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  1. Scott Danforth

    Price for these parts and where to get them for a 1995 Silverton Marine 271 Express

    mobile, dont know of any. however as far as boat repair facilities go, there are 25 listed in the Sanford area.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Price for these parts and where to get them for a 1995 Silverton Marine 271 Express

    there are many boat repair facilities in south eastern florida
  3. Scott Danforth

    2002 Mercruiser 3.0l engine alignment

    get a thin-wall socket (or make one with a grinder and a regular socket)
  4. Scott Danforth

    5.7GI-300-J: left side cylinders not firing- ignition issue???

    welcome aboard. your motor has a distributor, and with the firing order, there is no way that only one bank can not fire. That can only happen with a COP engine (coil on plug) cam retard and ignition timing are two different things. when was the last time you had the injectors cleaned?
  5. Scott Danforth

    Connect boat to house line

    Welcome aboard. what boat? whats wrong? what light?
  6. Scott Danforth

    Removing & Replacing bad fiber glass in my engine box?

    Pull the drive, then pull the motor You need to have the motor out of the hull anyway to properly repair the hull anyway
  7. Scott Danforth

    Engine rpm is not stable below 2000 rpm

    The 1409 normally needs the 1481 calibration kit to work with the 4.3
  8. Scott Danforth

    Hey Newbies

    Consider yourself lucky
  9. Scott Danforth

    Semi fitted boat covers, how to choose one?

    Either get the right cover, or get a custom cover custom made that fits
  10. Scott Danforth

    2bl vs 4bl

    With the right carb a 4 barrel will use LESS fuel than a large 2 barrel
  11. Scott Danforth

    Hey Newbies

    JB weld has its place, however its not fixing cracked blocks
  12. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser Engine Mounts

    non balance shaft v6's need the liquid filled mounts. AKA the soft and squishy ones. this reduces the vibration transfer to the boat.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 4.3 Start Problem - Intermitent Crank, Gages Go Crazy, Starts, Stalls

    you have a bad connection and are loosing power or ground start at the battery, clean every electrical connection to the motor, then up to the helm. by clean, use either a wire brush in a die grinder or 150 grit sand paper and clean the terminals and the posts until they are shiny enough your...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Fresh air to carb issue?

    get a new mechanic
  15. Scott Danforth

    Need help on changing every wire on my sterdrive engine

    you actually bought a boat with a mercrusier 470? your wiring is the least of your problems
  16. Scott Danforth

    Need to know about the 1980 Volvo AQ145A Engine

    Its a 42 year old boat designed to last 15 years. consider it a project somewhat. however they have their issues. Not if properly maintained many are NLA. goes back the 42 year old boat that is a lot of money for a 42 year old boat with a motor that has many parts no longer available its...
  17. Scott Danforth

    Engine hour meter and depth finder

    many low-end boat manufactures have gone away from hour meters because people were upset that their boat with only 50 hours in 5 years is no longer under warranty. as dingbat stated, do the annual maintenance regarding depth finder. iBoats has various 2" gauge versions in the mega mall side.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Transducer question

    my bud used a 1.5 x 1.5 aluminum tube with 3/16 wall and a 1 x 1 aluminum tube with 3/16 wall. the outer tube had a mounting flange welded to it so he could bolt to the aft fence the inner tube had the transducer mounting plate welded to it, and a stop at the top. the inner tube had a hole...
  19. Scott Danforth

    Remove Deck carpet to fiberglass

    there is always 40 grit and a DA. its what I used to strip the gel coat down to the fiberglass to re-apply gel
  20. Scott Danforth

    New starter solenoid kills everything.

    Test first, dont simply waste money and throw parts at it
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