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  1. Scott Danforth

    Donzi Boat Owners Manual

    Try calling their tech support However most of the panels are generic
  2. Scott Danforth

    What´s the best replacement for AQ271C (or 570) 5.7 GM engine, ideally stroker?

    Mast automotive machine shops rhat also support marine and racing. Would seny you to my guy here in Florida, hoewever he retired last year. A few in the midwest
  3. Scott Danforth

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

    Make sure your batteries are charged
  4. Scott Danforth

    Overheating - Strange Issue.

    Stick your head in the bilge and look. When you overheated, it was probably the raw water pump.
  5. Scott Danforth

    Donzi Boat Owners Manual

    You realize that a boat "owners manual" is nothing more than a 4 page pamphlet that has a list of servicing dealers, and a general safety message stating wear pfds. Its usually packaged with tge motor and drive operation manual, a trailer manual and the stereo manual What information are you...
  6. Scott Danforth

    Steering problems

    You need to properly fill and bleed the system
  7. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    I could have been an asshole to the guy....but stuff happens
  8. Scott Danforth

    Looking for best 2 cycle motor

    congrats...... I had a guy's wheel come off his boat trailer and hit my outdrive bending a prop blade and I cant get the !@#$%!@#$ holley to idle.
  9. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    traced the idle issue down to either the IFR jets or the LSAB jets. awaiting some feedback from folks smarter than me. on another note, was just pulling the boat into the drive way and up on blocks to allow me to lower the outdrive. guy coming down the road with his boat in tow all of a...
  10. Scott Danforth

    Holley Gurus needed

    for the record, not my first holley, however the first one that has me stumped
  11. Scott Danforth

    Holley Gurus needed

    calling all holley carb gurus Finally splashed the boat this year. however due to budget constraints, I used the 715CFM Holley vac-secondary carb I had. Motor is a 468 BBC with Merlin heads, RPM air-gap intake, Stainless Exhaust with custom pipes idles great, however needs more on the upper...
  12. Scott Danforth

    Determine counter engine

    first, welcome aboard second, there is no standard or counter rotating lower. you flip the cable in the controls, one runs in FWD, one runs in reverse and you put a RH prop on it.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Small Cruiser Stereo Upgrade

    you can, however you will have clashing music because its not a big boat which would get annoying. see for your self, use a bluetooth speaker and place it in the cabin, then see how each "zone" has to listen to two different songs on my boat, I have the cabin speakers running direct off the...
  14. Scott Danforth

    Max Horsepower Rating Interpretation

    because the load path is different on an I/O vs an outboard an outboard is clamped to the top of the transom, the force of the prop is trying to pry the transom off the back of the boat with a long lever arm an I/O is mounted low to the transom and stringers, much less force on the transom...
  15. Scott Danforth

    Four Winns cover pooling and leaking new owners

    boat covers should be re-sprayed every 6-12 months with water proofing the pooling may require a second or even a third pole
  16. Scott Danforth

    Looking for best 2 cycle motor

    sounds like you have the same luck I do.....
  17. Scott Danforth

    Is the bilge drain hole to small or am I stupid

    turn the connector to re-aim the wire
  18. Scott Danforth

    What´s the best replacement for AQ271C (or 570) 5.7 GM engine, ideally stroker?

    the mercruiser camshaft is same for the 350 and 383, only difference is the 1.6:1 rockers. they use a flat top 4-relief piston (not a proper piston for building a 377 or 383)
  19. Scott Danforth

    1988 Rogue 2420

    cant get the new carb to idle or respond to the 4-corner idle mixture screws, yanking it off again to verify the transfer slots on the secondaries
  20. Scott Danforth

    Mercrusier 3.0 and 4.3 compatiblity

    you can get props low enough if the drive is a 1.81:1. however if its a 1.62:1, no also, the inline motor has a different input shaft than the V-motors. you will need to swap input shaft
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