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  1. Scott Danforth

    Remove 190hp omc tilt motor

    and in most boats, you must be standing on your head to reach it.
  2. Scott Danforth

    What are these plugs (in U-joints)?

    drive-in plugs have one-way ridges to hold them in. think of a fishing hook barb, just 3-4 of them and they go all the way around the hook shank agreed with bondo, run them until they rattle.
  3. Scott Danforth

    Carbon chopped strands?

    carbon works best with epoxy
  4. Scott Danforth

    3.0 omc carb setup, wont run right

    if plugs are black, its running rich or your ignition is out of adjustment what did you set the points to? what was the dwell reading?
  5. Scott Danforth

    pAm I thinking correctly??

    you cant compare a pontoon to a standard V-hull if your motor is too low on a pontoon, the motor plows and you loose speed. if you are too high, the motor ventilates and you loose speed. motor height to water lever is more important than most people realize, and on a pontoon, simply moving...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Boat Check list

    the wife is ok with me attaching a winch. however when I suggest a wench, I get slugged.....
  7. Scott Danforth

    Engine upgrade

    you cant bolt on much hp on a properly running 4.3. changing to vortec heads will add 20-30hp. adding a 4-barrel will add another 10hp. most hp you can ever get is 240hp at the flywheel (about 220hp at the prop) the 4.3 is on the edge of reversion due to the engine design, so you can not...
  8. Scott Danforth

    Engine upgrade

    only thing to replace a 4.3 and not change mount locations is to have a 4.3 service the points and use a dwell meter not just feeler gauges. improper dwell is as bad as improper timing. after you set dwell, go back and set timing an 18' boat with a 4.3 should fly. what are your compression...
  9. Scott Danforth

    Guage replacements

    for a gauge to fall thru the dash, the dash would have had to break. gauges are inserted in from the front and removed from the front. check the dash itself to see what failed, not just the fake wood applique AD has you covered on standard gauge sizes.
  10. Scott Danforth

    3.0 running hot 200F

    I have never had luck just replacing an impeller on a new to me boat.
  11. Scott Danforth

    3.0 omc carb setup, wont run right

    did you clean the carb. literally pull the carb apart, soak all the components and chase every passage with a fine wire to make sure they are clean?
  12. Scott Danforth

    No spark plug spark... 170 MC , 1985 Sea Ray

    yes
  13. Scott Danforth

    pAm I thinking correctly??

    look at the specs of the motor for WOT pontoons do not always follow the rules of thumb. cupping reduces your WOT by increasing effective pitch a 4-blade will also decrease you WOT something else may be wrong, my bud has an 18' Crest with a 30hp and hits 22mph with 6 people on board while...
  14. Scott Danforth

    496 Mag HO RPM issue

    first, welcome aboard second, have you verified the tachometer? have you verified throttle travel?
  15. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 5.0L MPI 2007

    Huh? GM manufactured blocks are same as trucks as same as gensets. they come out of the Tonawanda engine plant in NY. your 2007 motor long block is exactly same as any 1996 -2000 GM truck 5.0 (GM started putting LS motors in the trucks in late 1999) not until within the last 6 years did...
  16. Scott Danforth

    Help Identifying a part Mercruiser 3.0 off 2003 bayliner

    Welsh plugs for the anti-tamper on the idle mix screws
  17. Scott Danforth

    Crusader 454 Cooling

    Measure water flow from the raw water pump
  18. Scott Danforth

    Non skid floor help

    Mix up thickened gel, trowel it on with a notched trowel, rol over it with a bedliner roller to make a great nonskid
  19. Scott Danforth

    Boat model

    Old boats will cost you about $4000 to restore the hull and about $2500-$3000 for an interior. Not to mention, you need a motor and rigging
  20. Scott Danforth

    Water on piston (Hydrolock)

    Any company can ship to canada. Just have to pay customs charges. However, i would pull a longblock from a S10 truck
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