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  1. Scott Danforth

    Cowl latch is broken : Is there a way another way to repair this in order to keep the cowl on ?

    and true
  2. Scott Danforth

    Cowl latch is broken : Is there a way another way to repair this in order to keep the cowl on ?

    buy an older motor with metal parts
  3. Scott Danforth

    Cowl latch is broken : Is there a way another way to repair this in order to keep the cowl on ?

    buying the new parts is fixing the cowl. plastic parts last a maximum of 15 years, that is the nature of plastic parts anywhere near an engine or exposed to UV
  4. Scott Danforth

    Blowby through vent tube? Mercruiser 3.7

    j-cat, we are sure you mean well, however most of your posts are 180 degrees off, or against the processes outlined in the manuals. Please read all the posts/replies and contemplate the answer prior to answering. make sure you read the details. the OP indicated he used break-in oil (which...
  5. Scott Danforth

    Just a minute to say Thank you.

    but you know they are there, and you will have pride in your restoration. Thank you for the great words which may inspire newbies along the way.
  6. Scott Danforth

    Stalling issue

    I would blow out the vent line. disconnect vent line from the tank, and blow the debris out. there should be no backpressure.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Penta SX - new steering cable won’t go through the end of guide tube of power steering

    read the second line of my post.
  8. Scott Danforth

    broken steering cable

    remove your cable measure your cable buy replacement.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Penta SX - new steering cable won’t go through the end of guide tube of power steering

    If you have the old shaft, you can cut the end off to use as a guide. or find a socket the same size as the shaft, push in a bit to hold the lip on the seal open and guide the shaft in.
  10. Scott Danforth

    Can I run my Mercury outboard without gear oil?

    for about 20 seconds before the bearings seize up and ruin your day. go buy more gear lube
  11. Scott Danforth

    5.0 swap to 5.7 what carb is the best

    if you have two kidney bean holes where the forward holes are 1.75" and the aft holes are 2.25", then you have a spreadbore. if you have two slots, both 1.75" wide you have a square bore.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Electric Cars or Trucks

    That would make the 1500 mile trip to the land of Cheese and Beer a week long vs the 20-22 hours it takes now.
  13. Scott Danforth

    No water

    yes. if you have no water from that and the boat is in the water, then pull the drive and look at the whole water pump assembly.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    like the guy on 'Bago... https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/24/huge-ice-shoves-cause-damage-oshkosh-area/ My bud lost the shoreline trees and a bolder the size of a VW bug on his property in Green Bay
  15. Scott Danforth

    Furuno Model 1712 radar

    radar is invaluable in fog or you could run over other boaters just an FYI sea lice (kayakers) do not show up on radar. nothing will pucker upholstery faster than coming out of the fog 3 miles off shore at 90mph in a poker run than coming across a group of lost kayakers
  16. Scott Danforth

    No water

    are you getting water flow from the line from the transom shield, yes or no? I personally would put in a whole pump kit.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    you could chainsaw a chunk of ice out .
  18. Scott Danforth

    1988 Wellcraft classic 200xl small leak at the bottom on transom plate

    may have been 50 hours by the hour meter, however 15 years by the date stamp on the photos. I would not slather on 5200 and call it good.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Blowby through vent tube? Mercruiser 3.7

    should just be open vent elbow
  20. Scott Danforth

    To fuel filter or not. 3.0

    the reason the 3.0 doesnt have a good fuel/water filter is that its the base engine for most boats and they had to cut costs to get the boat price down to a price point. the 3.0 needs a filter just like any other motor the fuel pump on the 3.0 is nearly identical to the fuel pump the small...
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