Re: maybe a switch to 4 blade....
Oh yeah... I bought the boat last year from a dealer.... And well they were definitly were not honest.
The gimbal ring had some repair done to it and it was not done right basically it was jb welded together so at the end of last season when I pulled it out the port side was cracked. The repair was done and painted over so it was very hard to see....This is where it began.
Bascially this is what was needed:
New U joints
Gimbals ring
gimbal bearing
pivot shaft
exhaust, shift and cable bellows
water pump
Belts
Carb rebuild
and while was tearing in to the back half of the boat i cut the hose that transfers the lube from the outdrive to the resivior so i replaced that whole system.
I know what your saying why did he buy it. Well they had it inspected by the local Merc guy ( who turns out works for him and gave me a copy of the inpsection when I bought it.
But, I took it out all week and have put a total of about 16 hours on it since I got ( i put an hours clock on it too)
And now am trying to get the props right to make sure I am taking proper care of the engine.
The results from this weekend we great I had (1300lbs) 6 guys in the boat and one behind it all weekend and it planed fine with the 19p and would reach about 4200 wot with the load. But, with just me and another we got 4600. The tach is right on with my shop tach when I am at the house so i believe it.
So now, I want to get a 4 blade so i can plane quicker with two or three people towing behind us...