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  1. Scott Danforth

    Water in cylinders after sitting

    And how did you clean up the corrosion?
  2. Scott Danforth

    Not allowed to make "for sale" posts anywhere on iboats forum, correct?

    eBay, Craigslist, or Facebook Marketplace
  3. Scott Danforth

    1995 OMC Overheating

    That pump is what pumps cooling water. So fix the pump, find all the pieces of the damaged impeller and replace all the rubber bits in your exhaust system that you burned up with no water. Hope you are not trying to run the motor in a bucket. Always use muffs or launch the boat
  4. Scott Danforth

    year of manufacture

    Flip a coin. Heads 1952, tails 1959. Then talk to your AHJ about getting it registered and titled in your name
  5. Scott Danforth

    Water in cylinders after sitting

    If you boat in salt water, you may want to just replace the manifolds Have you verified your SWL to riser dimension
  6. Scott Danforth

    5.7 Vortec Runs Great On Land but Bogs Under Load in Water

    Regarding the 1409 Edelbrock Do not use more than 6.5 PSI fuel pressure. Excessive fuel pressure may cause flooding. If your fuel pressure is too high, install an adjustable pressure regulator, such as Edelbrock #8190.
  7. Scott Danforth

    1986 4.3 Cracked Intake Manifold - please help with recommendations for 4 barrel combo

    Here is the marine Edelbrock intake for vortec heads. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/edl-2519 The non vortec marine version is NLA. The street version (2111) is available. Here is a set of GM 4.3 vortec heads fully assembled https://www.ebay.com/itm/165516093776
  8. Scott Danforth

    Dean's List gets another motor

    unless they deny the claims
  9. Scott Danforth

    Dean's List gets another motor

    cant make money with all their overhead to do it right, so shortcuts are often taken
  10. Scott Danforth

    Mercrusier 350 MAG MPI - RPM issue under a load

    Simple math would say 4+24=28 Not sure why you would set your base timing low at 4 Plus the 350 mag MPI should have a specific timing setup procedure in the Mercruiser manual
  11. Scott Danforth

    Mercrusier 350 MAG MPI - RPM issue under a load

    24 degrees of advance with base timing if 8 degrees is 32 degrees total Or are you only seeing 24 degrees total?
  12. Scott Danforth

    5.7 Vortec Runs Great On Land but Bogs Under Load in Water

    Which Holley fuel pump do you have? The marine ones flow more that you would need with twice the motor. 7-8 psi is on the edge of holding the needle open on the 1409 What is your compression numbers? What do the plugs look like?
  13. Scott Danforth

    Priming fuel system for new engine first start.

    use a hammer and dimple the windage tray where the crank throws are
  14. Scott Danforth

    what is that sensor?

    follow the wire colors. they are standard. Tan is for water temp gauge. dont believe. if you ground it out, your gauge will peg hi
  15. Scott Danforth

    Priming fuel system for new engine first start.

    Had mud daubers fill every drilled hole in my interior.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Mercury 3.0 EST no spark

    Voltage drop is a bad connection somewhere between battery to ignition switch to kill switch to coil
  17. Scott Danforth

    what is that sensor?

    Temp gauge. It's a tan wire
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