Search results

  1. Scott Danforth

    MerCruiser single point drain leak.

    having worked side by side with many of the mercury marine engineers, I can tell you the system is over complicated and prone to failure. I can also attest that when it does fail, it will take out your block. its actually quite easy to remove once you understand the cooling system The only...
  2. Scott Danforth

    Repairing the gel oat on my Wellcraft 16.5 airslot

    covered in link 13 of this hull restoration forum sticky. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/ 90% of all your questions will have been answered in the stickies.
  3. Scott Danforth

    1955 elgin water pump repair or replacement kit

    check the AOMCI boards.
  4. Scott Danforth

    How do you test a lower unit for leaks.

    drain fluid pressure test
  5. Scott Danforth

    Procedure to drain and refill closed antifreeze on 5th gen Volvo Penta 4.3?

    side of the block on each side is the block drain, just above the pan rail, aft of the motor mount bosses. the heat exchangers need to be drained too. suggest a flush as well. get the factory service manual from volvo. its copywrited material
  6. Scott Danforth

    Procedure to drain and refill closed antifreeze on 5th gen Volvo Penta 4.3?

    Yes
  7. Scott Danforth

    Trying to find Brochure or manufacturer info on my boat.

    your boat is an islander based on the picture They are made off-shore in fiji https://www.fibreglass.com.fj/islander-boats If I had to guess, looks to be early 2000's Islander 17 Randal craft made small bass style boats. https://boatbrochure.com/products/randall-craft-brochure...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Request for Photos of Johnson V4 rebuild

    Its covered in the factory service manual https://www.outboardbooks.com/
  9. Scott Danforth

    1989 Mercruser 5.7 will not get over 2000 rpm

    run the motor from a separate portable fuel tank after you clean the carb. by clean, not talking an exterior spray of carb cleaner, however taking it apart, cleaning all the passages and verifying they are clear by passing fishing line thru them prior to installing a new gasket set.
  10. Scott Danforth

    3.0 Mercruiser seems to hang or seize when starting

    unless he is using a gap-style spark tester that shows a spark jumping a 3/8" spark, he is most likely using the cheap little one that simply has a light that lights up. the OP may not be getting a good spark. the little light-up spark testers will fire at as little as 5000 volts. dwell time...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Random

    18 gallons of fuel in 3.6 seconds is not bad this boat https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-23133/alamshar.htm consumes 13.6 gallons of fuel per second at WOT which is 65 knots. although its only published at 45 knots. Its rooster tail can be viewed from space. the aft...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Adding fuse panel question

    you will be fine with 8 gauge wire. the bluesea systems amp to length ratio chart is linked below https://www.bluesea.com/resources/1437 Most standard outboard control harnesses only run 14 gauge to the dash. some run 16 gauge.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Ocean outboard ID Required

    looks like a farmer made it in the machine shed and added a decal his kids made on a cricut
  14. Scott Danforth

    3.0 Mercruiser seems to hang or seize when starting

    if dwell is not properly set, timing cant properly be set with points. no money is even spent on setting points. just 5 minutes of time to get the beer, dwell meter, screw drive and remote start button
  15. Scott Danforth

    Fiberglass Question

    if you do not need strength of the core under the fiberglass, mix up some microspheres into a fairing compound. Me, I would cut the top of the 16" wide wall off, fix the core material, then when I glass it back, I would put storage lockers in the whole wall to store PFD's, Life vests, tackle...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Serial number

    No crimp. It's an inverted flare. Slide the tube nut on the tube. double flare the tube the tool is $20 from amazon (every one that works on cars should have one in their tool box already https://www.amazon.com/Double-Flaring-Tubing-Bender-Cutter/dp/B07TXZ5K58/ here are some random youtube...
  17. Scott Danforth

    292 inline 6 with prealpha drive for 19.5 cuddy

    Looks like rotten core material. Grind down to good glass and build back up
  18. Scott Danforth

    Ideas on getting lake water temp sensor w/o drilling into hull?

    LMAO.... Not to mention the door county cherry bounce
  19. Scott Danforth

    Sea Pro Seats

    Your local marine upholstery shop
  20. Scott Danforth

    Adding fuse panel question

    I went with Carling circuit breakers. $3 each from Grainger. Add the little sealed plastic covers for $1.
Top