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  1. Scott Danforth

    Outboard motor test tachometer

    I have a photo tach I use on my motors to verify the RPM of any electronic tach.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Ran into a reef & 10 hour service

    dont do that..... it hurts the reef. you need a lot more force than a channel locks. if you want it straight, you need a hydraulic press. or leave it. I would call the dealer. I would put a dial indicator on the shaft to make sure you didnt bend the shaft. then I would run it.
  3. Scott Danforth

    1992 Mercruiser 454 low oil pressure

    1992 could be a left over Mk4 motor or a Gen-5. the 1994 would be a gen-5 if you dont have a serial number, post the casting numbers of the blocks and heads. the fact that your oil pressure is dropping with a mechanical gauge means the motor is coming out and you are putting it on a stand and...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Just 3 Words

    Boss is cheapskate I am underpaid Local contractors suck Wont return calls
  5. Scott Danforth

    1992 Mercruiser 454 low oil pressure

    exactly, get a mechanical pressure gauge and verify what you have.
  6. Scott Danforth

    1979 OMC Gear Lube

    after $6k and 1-2 years maybe. just in the raw water pump, vertical driveshaft, tilt motor and ball gear kits (normal maintenance) your bouncing off $1k just dont damage the lower shift cable. that is getting close to another $1k the hull is another $3-4k interior is another $2-3k so all...
  7. Scott Danforth

    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    or use a sheet of PVC board from lowes for about $75
  8. Scott Danforth

    Electronic conversion kit or a Delco Distributor or a module

    I believe that is a prestolite distributor on the old in-liners. there is no electronic dizzy for it in the delco voyager line. no, you dont want to use automotive ignition parts in a boat you do know you get 5% off by being a forum member here on iBoats
  9. Scott Danforth

    Electronic conversion kit or a Delco Distributor or a module

    would help to know what you are working on. myself, I would avoid the pertronix conversion as every one that I have ever had failed. I would stick with points or get a new dizzy.
  10. Scott Danforth

    1979 OMC Gear Lube

    your boat is the victim of a "deck over" the boating equivalent of buying a car with 5 gallons of bondo over the sunday comics to fill in giant rust holes. basically, you need to pull the motor and drive and replace the transom, strings and deck.
  11. Scott Danforth

    Merc 7.4l 454 Gen 4 to 5 interchangeable?

    Unless you have a heat exchanger, run a marine intake or a cast iron intake. AD is right, even in fresh water, aluminum intakes corrode I am running an oval port RPM airgap on my BBC, however I am running a HX. The marine intake with dual alloy castings are a necessity.
  12. Scott Danforth

    1979 OMC Gear Lube

    75w90 marine
  13. Scott Danforth

    Just 3 Words

    bathroom remodels suck broken tile cuts blood all over still doing demo
  14. Scott Danforth

    1979 OMC Gear Lube

    or yamaha or synthetic or ....... you get the picture. remember, you have 3 gear boxes. the intermediate attached to the motor, the upper and the lower. i would split the case, throw in a new raw water pump kit with a housing and inspect the vertical driveshaft (the splines wear and strip out.)
  15. Scott Danforth

    Congratulations 2020 SOTY award winner !!!!

    Congrats Dale. I can truly appreciate the hard work, especially making the steam engine.
  16. Scott Danforth

    Worth Fixing?

    that is a boat needing a full gut and rehab. the stringers and transom went decades before the floor rotted as others indicated, about $2-4k for materials and about a year of your life any fiberglass boat under $5k is a project boat.
  17. Scott Danforth

    5.7 Venturi Cluster

    i would drill out the other emulsion tube with the additional holes.
  18. Scott Danforth

    Overhauling my 1988 MerCruiser 4.3 ltr. engine

    your non-balance shaft motor has a broken crank you need a new motor why not build a balance shaft, vortec.
  19. Scott Danforth

    livewells- do they hang from underside of deck?

    in some boats, yes in some boats no
  20. Scott Danforth

    120hp OMC model number

    hydro-mechanical
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