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  1. Scott Danforth

    Stickies on Winterizing 3.0 cobra

    drain the block, drain the manifold, pull the large hose and drain that if you want to add antifreeze, use a funnel at the thermostat housing after draining.
  2. Scott Danforth

    8'6" Beam

    Carver, cruisers, searay, bayliner all have had express cruisers in the 26-28 foot length with a 8.6" beam There most likely are others However most of these are late 80s or early 90s
  3. Scott Danforth

    5.0

    you sure you have spark? the 1999-2003's suffered from crappy ignition trigger modules easy to check for fuel. with spark arrestor off, look down the throat of the carb for a stream of fuel when someone gives it throttle. if you have fuel, you may not have spark.
  4. Scott Danforth

    '94 Bass Tracker handling question

    My father did the same thing in the 80's
  5. Scott Danforth

    Break in fresh built mercruiser 230 out of boat

    always best to break in a flat tappet cam
  6. Scott Danforth

    Tried everything, except what's really wrong.

    You have spark..... Now look at compression and if the flywheel and ither items
  7. Scott Danforth

    Break in fresh built mercruiser 230 out of boat

    run the garden hose into the t-stat housing where the line from the transom shield comes in. make sure you have good water pressure. if you have a 3/4" hose, use it. you want the hose spigot on full. start engine, bring RPM up to 2000 and let it run for 20 minutes. idle mix screws at 1.5...
  8. Scott Danforth

    '94 Bass Tracker handling question

    2' wake wont do it. 3' rollers on Winnebago will make you sick. the pro16 and pro17 are a variant of the earlier BT2 and BT3
  9. Scott Danforth

    Fuel leak

    use google
  10. Scott Danforth

    '94 Bass Tracker handling question

    bass tracker what? most likely a 1 or 2 its a modified multi-chine semi-v hull. they turn just fine. if you turn tight stay on the throttle. yes, the inside gunwale will be about 8" under the water. however your speed and momentum will keep the water at bay. Grew up with a Bass Tracker...
  11. Scott Danforth

    Drain plug confused

    the bilge drain is the threaded one in the floor the mouse-hole drain is to keep crap from building up in the seat bases. there should not be a plug there. if water is coming out of there, you have a crack or hole in your boat
  12. Scott Danforth

    Penta 4.3 Overheating

    Volvo recommends changing the impeller every 2 years what vintage? did you check the pot-metal or plastic fitting at the drive where the raw water hose is connected? pull the hoses from the thermostat housing and back-flush to get all the pieces out?
  13. Scott Danforth

    Fountain feedback

    by de-tuning, you mean dropping in a production 8.2 liter motor vs a Mercury Racing Motor? then yes. you just cant order them that way by de-tuning, if you mean pulling the Mercury Racing motor apart, swapping in a smaller cam(s), lighter valve springs, etc. then spend hundreds of thousands...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Fountain feedback

    unlike fishing boats where the motors last 4-5 thousand hours between rebuilds. go-fast I/O motors only last a few hundred - yes, average 2-300 hours between rebuilds. the large cam profiles needed without over-lap (reversion) is hard on valve springs, lifters, etc. so is is not uncommon to...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Bow railing for 1998 Super Fishermen 170

    either make your own (buy the tubing, fittings, etc) sold by many manufacturers, many thru iBoats https://www.iboats.com/shop/hardware/boat-tubing-and-rails/marine-rail-and-tube-fittings.html or if your location has a marine surplus company, look there.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Prop Question

    first, welcome aboard next answer all the questions what engine? what gear case ratio? what RPM are you at at WOT (verify with a shop tach) what GPS speed are you achieving at WOT? what boat what does the boat weigh? are you trimming in all the way for your hole shot?
  17. Scott Danforth

    OMC 5.7 Questions

    then buy a boat with an outboard OMC means Obsolete Marine Company - OMC went out of business many decades ago the buyer is lying. no way the motor has 0 hours being that old. typical use of a boat motor is about 20-50 hours a year. however OMC was in many low end boats that did not have...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Tried everything, except what's really wrong.

    Start with basics. What is the compression? Can the spark jump the 8mm gap as indicated above? Has the flywheel key sheared? If all above is good, only thing left is fuel system (carb, fuel pump, etc)
  19. Scott Danforth

    Fountain feedback

    Do you have an automotive machine shop? If not, go outboard
  20. Scott Danforth

    Tried everything, except what's really wrong.

    What diagnostic steps have you done, or have you just thrown parts at it?
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