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  1. Scott Danforth

    Merc 4.3 v6 distributor cap and cilinder connections

    possibly. however do not count on it. find TDC on the motor, look at the rotor location. that is tower 1
  2. Scott Danforth

    Updating the 39 year old Tyee

    I would install the bases myself you could always bolt in a block-off-plate
  3. Scott Danforth

    Merc 4.3 v6 distributor cap and cilinder connections

    Never assume the tower on the dizzy is in a specific location. The tower the rotor is pointing to when the motor is at TDC is number 1
  4. Scott Danforth

    Merc 4.3 v6 distributor cap and cilinder connections

    Why not just use the proper GM or Mercruiser diagram
  5. Scott Danforth

    Merc 4.3 v6 distributor cap and cilinder connections

    Follow your sketch. You have tower 1 of the dizzy going to cyl 3
  6. Scott Danforth

    Merc 4.3 v6 distributor cap and cilinder connections

    Your sketch is wrong Cylinder 1 is port forward
  7. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    So the HP830 carb I picked up appears to be unmolested other than mud dauber larva in the vent tubes. Guy I bought it from had it on a 502 in a boat and couldn't get it to idle right. 3 if the 4 idle screws were only 1/4 turn out. One was out 1.5
  8. Scott Danforth

    Exhaust Bellow

    That is always where you start
  9. Scott Danforth

    Updating the 39 year old Tyee

    I would not put a ski tower on it. Look at the turbo swing
  10. Scott Danforth

    Merc 350 mag mpi HELP! 200°

    go back to the person you paid and ask if they found all the impeller bits if not, start pulling things apart yourself overheat is a direct result of lack of cooling water flow.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Merc overheating…

    do a compression check running back like you did, you may have warped your heads remember, rubber bits like an impeller do not care how little you use the boat. their calendar starts ticking away the moment the part is released from the mold. Impellers are a change every few years type of...
  12. Scott Danforth

    NEED INFO.

    welcome aboard no need for all caps look at the 20hp parts listing and the 25hp parts listing and see what changes
  13. Scott Danforth

    Cracked block leaking water

    I'm with Bondo here. would be a pain to weld in lieu of an over, you would need a big weed-burner head to pre-heat the area to weld it, and since there is paint and oil, it will usually result in a fire Not to mention, you will get the weld to go ploink once or twice
  14. Scott Danforth

    Cracked block leaking water

    in this pic it looks like it was cracked once, then patched with JB weld then recracked I would seriously look at how the block was winterized so that when you replace it with a new one the same issues are not repeated.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Smelly 2-Stroke

    I have three candles on my wish list. "Race Gas", "2-stroke" and "burnout"
  16. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser greatly overpropped, need advice

    I normally keep the key off and use a remote start switch
  17. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser greatly overpropped, need advice

    A 1988 GM motor can be spun to 4800-5000 rpm without issues
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