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  1. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 165's First Engine Align, Having Trouble

    from the stickies. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/must-have-technical-information-for-diyers.335378/ there is a video on alignment. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/a-couple-of-new-videos.570843/
  2. Scott Danforth

    How long is the skeg on a mariner 30/40

    Should be a tad longer than the prop
  3. Scott Danforth

    Oil filter PSA

    When changing oil and working on filter(s) that are hard to reach. Make sure the old o-ring(s) come off the filter head With a big block it takes 15 seconds to dump 1 gallon of oil at idle It takes 4 hours to clean up 1 gallon of oil Ran out of beer cleaning the mess End of PSA
  4. Scott Danforth

    1988 26 foot bayliner trophy 262 king cobra

    skip it. Wellcraft in the 80's used mostly wood as core. (they were built on the property where my work office is, and some of the old-timers worked at Wellcraft) unless you want a project
  5. Scott Danforth

    1988 26 foot bayliner trophy 262 king cobra

    OMC went out of business 8 years after that boat was built Parts for King Cobras are near impossible to find Bayliners from the 80s have less than poor build quality. Lots of exposed core material under the deck. This leads to rot For those two reasons, I would skip it unless you have a...
  6. Scott Danforth

    OMC/ Volvo penta 3.0gs ignition fuse keeps blowing

    Yes
  7. Scott Danforth

    Can I Prevent Corrosion and a Stuck Gimbal Bearing?

    I recommend tef-gel over anti seize
  8. Scott Danforth

    How Do I Remove a Stuck Gimbal Bearing?

    Only if new swear words were created
  9. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 496 MAG Refresh Thread

    Top row?
  10. Scott Danforth

    Bearing carrier removal 1989 cobra 3 litre.

    Ditch the seloc manual (they make poor toilet paper and worse manuals) You probably have corrosion
  11. Scott Danforth

    How Do I Remove a Stuck Gimbal Bearing?

    Never mind, I see you got it out
  12. Scott Danforth

    How Do I Remove a Stuck Gimbal Bearing?

    Skip the over the counter stuff. Mix 50%ATF and 50%Acetone. Best penetrating oil that exists. Brush on liberally or spray on Use a 5# fist maul and beat the bearing inward a bit with a piece of white oak. Swing like your trying to turn the world......That will loosen the bearing.
  13. Scott Danforth

    Mercruiser 496 MAG Refresh Thread

    Are the tubes bad, or the braze joint to the header sheet
  14. Scott Danforth

    KY ABC Auction

    Or the 99 pack
  15. Scott Danforth

    OMC/ Volvo penta 3.0gs ignition fuse keeps blowing

    If you didn't upgrade the wire in the ignition circuit, jumping from 15 amps to 30 just makes the wire the thing that will burn up next
  16. Scott Danforth

    I want to place a metal patch on a Zinc-Coated steel gasoline tank opening.

    Get a cheap fuel sending unit, knock off the sender, modify it on the bench to seal it up so you don't meet Jesus, then install in the tank like the old sender
  17. Scott Danforth

    Need ID of fiberglass jon

    Measure the transom width, and water line length, then use the USCG formula. Most likely rated for 10 -15 hp
  18. Scott Danforth

    Is a closed cooling system safe for cooling the engine at higher r.p.m. runs? Pro's& Con's.please.

    I run my closed cooling system for hours at WOT
  19. Scott Danforth

    Relocating oil filter on a Mercruiser 5.7?

    Yes.
  20. Scott Danforth

    Relocating oil filter on a Mercruiser 5.7?

    Merc does a lot of things that shouldnt be done, including using the customer as the testing phase of new products when they are first launched in a prior life where I was measuring the differential pressures on natural gas converted SBCs used as generators, the oil differential on the remote...
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