

    Burning ~3 quarts of oil between changes

    I would look at stroking your current block to a 348. Talk to your local machine shop
  6. Scott Danforth

    Liquid Cooled ICE Question

    Yep, only the production 400 SBC has siamesed bores where the 350 has coolant flowing between the bores
  7. Scott Danforth

    Best home generator?

    The former Cummins Power Gen in me says Diesel 20kw to run the house The practical guy in me says the truck has a 145 amp alternator and the RV has 2 batteries and an inverter. Mainly because the power hasn't gone out the last 4 hurricanes because the lines in the neighborhood are underground
  8. Scott Danforth

    Firing order HELP

    Unless you removed the dizzy and stabbed it correctly when the motor is at TDC on #1. The rest doesn't matter. Start with the motor at TDC on the compression stroke and verify wiring from there
  9. Scott Danforth

    Firing order HELP

    See the first line of post #3
  10. Scott Danforth

    Sears/Eska Connecting rod question

    Look at them. Cast steel is different than cast iron
  11. Scott Danforth

    Firing order HELP

    First, make sure the dizzy is stabbed correctly 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
  12. Scott Danforth

    Ford 302 spark plug read

    Go a bit richer until no ping
  13. Scott Danforth

    Astroglass 1989 full rebuild

    Hey Mickey..... Step back 20 feet.....
  14. Scott Danforth

    Liquid Cooled ICE Question

    First, the bit of pressure is normal unless you check at the coldest time of day. As the system cools, it draws in coolant from the puke tank (overflow) As the day gets warm, the fluid expands and builds pressure up to the cap rating before it pushes back to the puke tank So ignore that...
  15. Scott Danforth

    2 Questions

    Factory service manual is worth it's weight in gold https://www.volvopenta.com/en-us/service-and-support/your-engine/manuals-and-handbooks/
  16. Scott Danforth

    2001 Reinell 190 with Ford motor and OMC outdrive

    Save yourself many thousands of dollars and run....run away
  17. Scott Danforth

    Clutch dog slipping ?

    This is a 14 year old thread. Please read the rules regarding old threads
Top