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  1. Scott Danforth

    same speed with different props

    your hull wont let you go any faster without a lot more motor than what you have your 19p prop sounds like a much better match to the motor than the 21p which is lugging the motor as you load the motor up, you back up the torque curve.
  2. Scott Danforth

    1980 Beachcraft I/O Pretty but Rotten

    How is the transom built? from post #2, the floor is ply (common across many many many boats) the engine will last up to the point you dont maintain it and it gets murdered (marine engines usually never wear out, they are killed) If you like the looks, pull the drive, motor, interior, build a...
  3. Scott Danforth

    AQ290DP Steering Sealing Ring Install

    No Idea how the seal came when new. its not in the drive manual I have and the little cartoon drawing in the parts breakdown isn't specific. the grease does both functions
  4. Scott Danforth

    2021 Tahoe T18 floor storage won’t drain

    take it to the dealer and have them fix it if the boat is new and only 4 months old.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Trim and tilt problems on 5.0L

    knocking is often a bad u-joint pull the drive and look look at the oil in the system and match. if its brown, its SAE 30 motor oil. if its red, its ATF. the pump is self bleeding. just cycle the trim/tilt its full range about 10 times
  6. Scott Danforth

    Shocking experience

    You have something wired wrong
  7. Scott Danforth

    Oil level too high?

    Measure your dipstick tube to the pan rail. Add 3.75" to 4" to that length and mark the dipstick Fill to that line Your oil level should be between 3.75 and 4" under crank centerline Crank centerline is 0.12" above the pan rail
  8. Scott Danforth

    AQ290DP Steering Sealing Ring Install

    both will work
  9. Scott Danforth

    AQ290DP Steering Sealing Ring Install

    thin lip presses on the helmet yoke make sure to install new plastic bearings use a stick to wedge the helmet yoke up (between the yoke and ground) and then clamp the tiller arm
  10. Scott Danforth

    No core floor

    pull your cap
  11. Scott Danforth

    Volvo penta stalling help

    Seloc manuals are good for knee pads or starting fires. they make better out-house paper than they do manuals get the factory Volvo Penta suite of manuals for your motor/controls/drives
  12. Scott Danforth

    Merc 165 L6 Bogging Down at WOT

    wont cut it for your issue you need to spend the $35 pull the carb apart, clean the passages and replace the accelerator pump
  13. Scott Danforth

    Wide, classic style boat (helm) seats?

    the seats you have posted are old Garelick seats. the seating division was sold to TACO and became TACO Seating almost 2 years ago the simple seats like that would be cheapest from your local canvas and upholstry shop as there are lots of mom-n-pop shops that build them now that most of the...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Fishing boat with cabin.

    5-people and comfortable depends if the people are normal sized or dwarfs fishing boat means less seats than a run-about, so you are in the 26'+ range For reference, a Freeman 42' boat has enough seating for 4-5 plus gear unless equipped with second row helm and aft facing seating. A scout...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    I see a full gut-n-restore from the pictures
  16. Scott Danforth

    Help! Water between hull and deck??

    your boat has 2-part flotation foam if it is still from the factory your floor should be held in place with blind rivets published weight is dry weight of boat, seats, etc, usually without motor. No gear or fuel or oil.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Compression Test without a battery?

    or use a screw driver on the solenoid to jump the B and S terms
  18. Scott Danforth

    Are wheel locks the way to go?

    Thieves will drive up to a boat in a marina parking lot and drive away with it and no-one would bat an eye until they go to look for the boat. if they want something, they will take it. I use the same lock as post #5 for both the RV and boat trailer I use a small lock when connected to the truck.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Motor out of alignment

    yes, a motor out of alignment will wear your gimbal bearing and take out your coupler if you read your manual, you should be pulling your drive every year and checking alignment
  20. Scott Danforth

    Motor out of alignment

    thousands of places make alignment tools for Mercruiser/OMC/Volvo drives. they are all the same
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