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  1. Scott Danforth

    1999 Regal 2150 LSC

    here is what your $6k is buying. $2k worth of remanufactured motor and $4k worth of labor or $4k worth of crate motor and $2k worth of labor if you want to lower the costs, you will have to do the work yourself
  2. Scott Danforth

    Need options for making the ground flat enough to roll the trailer. Drive way pad.

    neighbor has the grid in his yard for his RV. that is one option, however you are still trying to push a boat on land I used to use my lawn mower like mentioned. a 17hp john deer that I added a mount for my draw bar. it would move the trailer, around the yard, however the brakes were iffy...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Was running now will not turn over DISTRIBUTOR, TIMING, #1 on CAP & PLUG WIRE LOCATIONS

    watching you tube videos does not make one a mechanic you have a volvo penta AQ260 (350 cubic inch V8 with flat top pisons, holley 4160 carb) which would have had a pertronix distributor that someone put an older distributor on it from a car as others stated, a bomb. or someone replaced the...
  4. Scott Danforth

    How do I add gear oil to multiple fill plugs on OMC stern drive.

    pull the drive, split the case. you most likely have a failed water pump. especially if it was packed with mud and water, it may have froze over winter. other potential sources are a bad ball gear seal.
  5. Scott Danforth

    99 sportdeck 262 no reverse

    and what drive. be specific on drive model. you mention volvo penta. replacing shift cables are easy. you may need to pull the drive to get access.
  6. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3 Ignition Troubleshoot Process

    at the top of the forums are threads that are stuck and the icon looks like a sticky note or post it note. the one that says mercruiser information. open that. in there is all the stuff you need for troubleshooting mercruiser stuff. every forum has at least one sticky.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3 Ignition Troubleshoot Process

    It's in the stickies at the top of the forum
  8. Scott Danforth

    Quit My Job . . .

    Ted, how close to the Carolinas are you, and are you open to mobile upholstery inspection and minor repair.
  9. Scott Danforth

    My OMC, 305 V8 stinger has a Prop Lyft problem

    Did you get a quality motor?
  10. Scott Danforth

    Dean's List gets another motor

    talking to Scotty over at innovation marine. the coated bearings saved most of their high $ race motors when something goes awry (dry sump line breaks, etc) that is why I went coated. double roller because I needed to buy a new chain and it was same price as the GM leaf chain.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Reversed Battery Hook Up Question

    basically anything on the boat that is polarity sensitive will be "fried" potentially a few wires as well. look over the whole boat. you may be lucky with just the alternator diode pack, or if your boat has diodes in the wiring harness, those too.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Dean's List gets another motor

    the double roller timing chain set I picked up fit under the factory cover, if you are interested, let me dig for that info. I upgraded to coated bearings both Melling and Mahle offer a higher psi spring for a pressure relieve on pumps.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Dean's List gets another motor

    referring to the spun rod. the last two Gen VI's I pulled apart had either 1 or both of them spun
  14. Scott Danforth

    Quit My Job . . .

    we watched a guy (Illinois plates) back a 26'-28' express cruiser into the lake on a trailer. all the while we were saying, the lake is too shallow (clark lake in Door county). average depth is 5 feet, depth at ramp is about 3 and largest boat not a pontoon on the lake is 21 feet so the guy...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Tin Rig Tow Vehicle

    that is where the term "stand on the brakes" comes from. when you put both feet on the brake pedal and pull yourself off the seat trying to get more brake pressure.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Dean's List gets another motor

    scat forged rods are cheaper than reconditioning the stock rods
  17. Scott Danforth

    Dean's List gets another motor

    was it cylinder #3 or #4 get the block line-honed and decked. you will find you need to true up the deck slightly
  18. Scott Danforth

    Boat Paint

    see post #19 in the stickies in the restoration forum. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/how-tos-and-other-great-information.283508/
  19. Scott Danforth

    Leaf Springs

    Shoreland'r has springs in stock for their trailers
  20. Scott Danforth

    454 Low Vacuum + Flutter?

    bog is probably either air valve or accelerator pump a compression test will tell you if you have sticky valves.
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