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  1. Scott Danforth

    Required HP for slalom skiing

    Both my buddy (6'2" #275) and I (5'-8" #200) have slalomed behind my 17' boat with a 3.9, my 19' boat with a 5.0 and a few other boats What ever you pick, you will need to prop accordingly I would be looking for a 5.7 in a 21' boat
  2. Scott Danforth

    2014 4.3 liter TKS bogs after running 35 knots for 45 minutes.

    Carb cleaner Suggest berrymans
  3. Scott Danforth

    2014 4.3 liter TKS bogs after running 35 knots for 45 minutes.

    You clean the carb again Idle circuit is first to get plugged along with accelerator pump circuit as they are the lowest in the bowl High speed circuits s are higher in the bowl
  4. Scott Danforth

    VP 4.3GS Fuel Delivery Problem?

    Volvo buys kits from Holley and marks them up. Go to Holley and look in the library and get the kit that matches your air horn number However I personally would simply go to my bench where I have about 300 Holley gaskets. Most likely only needing a metering plate gasket, bowl gasket and...
  5. Scott Danforth

    2014 4.3 liter TKS bogs after running 35 knots for 45 minutes.

    Look at the accelerator pump on the carb
  6. Scott Danforth

    VP 4.3GS Fuel Delivery Problem?

    Your carb needs to be pulled apart and gone thru
  7. Scott Danforth

    '86 OMC Stringer Sterndrive...impeller R&R video?

    Sterndrive.info has videos for the stringers drives
  8. Scott Danforth

    Strip old carpet from pontoon deck

    Being a 1984, plan on replacing some of the deck too if the deck is plywood Recarpet requires removing the fence, seats, console, rub rail and nearly all hardware From there you will pull wiring, etc . Then if your deck is good, you will be using acetone and scrapers to remove the old glue...
  9. Scott Danforth

    High speed live well pick up.

    Are you using a seachest? High speed pickups will flow any time the boat is moving and usually flow much more than your livewells will need
  10. Scott Danforth

    Adding a temp alarm

    The Volvo 280 is the drive They were usually paired with an AQ260 or AQ230 motor. Since you stated 5.7 liter it will be the AQ260 The kit will be fine. A water pressure gauge will tell you the health of your raw water pump much sooner than a high temp alarm. Neither is a substitute for...
  11. Scott Danforth

    E10 and old 2-stroke engines?

    Make sure the fuel lines have been manufactured in the last 25 years to be ethanol friendly
  12. Scott Danforth

    '86 4.3L OMC Stringerdrive runs to almost 200°

    Pull the drive apart. Buy a complete new raw water pump assembly Grease the pivot shaft Replace the now burned exhaust rubber bits
  13. Scott Danforth

    1989 3.0 Alpha 1 questions

    Get the factory service manuals Pull the drive , inspect the gimbal, u-joints, etc. Check the alignment. Change the bellows. Pull the lower off and replace the water pump Check the transom and stringers for rot
  14. Scott Danforth

    Engine Swap

    You built a 330+ hp capable bottom end with 260-270hp capable heads The motor came with flat tops from the factory. So the only thing you added was timing chain If you want 300hp, you need vortec heads or you need to spin the motor faster than the drive wants to spin
  15. Scott Danforth

    Engine Swap

    Which heads are on the motor? If you upgraded to vortec heads you will need a new manifold If you didn't, you can keep your existing manifold and carb. Just need to rejet
  16. Scott Danforth

    4.3 Mercruiser Briefly Stalls but Then Continues On

    It's never the coil (except in 3 out of 1 million) Most likely bad connection unless you were shifting
  17. Scott Danforth

    Polish / compound / wax questions!

    additionally, any vinyl pinstriping will need to be done before waxing
  18. Scott Danforth

    No air filters?

    not needed.
  19. Scott Danforth

    1984 omc gm 3.0l engine running rough?

    because you have points, the first thing you need to do is file them to get the layer of corrosion off the terminals from sitting. then rough gap, set dwell with a meter, then set timing. that is the downside to points is you have to do that every spring.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Is this boat salvageable???

    Anything is restorable/salvageable To restore the boat, plan on spending about $7-10k and a year or two of your life Then you will have a $5000 boat New trailers are only $2200. If you can get $500 for the trailer with the boat on it so you do not have to pay disposal fees, I would do that.
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