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If have been trying to fine tune the prop on my crowne 270 w/ suzuki 140 4 stroke. I had a solas 4 blade prop 13.8 dia/15 pitch and it would not get above 5500 rpm with 27 gallons of gas and me. So I stepped down to the 4 blade 13.3dia /13 pitch prop and the rpms are 6400 where the rev limiter...
I have a Harris Crown 270 pontoon boat. It is a pontoon not tritoon with 25-26 in toons. It is powered by a 140 suzuki four stroke. Here is the question. At low rpms a get low prop slip.... The faster I go the higher the slip up to 30% prop slip at 5700 rpm and 24-25 miles per hour. When I watch...
I have a 2005 Harris Flotebote 270 Crowne with a 140 hp 4 stroke. The problem I'm having is its slow. The prop GODS are saying it has a over 30% prop slip, Based on the weight of the pontoon and the load onboard. What can throw these numbers off is water in the toons. If I have water in the...
I'm looking for A shop Manual for a 2005 DF140. Also a complete list of parts and the part numbers for a tune up. Oil filter, fuel filter High and low pressure.
Plugs, and water impeller. Anything else that might need to be replaced.
Thanks Nutinbitin
What I'm trying to achieve is a speed of 20-25 mph with Rpm's in the high 3000 to low 4000. Or better stated the best fuel economy at 20 to 25 mph.
The pontoon is a 2005 27ft Harris Flotebote Crowne It is not a tritoon. The pontoons are 26" dia. With inside strikes.The pontoon sits very flat in...
I have a 2003 Volvo Penta SX drive. I had the drive removed to clean corrision this spring. They checked the bearings and put new bellows on. It seems now when I trim all the way down the drive growls or turn to the port side it growls. Is this normal???? What can I Check???
I would like to thank all that contribute to this forum with thier wealth of hard earned knowledge. This is a great web site and it has helped me BIG time.
I posted last week with a fuel delivery problem on my 5.0 GL-C. Although I did not recieve a response to my problem all the info I needed...
I have a 2003 5.0 GL-C Volvo Penta motor. The tach stopped working but checks out as OK. I removed the tach and ran it on a friends boat and it works fine. It gets 12vdc of power and the needle "zeros" when I turn the key. The signal is is saying 9vdc but the tach will not move. I though I...
I have a 5.0 GL-C year 2003. When I start it seems to run fine. If I let it idle for awhile it runs out of gas.
If I prime it it will start back up and run. If I get underway before it runs out it runs fine. I ran for twenty minutes at about 3000 rpms. Come back and dock it and let it idle it...
