Well super encouraging... we turned idol back went out last night. The rpms didn't go above 5000. That is a huge improvement... and we got up to 44mph, so gained 5. Seems random. We fiddled with a few things, just making sure all hoses were tight, everything was ?? My husband did clean out a...
Thanks for this thought. We were out again yesterday. We did realize one of our 2 props(a stainless steel one) did infact show it was probably a spun prop. The other , not stainless, however it should only make us lose 2-3 mph and have no bearing on rpms is NOT showing its spin. We sent the...
Ours doesn't have a filter or screen on the bottom of the tube. I've checked in to this and apparently its normal. Its slanted on the bottom with no place for a screen or filter ... I've seen diagrams that show filters though, which is why we looked into it. Do you think this could be the...
I would be extremely grateful for any thoughts on this. I have an four winns with an OMC Ford 302 engine. It normally runs 4500 rpms and close to 50mph. We recently had an alternator replaced and a sea/raw water pump rebuilt. When we put the boat back in the water it had lost 8 mph... and gained...
I guess I do not KNOW the transom is solid. When I researched signs of problems the transom and granted you are all correct just like in a home you cant find mold until you open up a wall, everything I read said you should see minor flexing or some stress cracking. We don't have any cracks not...
Hmmm... Interesting! I guess that seal, part 65 goes the whole way around where it mounts? It couldn't be 67 could it? LOL eternal optimist here hoping it isn't the transom. It has been run only in fresh water. Taken good car of and literally has 430 hrs on it. I was winterized every year and we...
I only saw the last few responses after I sent my response to myself %-/ My apologies, rookie move! We cleaned out the bilge before we did this, and did not put much water in. We had the bow raised up. And bilged water out as soon as we saw it coming out.
We also did change all oils, plugs, had...
So it of course is not the depth finders transducer! We found were the water is leaking. We put water in the bilge and it came out the bottom of the transom/stern drive mounting, I'm taking a guess here that it is the gasket? Maybe? Is this true? Or could be anything inside there? I'm thinking...
I gotcha now, that makes complete sense... I was struggling to understand why the water would not come in that lower bellow, sometimes I just need a thorough explanation and it hits ya!
So running water through with muffs should put water in bilge if its a seal or anything in the outdrive...
The transponder is underneath and through the hull. My husband said he could put his fingernail around the edge of it so I'm thinking if we put some water in the boat now on dry land & its that it would drip out bottom right? We were out yesterday for about 4 hours and never saw where it was...
