I have a 14-year-old son and he and his friends like to be pulled around in inflatable tubes. Sometimes we get our Maxum 1900 up pretty far on one side when trying to make the tube shoot out to the side. At times it feels like we're at a 45 degree angle or more. Sometimes I find myself wondering...
We have a couple of Airhead towables that are horse-shoe shaped, and have rather intricately-shaped bladders. On the lake, they need to be pumped up high to maintain enough pressure in the cold water. When you pull them out into the hot air, they immediately start to increase in pressure to the...
'97 Maxum with Alpha 1 outdrive and 4.3 engine.
I bought a Turning Point Express prop based on the markings on the Michigan Wheel prop that I destroyed. The Michigan Wheel prop was marked 14x23, and I went down in size to a 14x21 for better hole shot. The prop I got is 4" in diameter at the...
I read all I could on stainless props and used a calculator to determine what would work for my boat--a '97 Maxxum 1900 SR bowrider with a 4.3 V6. The original aluminum prop was a Michigan Wheel three-blade 14x23, but for our use (pulling skiers and wakeboarders) the Mercury calculator said for...
'97 Maxxum. I've found four drain plugs so far--one on each side of the block and one one each exhaust manifold. I've traced the hose that goes back from the four-input manifold on top of the front of the engine back to the steering rack and found that it goes past the rack, makes an "S" turn...
I've got a new boat with a 4.3 mercruiser and a 14 x 23 Vortex aluminum prop. I also have a stainless quicksilver prop in 15.25 x 21p (48 13702) left over from my previous boat. The prop that's on there works great, but I'm wondering if it would be worth my while to hang onto the stainless one...
I'm mounting a Joystick Pro wakeboard tower to my '97 Maxum 1900 bowrider. I've read a few good articles that mention using oversized pieces of 1/2" plywood behind the hull to spread out the stress to a larger area and prevent fractures. I can't get 1/2" marine plywood here, and I really don't...
I put a new stereo in my '97 Maxum 1900 SE. I had to learn how to bend my forearms into a "Z" shape to get at the screws that hold in the stereo surround. Not fun.
Somehow in the process, I must have dislodged a wire. If I hit the depth sounder button, the display on the dash lights up red...
My previous boat was a 1974 140HP I/O Glasply with no trim gauge, so I installed smart tabs. Now I have a '97 Maxum 1900SR with a 4.3 liter Mercruiser and fully functioning trim and gauge. Since I've never used trim before I'm wondering whether it would be a good idea to stick with what I know...
I'm ready to buy, and I'm looking at two Reinell 184BRXLs, same model, different year. One is a '95 with a Mercruiser 4.3 set-up and it's around $4500 with a wakeboard tower (which I had planned to get anyway.) The other is a '97 with a Volvo Penta 4.3 and Cobra SX outdrive and no tower. I can...
Translation needed for ad that says "Boat Overheated Last Time Out." 302 Mercruiser
I'm looking at a 1990 Campion open bow with a 302 Mercruiser. Seller says it needs a water pump and that it overheated last year. I appreciate his honesty, but I'm wondering if you'd translate that as:
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I've decided to move up from my '74 3.0 Glassply to a bigger boat so that my son can learn to wakeboard. There's an '87 Ski Centurion locally for $5500. Motor rebuild has 400 hours on it and when the motor was rebuilt, the floor was removed, stringers replaced, and upholstery re-done. I'm...
We've had a lot of break-ins in our neighborhood lately and people are getting a bit paranoid. Today, one of those fine clean-cut APX boys from Utah came to my door offering me a special deal--they pay for the equipment and installation, and I pay $199 activation and $50.00 per month. Tried to...
I swore I'd never do this again after the Glassply from hell, but a good friend has torn into the floor of his Fiberform tri-hull and found just what you'd expect in a 35-year-old boat--rotten floor and rotten stringers. He wants me to help since I've done it before, and I'm at least willing to...
I live in a neighborhood with its own gravel ramp, so I've never experienced what you guys are describing while loading my boat. However, yesterday I got a feel for what you go through.
At at the bowling alley.
I get to my lane and there's a family bowling on the lane to the left of ours, but...
