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  1. Scott Danforth

    2002 volvo penta 5.7 Liter idles but stalls when throttling up

    If you do not chase every passage with a bit of fishing line or fine wire to ensure its clean, there may be "zero change" because the passages are still plugged
  2. Scott Danforth

    Does my engine work or my upper is broken

    After you replace the coupler, remember to pull the drive every year to inspect the u-joints and check alignment every year
  3. Scott Danforth

    Help with materials (recommendations needed)

    look at the 4th sticky down at the top of the forum. suggest you go thru links 14, 15, 19, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b in that order you are missing gel, foam, etc. since the fiberglass supply house is local, suggest you buy what you need when you need it. in Florida, resin will kick quickly...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Trim motor

    motor has two windings. you apply green for down, blue for up. that is what the control relays do.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Terry bass boat

    that steering wheel is cobbled to a piece of wood and angle iron your boat was frankensteined by the prior owner. it may have been a tiller steer boat that someone cobbled in controls. it may have been a side console boat that someone hacked up and move the steering based on the early 70's...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Trim motor

    and this trim motor is for a " "?
  7. Scott Danforth

    225 EFI not peeing

    check the impeller. all it takes is hitting a plastic bag or a piece of kelp in the water to block enough flow to fry an impeller
  8. Scott Danforth

    Trim ram maxium extension

    My SL 3 controls require the same finger trigger used to get it out of the neutral detent to over-ride the trim limit. Could be specific to the control binnacle.
  9. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 7.4 mpi

    how old is your fuel?
  10. Scott Danforth

    Trim ram maxium extension

    you are still in the trim section, and not tilt. pull the finger trigger while raising to tilt above the 8 degree trim limit
  11. Scott Danforth

    Is 17ft long enough for a tournament bass boat?

    former co-worker is in the top 5 florida bass fishermen. his recent boat is 21 feet long and powered by a 225hp Merc last time I talked to him. his top speed was just shy of 100 to get to the holes faster and be able to fish longer. He also had over $6k in lithium Ion batteries to power his...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Bell Housing - Merc 250 vs 292

    the 292 should have 3 mounting holes to cover both flywheel sizes with the GM starters as Bondo points out.
  13. Scott Danforth

    What's a Typical Idle Mixture Setting On A Marine Holley?

    Never understood why Holley ham-strung the 4160 carbs with the non-adjustable float when the adjustable float is less expensive due to the volume of parts
  14. Scott Danforth

    5.7L Non-Vortec to Vortec conversion

    Just gaskets
  15. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser start issue

    Sounds like a bad connection somewhere
  16. Scott Danforth

    Bell Housing - Merc 250 vs 292

    the 250 and 292 have different balance get the right 153 tooth flywheel for the 192. they are cheap at rockauto.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Merc 5.7L overheating issue

    how much water flow do you have coming from the raw water line to the thermostat housing? at idle, is should shoot up about 10" or so. you should be able to fill a 5 gallon bucket in about 20 seconds or less with the motor at 1000 RPM overheating is a lack of flow. either flow into the...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3…Milky oil coming from timing cover.

    the 1996 and later 4.3's have 5 drain plugs. 2 block, 2 exhaust manifold, 1 in the thermostat housing on the intake manifold. that one gets missed
  19. Scott Danforth

    Port Throttle cable length 35' Signature

    Iboats sells Morse and Seastar cables. Volvo penta buys cables from Morse or Seastar
  20. Scott Danforth

    optimax will not plane

    a compression test will answer a few things
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