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  1. Scott Danforth

    Advice on whether to reprop

    You are currently propped correctly. If you go to 4 blades, you will have to drop to 18p to not lug the motor Lugging a motor will kill it If you want to cruise at a lower RPM, get more motor to spin a higher pitch prop
  2. Scott Danforth

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

    Your thermometer is upside down
  3. Scott Danforth

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

    Sure I do. 45 years 37 miles from the epicenter of Packer football. Plus, i pour whiskey over it now
  4. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    you know that prices down here have doubled in the last year. if you are serious, will get the Admiral on the case. when one show up, need to pounce as inventory only lasts about 2-3 days
  5. Scott Danforth

    Owners Manual Stratos 2003 180 FS

    doubt Stratos even had the plumbing schematic most boats are hand-built by the prototype team and then documented with polaroid photos in a notebook. many cases to get to livewell plumbing, you must remove the interior of the boat.
  6. Scott Danforth

    OMC water pump reliability modification.

    stock pump is submerged when the boat sits, this primes the pump. all impeller pumps are designed this way. OMC, Mercruiser, Volvo Penta, Indmar, Ilmor, PCM. all have the rubber impeller pump at the crank centerline or below to self prime when sitting. when underway, the forward motion of...
  7. Scott Danforth

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

    that is user error
  8. Scott Danforth

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

    the great thing about a soda blaster is you can rinse the remaining baking soda out the bilge.
  9. Scott Danforth

    vista 268 - Loose or broken Wires near propeller?

    you can use some of these stainless lanyards as bonding leads https://www.mcmaster.com/lanyards/eye-to-eye-lanyards-not-for-lifting/
  10. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    let me know if you are looking in the Sarasota / Matatee counties. Tammy is a realtor.
  11. Scott Danforth

    vista 268 - Loose or broken Wires near propeller?

    that is a cheesy fix.
  12. Scott Danforth

    want to run my engine out of the boat.

    @brian3127 to run the motor outside the boat with or without the harness (which was covered before by Bondo, AD, Chris, Scott) hook up the garden hose to the thermostat housing hook up fuel tank to the fuel pump wire the block to the battery - using a 4 gauge or larger cable wire the starter...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Why can’t I find information on my Mercury outboard using my S/N????

    prop should be same for all the 7.5 and 9.8's built in US, Canada, and Belgium
  14. Scott Danforth

    Looking for a light, all around anchor

    because they work...... and because it would be sacrilegious not to.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Miserable Midwest Spring

    @DeepCMark58A you could always fly down. Woodys River Roo has a new Tiki canopy covering the whole area.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Looking for a light, all around anchor

    I am partial to a Danforth fluke anchor
  17. Scott Danforth

    broken steering cable

    buy a new cable. pull the old cable, the part number is hot-stamped on the jacket of the cable every foot.
  18. Scott Danforth

    vista 268 - Loose or broken Wires near propeller?

    if you have the parts, its about a 30 minute job to replace the bonding wires and the anodes
  19. Scott Danforth

    vista 268 - Loose or broken Wires near propeller?

    you want to fix that before you put the boat in the water.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Bayliner Capri 2150 resurrection.

    350 heads are anywhere from 64cc heads up to 76cc heads. plus if you put 350 heads on a 305, you shroud the valves and it doesnt run right
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