I have a 88 mercury black max 200 I got last season and it would always run hot at higher rpms 2500 or so. I replaced the water pump thermostats and poppet valve with very litle change. I recently pulled the heads and exhaust divider plate thinking I probaly had a lot of corporation built up our...
hey i have a 15ft 66 chris craft with a 75hp chrysler 3 cylinder. after a lot fo work i just got it on the water this weekend. it always ran good outa the water and it ran good for a little while on the water. then i start cruisin almost full throttle and it was just die like it was losing fuel...
hey i attempted to take my boat out the first time today. i just put a newer lower and new prop on. i was having a hard time moving into forwared and reverse it would only go so far then get very tight and i forced it and the cable snap in the box. i took the box apart and found that one of the...
hey guys have a starting/battery question. i just got my boat and tried multiple auto batterys from 550 to 850 cca to start the motor and no matter wat battery i use i can only get about 8 seconds of strong cranking before its too weak the turn the motor fast enough to start. i even tried with...
i just got a 66 chris craft with and 82 chrysler 75hp. clean plugs, got new gas in it and it started right up and ran fine. started everytime after that. first problem i see is when i chock it gas pours out the front of the carbs. (why is this happening) while runing some gas comes out front of...
hey i just got a 16ft chris craft/ thompson corrsair i belive it is. any info on this boat would be great i cant find much. but my main question is how can i check if the stringers or transom are rotted. what else do i need to be concerned about in a boat this old. it appears to be in good...
hey. i have done a lot of searching and cant find anything about this boat. its a 15ft 16 with motor 1966 chris craft but i belive is was built by thompson. i belive the tag says corrsair. any info would be great. also some advice on what to check on it and how. like how do i tell if its rotted...
