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3 blade stainless steel prop 26p
Got turned around at a landing by vicious current and got two dings on my prop.
Both are on the very outer edge, 1 measures 3 mm wide and 1.5 mm deep second is 2mmX1mm. The metal isn't gone, the measurements are where the metal got "crowned" into a spoon shape...
95 VP 5.8 FI 351 with SX Cobra drive.
Flushing her out after saltwater use today, noticed bellows just hanging in there, end mounted to transom was still attached but the butt end had somehow gotten off the drive.
While trying to re-install I tore a hole in it with my long needle nose pliers...
95 FW with VP 5.8 fi
Currently powered by an ac-delco 24 group battery.
Inherited a 27 group battery (advance auto brand) from my neighbor who just sold the boat he was going to put it in.
Battery is brand new.
I have a multi battery selector that was in my old boat.
Should I be concerned...
95 VP with Ford 351 5.8 FI
Starter turns but doesn't engage. I can hear the loud whirring noise of the starter gear turning but flywheel is staying put.
I know how to work on cars but novice on boats.
On a vehicle, I would turn the cam and try it again...take a light ballpein hammer and tap...
Another barn find. Here are the facts:
- Built in 1987 from galvanized aluminum
- 24 ft long, though the tongue could be extended another 3 feet
- Solid enclosed frame construction, not "C" frame (3x5 inches all the way around)
- Tires are 1820 lbs capacity so 7200 lbs from a tire perspective...
95 Four Winns Horizon 240, 5.8 Ford FI, Penta SX
Firs time out of the season. Battery was low so needed jump box to first get it started. Once started she ran great for 1.5 hours. Plenty of power, smooth ride, like buttah...
I get back in, do my little dance to back it in the pick up slips...
Got this "barn find" trailer for next to nothing. At this point I am trying to decide one of the 3 options:
1. Fix it for my four winns horizon 240
2. Fix it but resell it
3. Listen to my wife and just put it "as-is" on Craigslist
First the details:
Total trailer length= 24ft
10 gauge steel...
Looking at this boat:
http://boats.iboats.com/1995-monterey-230-explorer/782121.html
Dealer in Tampa is selling for friend (yeah, suspicious already).
They have dropped the price drastically as they found water in the bilge last time they took it out (3 to 4 inches, he says). According to...
Moving at the end of the school year to Beaufort SC. Got a public ramp 500 ft from the house so I am hooked up nice.
Funny thing is, the few times I have been to the area, I have not seen a lot of recreational boaters. Where are the good spots for that?
Where would I got to get a nautical...
Hey guys, trying to figure out if this is a worth a trip (10 hours each way for me) to go see this boat.
Everything else looks fine, and I plan on inspecting as thoroughly as I can. But I need to figure out if it's even worth it before I spend the money on the trip then on a marine survey...
New to this colony (and no I didn't get kicked out of the last one).
Sold my renken (peew) last year and now that I am back stateside, it's high time for another boat.
I have been eyeballing a Starcraft 2415 Starship Aurora (I kid you not, I have seen the original sales brochure).
NADA's...
Sold my boat last year because I was stationed in a very boat unfriendly place...no comments.
Now I am looking for another one.
Found a 2000 Marada 22' deck boat. It's going through an auction so I will be able to inspect it visually and put some mickey ears to "kick the tires". A water...
Hey guys, well I finally found a new exhaust manifold for my yammie. Brand new ones for under $200, email me if interested!
Now I am tackling the the control cable swap. On the yammie I/O can I use a standard 3300 universal control cable? If so, what length can I expect? (as you can tell I...
I got my hands on a Stern Drive owner's manual which I believe covers I/O yammies from 1992 to 1997.
However no luck in locating the clymer manual, seems it just stopped at 1991???
Any other manuals for the yammie out there?
Still new at all of this but feeling my way around...
Inherited a 92 Renken, replaced the 650 holley street carb for an appropriate Rochester Qjet. That was easy.
Thanks to TheCaptnKen, I took apart the lower unit, cleaned up the whole thing so my shifting problem should be history.
I was...
I inherited 92 Renken with a 4.3 and a yamaha drive. I am a car mechanic but know little about boats.
The boat had two significant issues when I got it. The engine was performing poorly in the water (bogged down) and for some reason the only way top shift from forward to reverse was to shut...
