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  1. Scott Danforth

    Velvo penta does on water

    this is the volvo specific muff. https://www.iboats.com/shop/seasense-volvo-penta-boat-motor-flusher.html
  2. Scott Danforth

    1985 Bayliner capri cuddy 18'

    The interior bits you will have to make yourself or hire an upholstery shop to make them You can get blowers from any marine store More importantly, how is the stringers, transom and floor
  3. Scott Danforth

    Water leak through haul

    You have to pull the drive to change bellows (recommended changing every 2- 3 years)
  4. Scott Danforth

    1980 Sea Ray Sundancer Battery problem

    Start chasing wires How is the transom and stringers?
  5. Scott Danforth

    Water leak through haul

    Pulling the drive and inspecting bellows is a yearly maintenance event Get in the bilge and look for the leak. Use mirrors, flashlight, and you cellphone camera to find the leak
  6. Scott Danforth

    Velvo penta does on water

    Impellers do not "suck", they only push water. They have to be primed by being submerged. Then when you are underway, the force of the water coming in the water pickups keeps it moving to the impeller to keep pushing thru the system Use a set of muffs (the ones designed for the AQ series...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Velvo penta does on water

    Did you use a dwell meter?
  8. Scott Danforth

    Looking At A 1992 LUHRS TOURNAMENT 342

    Boats are designed to last 15 years. That is a 30 year old boat that was left neglected
  9. Scott Danforth

    Velvo penta does on water

    That motor is old enough, you probably have points
  10. Scott Danforth

    Velvo penta does on water

    You need a bucket big enough to submerg the entire drive to prime the pump. These pumps do not self prime. So you toasted your impeller. Always run on muffs when running on land Not running right in the water could be anything. Did you service the ignition? What is the compression numbers?
  11. Scott Danforth

    Swim platform handles need repaires

    take a picture on the bottom side of the swim platform. you may need to add access portals the welds broke on the stud where it was welded to the handle.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Boat stalled, later found oil in Bilge... help!

    1 - not a chance, the 3.0 uses timing gears 2 - could be most likely the front cover or oil pan has rusted thru
  13. Scott Danforth

    Ignition switch & ignition circuit

    no, kill switch breaks the purple wire to the motor on an I/O on a outboard, it grounds the ignition. the yellow/red wire is your cranking signal
  14. Scott Danforth

    Broken tongue bolt.

    buy new coupler, cut off the old one, weld on new one
  15. Scott Danforth

    Looking At A 1992 LUHRS TOURNAMENT 342

    consider it may need a full hull restoration. the motors are the least of the problems
  16. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 3.0: Dead cylinder? very sluggish!

    for a cam change? pull motor, put on stand, pull pan hose out crank case with brake clean, removing the bits of trash pull cam and lifters and throw away install new cam and lifters install pan fill with 15W40 diesel oil (it still has zinc) and add extra zinc for break-in re-install motor align...
  17. Scott Danforth

    How much should extra weight slow me down?

    move some people forward, if youre butt-heavy, she wont level out.
  18. Scott Danforth

    aq penta volvo 140a

    yes, with a heat exchanger, you put in a 50-50 mix of antifreeze
  19. Scott Danforth

    1988 omc king cobra

    did you align the motor? if not, that rubber smell may be the coupler eating itself. are you running the motor on the muffs, or at the boat ramp? the other screeching noise could be your impeller eating itself from lack of water. if you tried to suck water from a bucket, you toasted your...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Overheat Mystery

    first, check the temperature with an IR thermometer. dont rely on a 35 year old $3 gauge
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