haulyard
Seaman
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2007
- Messages
- 71
My 35 hp chrysler 70's on a chrysler 14' fiber boat same year,was a fast and stable boat at all speeds. (thanks to the help i recieved here at iboats) i had the boat listed for sale on ebay ,but decided i should take a look at floor board and what was underneath.
there was water and water logged foam probably 100 lbs of it or more.also floor board was water damaged.
I removed all of the soaked foam and replaced a large part of flooring.
also i painted the lower unit. and added a speedometer(pressure tube type)
well now i was all excited to see if boat would go faster ,BUT when i got her up to about 15 mph she turned hard left ,i played around with every possible setting (4 trim settings) but was no different.
I tried steering to right when it wanted to go left and this caused it to nose dive.
it seemed like boat was trying to sink itself(really quite scary)
SO , my questions are, can this be caused by
1. a small piece of plastic for speedometer.
2. painting motor
3.removing so much weight from hull
or all of the above??
there was water and water logged foam probably 100 lbs of it or more.also floor board was water damaged.
I removed all of the soaked foam and replaced a large part of flooring.
also i painted the lower unit. and added a speedometer(pressure tube type)
well now i was all excited to see if boat would go faster ,BUT when i got her up to about 15 mph she turned hard left ,i played around with every possible setting (4 trim settings) but was no different.
I tried steering to right when it wanted to go left and this caused it to nose dive.
it seemed like boat was trying to sink itself(really quite scary)
SO , my questions are, can this be caused by
1. a small piece of plastic for speedometer.
2. painting motor
3.removing so much weight from hull
or all of the above??