All,
just posting some teething problems I've encountered with my boat, may serve as a useful heads up for others, as know a few of you out there are counting the days to get on the water.
First, the boat itself is a 2008 Monterey 194 FS (brand new never registered) with 5.0 MPI 260 Hp Merc engine and Bravo 3 drive. I've had the boat in the water several times over the last couple of weeks to run it in and am now at the 7 hour point.
The problems I've encountered are:
Boat is currently at dealers having all the above rectified. Despite the above, love having it out on the water - even though I wasn't initially enthusiastic about it's colour (bright bright Yellow) I've been pleasantly surprised by the amount of attention it's attracted from owners of other makes.
AJ
just posting some teething problems I've encountered with my boat, may serve as a useful heads up for others, as know a few of you out there are counting the days to get on the water.
First, the boat itself is a 2008 Monterey 194 FS (brand new never registered) with 5.0 MPI 260 Hp Merc engine and Bravo 3 drive. I've had the boat in the water several times over the last couple of weeks to run it in and am now at the 7 hour point.
The problems I've encountered are:
Leaking Gear Lube: this caused some serious head scratching, found out eventually due to a leaking joint in the tube that feeds from reservoir to outdrive (no jubilee clips or cable ties hold the tube onto the joint - only the strength of the tube - it can be slipped off with a finger, yet its located in the most inaccessible area at the bottom of the rear of the engine!!!). Don't know for sure, but may be common to all Bravo drives. More info here: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?p=2550313#post2550313
Depth gauge: This hasn't worked properly from day one, constantly alarms, so have had to shut off at moment till dealer fits new one. Saving grace is that believe it is the actual unit on the dash, not the hull transducer that is faulty.
Trim gauge: From day one, this has been well out, so am trusting instincts on where drive is as opposed to the gauge (and avoiding known shallow areas).
Flat battery: Still haven't figured out what drained the power, possibly standby status on stereo - but now always use the isolator when parking the boat overnight.
Depth gauge: This hasn't worked properly from day one, constantly alarms, so have had to shut off at moment till dealer fits new one. Saving grace is that believe it is the actual unit on the dash, not the hull transducer that is faulty.
Trim gauge: From day one, this has been well out, so am trusting instincts on where drive is as opposed to the gauge (and avoiding known shallow areas).
Flat battery: Still haven't figured out what drained the power, possibly standby status on stereo - but now always use the isolator when parking the boat overnight.
Boat is currently at dealers having all the above rectified. Despite the above, love having it out on the water - even though I wasn't initially enthusiastic about it's colour (bright bright Yellow) I've been pleasantly surprised by the amount of attention it's attracted from owners of other makes.
AJ
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