So I spent a lot of time getting what I thought was gonna be a great mold ready for an extended swim platform for my Doral 300se but after wet sanding down to 1200 and waxing the mold with carnuba 10 times I started the gelcoat which very quickly started to bubble up in areas... It seemed to...
The new motor is a 305 gm crate and has been smelling rich and smoking lately,had some gas in the oil as well.put vacuum gauge on and it was flickering at 15 at 1000 rpm.Well just finished a compression test and number 1 cylinder had 50 psi where as all others had 185-190 psi. I poured a little...
I have been getting a rich exhaust smell for a while now and some smoke at start up and now seems sluggish to plane but once rpm get up it seems to clear itself.... I have been reading alot of posts on this symptom and from what I gather the usual causes are either the IAC solenoid or the TBI...
Hey guys, my gas gauge goes right to full as soon as it gets grounded, even with new sending unit it just jumps to full, I assume it is obviously bad as wiring checks out. Problem is i can't match my faria gauge and wondering if anyone has ever taken one of these apart to repair the internals. I...
Hey guys , I had my Kohler 6.5ESZ generator removed last year on winterization to diagnose it not running after start switch released and thought it would be a simple hook up to battery and it would run on bench.... not so. The guy who removed it had snipped all the attached wires to remove it...
I have a 1998 Doral 300SE with twin VP 5.0GI engines and was checking oil levels and noticed one had too high oil level but looked and smelled fine. I was thinking someone overfilled it as boat is new to me this season and couldn't remember what the level was when picking up boat, just remember...
I'm looking for a person who could either complete a survey or even just go by and give it a quick look over to make sure it is is acceptable condition before I drive 12 hrs to pick boat up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am on a tight budget and don't want to spend 500 or more on a...
Hello, I just purchased a 1999 four winns 258 vista and everything was working but then towed it home 600 miles and today when I put it in the water the cluster is totally dead. Nothing works and have checked all the under dash fuses wiggled wires etc looking for something loose. I wanted to...
I was changing my gimbal bearing and when I removed the sterndrive the bearing was attached to the driveshaft of my SX drive. Have seen that happen before but when I go to put in new bearing it pretty much slips into place with hardly any pressure. My old bearing was not in that bad shape but...
Hey guys... I have had this issue periodically for the last few years and cannot figure out what is causing it. It only does it once in a while when first loading boat to get on plane. It will give a little pop noise and then usually fine, but seems to miss a little on WOT some times as well. I...
My temp gauge has not worked since I have had boat for 4years and figure it is time to fix it. But I can not locate where it is. Can find oil pressure and overheat switch but not the temp sender ?? The microfiche don't show actual location. Was told it should be in block on side of engine but...
Hey guys.... I have had this periodic misfire over the last couple of years that i have not been able to find the cause of. It is almost like a little backfire with a kind of popping noise usually at beginning of the day at load getting on plane but sometimes what sounds like a little miss at...
I just replaced my uj bellows and used bellows adhesive on drive side where the v-ring is but can I trust the pressure of the drive squeezing against the ring to seal the drive??
This is where water was getting in the last time and wondering if I shouldn't put some ultra black sealer on the...
I had seen water getting pumped out the side a few times and figured I had a bellows leak and then yesterday I had some knocking/grinding noise turning left and right and figured the gimbal was on it's way out.. even though I only replaced it beginning of last season....
Anyway when I pulled...
Hey guys... I know this has been discussed before but I am still getting conflicting stories from my local dealer on wether I can actually buy just the universal joints for my 2000 SX-M outdrive.
The dealer says I have to buy the whole shaft with universals and my local guy said he couldn't...
