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  1. Scott Danforth

    Question on motor size

    3-4 rpm will be hard. Cranking speed it 200-300 rpm, idle is 650 rpm
  2. Scott Danforth

    New starter solenoid kills everything.

    Every connection from the battery to the block and starter? Usually its the ground. Did you use a wire brush in a die grinder, or 150 grit?
  3. Scott Danforth

    Transducer question

    Made himself. Two pieces of aluminum tube, some aluminum plate and some time in the shop
  4. Scott Danforth

    Starter issues

    Going to go with either wired wrong or starter is junk
  5. Scott Danforth

    Bottom paint

    Sand down to bare fiberglass, 2 coats of barrior paint, 3 coats of bottom paint
  6. Scott Danforth

    Need advice on cracked fiberglass between transom and bottom of hull

    Most likely you need to do a full restoration of the hull. Go to the stickies at the top of the forum. 4th one down is the DIY links. Read links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b in their entirety. Read every post, watch every video. Your answers are there
  7. Scott Danforth

    New starter solenoid kills everything.

    Stop throwing parts at it Your issue is most likely a bad connection. Start at the battery and clean every connection to the motor and then up to the helm. Clean and shiny enough your mother in law would eat off them. Then when they are all tight, seal with marine electical varnish
  8. Scott Danforth

    Merc. MPI 300 Water Leak-Water Distribution Housing? & Winterization Question

    Best advice ever. And the sad thing is most of the engineers at Merc would agree
  9. Scott Danforth

    Lounge Seat Question

    You have to call., not email, not website. But pick up the phone and call. They have records going back many decades
  10. Scott Danforth

    Question on motor size

    Probably not. Rule of thumb is 75% of max rating for minimum hp
  11. Scott Danforth

    Transducer question

    Buddy mounts his transducer on a telescopic pole he can retract
  12. Scott Danforth

    Merc. MPI 300 Water Leak-Water Distribution Housing? & Winterization Question

    There are no shortcuts in winterizing. Drain the cooling system an pressure test
  13. Scott Danforth

    Lounge Seat Question

    You could call sea ray for a duplicate capacity tag
  14. Scott Danforth

    Need help on changing every wire on my sterdrive engine

    Was the boat sunk or exposed to the elements. In either case, the motor is the least of your issues
  15. Scott Danforth

    Hey Newbies

    Hey newbies..... Only way to fix a freeze busted block is a new motor
  16. Scott Danforth

    85 3.6 V6 OMC stringer poor or no throttle response/bog high altitude when in gear

    go thru the carb service the points. make sure to use a dwell meter. without a dwell meter, you are only doing a half-arsed job. ticking could be bad ignition component (spark snapping) or detonation (your motor eating itself) or lean rattling (your motor eating itself)
  17. Scott Danforth

    Lounge Seat Question

    no way to get 10 people in the boat unless most only weight 85#. the tag reads 10 people or X lbs. which ever limit is hit first. secondly, on a 19' boat, 6 people max unless you have people sitting on each other. my boat is 26' long, and most I can get is 6 people unless I start stuffing...
  18. Scott Danforth

    Speed sleeve for Cam seal /470 required items

    im to old to pound anything. I have a freezer, torch and oven for most bearing installs.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Remove Deck carpet to fiberglass

    why add a layer of wood that can rot? what is the point? pull the carpet up put a wire cup brush in the angle grinder, don on a full face shield and tyvek suit and remove the adhesive. you will be done in about 4 hours then go over the scar'd up gel with a trowel of thickened gel (gel and...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Speed sleeve for Cam seal /470 required items

    use a can of freeze it on the cam snout and heat the sleaves up with a 900 degree heat gun. no pounding at all, just grab with welding gloves and slip on.
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