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  1. Scott Danforth

    5.0 mercruiser just shut off pulling someone on tube.

    Man overboard switch or bad connection
  2. Scott Danforth

    MASSIVE oil leak mechanic can’t find

    Was there rust on the pan? How is the back of the block, just to port of the distributor? Many times the oil pressure sensor can leak
  3. Scott Danforth

    primer bulb

    then you did not do a complete tune up. if your floats are saturated, they dont "float" so they cant shut off incoming fuel at a minimum you must check/set float height as part of pulling the carb apart.
  4. Scott Danforth

    1968 bertram 25 flybridge

    you still need to cool the drives
  5. Scott Danforth

    primer bulb

    how did you set the floats?
  6. Scott Danforth

    Troubleshooting ignition coil 5.0 Mercruiser

    if your hose in on and you have good flow (getting a 10 foot spray from the muffs) it shouldnt overheat
  7. Scott Danforth

    Troubleshooting ignition coil 5.0 Mercruiser

    that does not look like the proper A1-15 fuel line. and no, ORieleys would not have USCG approved fuel line.
  8. Scott Danforth

    Troubleshooting ignition coil 5.0 Mercruiser

    the water separating filter is a one-time use. you cant simply empty and replace.
  9. Scott Danforth

    HDPE plastic for swim platform

    make sure its UV resistant HDPE or you will be replacing it in a year when it gets brittle and breaks.
  10. Scott Danforth

    Troubleshooting ignition coil 5.0 Mercruiser

    the anti siphon valve is the connection nipple on the top of the pickup tube.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Troubleshooting ignition coil 5.0 Mercruiser

    should not be any soft fuel line. there is the A1-15 fuel line from the tank to the filter and steel lines from the filter to the carb. you cant crush A1-15 without a vice.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Electrcal issue

    start at the battery and move your way to the helm pulling apart every connection there is, cleaning it shiny and clean enough your mother in law would eat off them, then put the connection back together and seal it with marine electrical varnish and move on to the next. you have bad...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Lost all my oil on a 2006 Mercury 115hp EFI

    since mercury has made outboard motors from 1.5hp to 600hp ranging from single cylinder motors to 12 cylinder motors and over the past 85 plus years. would help us to know what you are working on.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Troubleshooting ignition coil 5.0 Mercruiser

    what about the water-separating filter? you still need to test fuel pressure and you need the special fitting to do so.
  15. Scott Danforth

    Transmission for a small diesel.

    BTW, is the diesel set up for single speed operation, or variable speed?
  16. Scott Danforth

    Neede help identifying OMC stern drive

    'kogs, you may have been clueless about sterndrives, however you were mechanically inclined. the OP stated they were noobs at boats and having little mechanical ability. there is a difference. I do agree the stringer is a great drive for simply puttering along at idle.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Troubleshooting ignition coil 5.0 Mercruiser

    its not your coil its almost never the coil and the fact that your engine is running proves its not the coil. what is your fuel pressure? how did you "check" the fuel filter? they are a one-time use filter
  18. Scott Danforth

    Transmission for a small diesel.

    with only 18hp.... pull a hydrostatic transmission from a riding lawn mower. use a spline coupler to couple to a prop shaft. you do have to keep the lawnmower transmission mounted pulley up. then you have forward and reverse and neutral. however to go thru all that work and cost. a used...
  19. Scott Danforth

    So, what did you do today?

    Help the Admiral with stuff this morning until she kicked me out to go work on the boat......
  20. Scott Danforth

    Faulty sending/sensors?

    175 is running hot. Use an IR thermometer to verify
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