Good evening all. So I am not a v-blogger or anything close to it, but I do wish I had recorded myself rebuilding this 1989 and 16 ft thundercraft ski boat with a 2.5 l m mercruiser and alpha 1 Gen 1 Stern drive. It has been quite the adventure since February.
But I have it all back together, and my last test was by far and away the best one. Everything seemed to work great... Except one thing.
The last thing I did was change the impeller because my engine was overheating, when I put it all back together it goes into forward gear very easily and the prop spins very quickly, maybe more quickly than it should, and then when I put it in reverse, it takes a long time for the prop to engage. I had to sort of move the propeller back and forth to get the splines to line up when I change the impeller, could I have moved the prop too far so that it is more in forward gear than reverse gear? If that makes sense?
But I have it all back together, and my last test was by far and away the best one. Everything seemed to work great... Except one thing.
The last thing I did was change the impeller because my engine was overheating, when I put it all back together it goes into forward gear very easily and the prop spins very quickly, maybe more quickly than it should, and then when I put it in reverse, it takes a long time for the prop to engage. I had to sort of move the propeller back and forth to get the splines to line up when I change the impeller, could I have moved the prop too far so that it is more in forward gear than reverse gear? If that makes sense?