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I've recently set up some mooring whips on the dock, but wanted to see if I did this right or need to make some corrections. Originally I had the front whip tied to the bow, but they were splayed out a little bit and I heard the only right was to use them was if they were perfectly straight off...
Scott, I really appreciate your help and advice with this mess.
I was at the boat today and opened up the tank and it didn't look too bad. Unfortunately my fuel pickup tube is welded to the tank so I can't pull it out to inspect it, nor reach my hand in the tank to feel for the screen. Since I...
I’ve ordered a rebuild kit from mikes, but it won’t be in for a couple days so I’ve given up on going out this weekend. I’m planning on using a small hand pump to empty the tank, or skim the water and algae off.
Yep I’ll start working on that, is it possible/realistic to just buy a couple fuel/water separators to get the gunk out? At least to get it good enough to bring some family out this weekend without driving at a snails pace.
I appreciate the link, I’ll clean and tune the carb once that tool...
New fuel, only about a month old and it’s been topped up 2 times. But I didn’t fill the tank or add starbrite because the tank was “empty” but now that I’m thinking about it, I doubt it was fully empty.
Wow there is a lot more replies here than I expected, thanks for the help everyone!
I haven’t had much time to be around the boat, working full time and family came in this afternoon, but I managed to buy some tools for compression and fuel test as well as look a couple things over.
I took a...
The boat was in the shop for 6 weeks and I was eager to take it out. I’d rather not go back to them if possible, but from what I’ve heard they seem to be the only half decent shop besides marinas.
Ok, the exhaust smells a little rich, should I try to lean it out? I find it odd that after 2 carbs the issue is almost identical so I’m thinking it must be a different problem. Oh also my mechanic told me he refuses to rebuild Rochester quadrajets, as did another mechanic (not sure why). I’ll...
Ahhh ok didn’t know that, not sure the exact numbers but my mechanic told me they were all good (he checked before doing any work)
The carb is a rebuilt Rochester quadrajet from a trusted supplier, however it is one that “doesn’t need a tune”. I did bring the idle speed up (~750rpms) as it...
I have a 1993 Maxum 2300 SCR with a Jasper rebuild 5.7
I recently had a lot of work done to it, bellows, plugs, plug wires, distributor cap + rotor, compression checked, and a brand new carb but I’m still having issues getting on plane. It’s a little hard to start, and once started the RPMs seem...
Hey guys, I put a new prop on as well as had my carb rebuilt and when I first launched it, a rainbow appeared coming out of the exhaust. What can cause this and does it have anything to do with the prop or just a bad tune? It stopped after about 2 minutes of running but its a little worrisome...
1992 Maxum 2300 SCR - 5.7 Mercruiser
I bought this boat in rough condition in early summer, first time I brought it out it started first try and got about 1,000 feet away from the dock till is sputter and died, managed to restart it after letting it sit for 5 minutes and bring it back toward...
Hello, this is my first post and first time trying to restore a boat. I've had a problem when the motor is running where it wouldn't get above 4k rpms and had a rough idle. When trying to diagnose we have zero compression on one of the cylinders and when we looked closer, the block had a crack...
