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  1. Scott Danforth

    Adding dash voltage gauge for trolling motor batteries.

    if its truly a volt meter, your fine. you could have it wired with 22 gauge and it wont mater. you do realize that is a chinesium volt meter that may have questionable quality. couple that with the fact that it is most likely a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy and they really dont...
  2. Scott Danforth

    any active members near Rockville MD

    looked at the member map, most near Rockville havent been active for a few years long story short. my daily driver is a 2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP. car was in great shape until last thursday when a lady not paying attention rear-ended me and pushed me into a trailer hitch on a 2500 suburban...
  3. Scott Danforth

    Drain hose shinkage?

    I would re-plumb the boat and make sure to have adequate service loops where needed.
  4. Scott Danforth

    Adding dash voltage gauge for trolling motor batteries.

    a volt meter is wired parallel to the battery and load and has no amperage limit. an amp meter is wired in series and is critical to have a higher rating than the load. so either you have an amp meter with a ampere rating. or you have a volt meter with no ampere rating.
  5. Scott Danforth

    1989 3.7L 224/165H

    the plastic over-flow tank that is connected to the nipple under the radiator cap. the expansion tank on the heat exchanger is only about 1/3 of the volume needed. (the volume should be 10% of the total system volume, since 6% is the absolute minimum and the heat exchanger expansion tanks is...
  6. Scott Danforth

    270 leg water pickup

    without pictures, none. is there a bottom pickup on the hull? I would grab the factory service manual for your drive and decipher what is what. if you ran the boat for more than a few seconds with a dry impeller, your impeller is now toast.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Boat Info The Library - Issue Opening Manuals

    Microsoft Edge wont open flash enabled PDF's anymore Firefox will have a pop-up window for about 4 more weeks
  8. Scott Danforth

    Merc 7.4l 454 Gen 4 to 5 interchangeable?

    to get that on a dyno is one thing. however you have to add lots of duration with lots of overlap to the cam....... all top end power, no lower RPM power and it would suck water up your exhaust and hydrolock your motor in a boat once you tried starting it. again, you have to understand...
  9. Scott Danforth

    1992 Bayliner 1700BR with 70 HP Force ?

    props should be removed every 6 months to a year and the shafts greased to prevent this. you may be cutting the prop off.
  10. Scott Danforth

    Trimming with Outdrives and Trim Tabs

    the beer cooler is on my port side...... I start the trips listing to the left.....
  11. Scott Danforth

    broke driveshaft

    fatigue cracks can start if you have a dead cylinder and run the motor for a while. the un-ballanced loading is not as bad as cyclical reverse loading.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    agree on the appreciation for owls this is one of my screen savers. not sure where I grabbed this pic from (somewhere on the interweb)
  13. Scott Danforth

    Trimming with Outdrives and Trim Tabs

    trim your drives up/down as needed. trim the tabs both down just a touch to bring the bow down if you need, however as Ted stated, mostly for port to starboard list. maybe read the trim tab owners manual. https://bennetttrimtabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/owners_manual.pdf
  14. Scott Danforth

    Merc 7.4l 454 Gen 4 to 5 interchangeable?

    You cant take a 330hp boat V8 and get 560hp without a supercharger unless you change crank, cam, pistons, heads and intake. You need to do some reading on cam overlap and reversion You can take a 330hp gen 6 motor (oval port heads with 360-370hp at the crank), change cam, modify the carb and...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Merc 7.4l 454 Gen 4 to 5 interchangeable?

    You need to build a motor for HP. There is a limit to what you can "bolt on"
  16. Scott Danforth

    broke driveshaft

    you have to remove the drive, then the motor. if you have a jack shaft, you may be able to get the shaft and flywheel housing off, however do not count on it. Welcome aboard.
  17. Scott Danforth

    Boat Info The Library - Issue Opening Manuals

    if youre trying to open it from a computer, you need to press the "allow adobe flash" button that pops up. if your opening it from a phone, it may not open. as GA stated, only 9 days left for Flashplayer
  18. Scott Danforth

    1989 3.7L 224/165H

    do you have the mandatory 2 quart puke tank?
  19. Scott Danforth

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    This is a picture of the light-house in my home-town of Manitowoc Wisconsin. the photographer (Anne Barbeau) is a pure natural, untrained lady with a great eye (photography friends are jealous). the view is from the area near the YMCA, just down from the USS Cobia, about 2 blocks from where I...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Engine won’t turn over

    stop turning the crank from the front damper bolt pull the drive before you go any further.
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