Recent content by Steev-oh

Last fall when preparing my boat for winter I heard a clicking sound I thought was the starter not fully disengaging. In the spring I pulled the starter and had it rebuilt, when I put it back in the noise was still there. The noise is only at idle it goes away when I increase idle. I took the...

I have read through the forums and could not find the answer I am looking for. I have added a depth/fish finder, after drilling the holes I filled the holes with 100% silicon thinking that was fine. I am wondering if I should have used epoxy in the hole instead of silicon? or even marine...

I have a 97 four winns 180H and I have been calling around to get an extended swim platform for it, I had a dealer tell me that they wouldn't sell me one for any boat that is more than 10yrs old. He reasoning behind that was the fiberglass is not as strong due to the age and if I put one on it...

I just pulled the drive off to inspect and grease for the season. I didn't have to replace my u-joints as they had been replaced by the previous owner. I changed the gimble to the newer greaseless style and changed the u-joint bellows I also changed the 2 o-rings on the input shaft. When I...

I have a 97 four winns 180 horizon rx with 4.3gl/sx. I have only had the boat in the water 3 times since I bought it 3wks ago. the first time was a water test performed by the previous owner. The first time I took it out as the new owner, I had a bad over heating issue from idle on to 45+mph it...