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  1. Scott Danforth

    Keeping the rim crevice from rusting...

    Use galvanized wheels in salt water, not painted If you had caulked that seam before ever using the wheel, you may have prevented crevice corrosion. However once corrosion starts, there is no solution Now you can just use the wheel until the rust gets too bad to use and throw away
  2. Scott Danforth

    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    The higher end gaskets only come as each
  3. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta AQ125/270 overheating raw water not pumping

    Are you running on muffs, or with the boat in the water?
  4. Scott Danforth

    Volvo Penta AQ125/270 overheating raw water not pumping

    No. You are looking into the expansion tank
  5. Scott Danforth

    Problem with carburetor

    Did you buy cheap Sierra parts or quality carb parts?
  6. Scott Danforth

    Merc 350 sputters, dies, won't restart after heating up

    Item 11. If you do not have the new and updated trigger assembly. Get it
  7. Scott Danforth

    OMC 3.8l dying at high rpm and weird cranking issue.

    NO Look at your plumbing, something is loose, or cracked if you are sucking air
  8. Scott Danforth

    160 to 165 Mercruiser manifolds and backfiring

    I have the dwell meter my father had when he went to high school. It is older than I am. The meter I had since I was in high school got damaged when the cables got pulled into the alternator belt 20 years ago
  9. Scott Danforth

    160 to 165 Mercruiser manifolds and backfiring

    Did you service your ignition? Set dwell with a meter
  10. Scott Danforth

    What Trim Oil to use on 1993 Volvo Penta 230a SP CD TRIM

    Manual says SAE 30
  11. Scott Danforth

    Want to make my 350’s louder

    Please elaborate. You need to be much more specific in your request
  12. Scott Danforth

    2007 3.0 Rattling/Timing

    throw the octane boost away set the timing properly with a timing light
  13. Scott Danforth

    I/O 18 ft. Does it sit too low in the stern?

    suggest you buy a new boot remove the drive and do a drive service with the drive off, remove the old boot and inspect the transom if the transom is good, replace the boot re-install the drive go to www.sterndrive.info for videos on removing the drive be very very very carefull with the shift...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Bolts/screws boke off, thread/pipe tap -size? Alpha One Gen 2

    what is the diameter? looks like a #10 screw. there would be 24 or 32 threads per inch
  15. Scott Danforth

    I/O 18 ft. Does it sit too low in the stern?

    Got a pic?
  16. Scott Danforth

    Boat swamped, let's see if we can get it running...

    www.fgci.com for small quantities of resin and gel
  17. Scott Danforth

    OMC 3.8l dying at high rpm and weird cranking issue.

    No, air pockets not normal. You are sucking air somewhere
  18. Scott Danforth

    Volvo penta dp-sm splitting outdrive questions

    Go to the parts links on iboats and it takes you to www.volvopentastore.com which is the north America parts distribution run by iboats
  19. Scott Danforth

    Volvo penta dp-sm splitting outdrive questions

    Easiest to pull whole drive, however you can weld in place if you want you do pull the drive every year for maintenance, correct? you will need a seal kit
  20. Scott Danforth

    HT383 crate engine?

    Head gaskets, core plugs, water pump will need to be changed You could go to a better cam, or switch to 1.6:1 rockers. The cam in there is a bit mild, even for a boat
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