I took all the carbs off today and cleaned them thoroughly with carb cleaner and compressed air. They looked perfect. I put the carbs back on and hooked everything back up thinking it was going to purr. HAHA!! It would pop and start then run for 3 seconds and die. I tried to adjust the...
So I just had my stringers reinforced and floor and foam replaced. I was all excited because I thought I was going to gain some speed because the floors and foam was water logged (extra weight). Well the boat used to go over 45 mph. Well much to my demise, I took it out and it ran great, but...
I just had my stringers reinforced and new floors and I am now in the process of painting the floors and decks. I already put my primer and first coat of paint. I am using international interlac 665 marine paint (single component allkyd). It looks good so far, but looks tooooo slippery. So I...
I have a 21' skeeter bay with 150 mariner. Boat pulls really hard to the right and steering is very loose with a lot of play. I am positive it is not the skeg thing (steering fin) that you can adjust left or right. I was told it may be the bushings but I am not sure how to check them or if that...
Re: 1994 skeeter bay redoing floors and stringers, need help PAINTING!!
Here are the photos of the work before he lays the floors. He basically ran a board along the bottom of the stringers and glassed them in. Said the person who tried before did a very bad job and my stringers were not...
I bought a 1994 skeeter bay last year and found out that the stringers were bad and floors are rotted. I found a guy online who is reinstalling the stringers and glassing them in with wood and putting in new floors all for 1000 bucs. This is a 21' boat and is not an easy project. He says 500...
I have a skeeter bay pro with a 150 mariner 1996. My steering has lots of play and it steers very hard to the right. I have to use all my strength to hold the steering wheel when Im on a plane or it will turn hard to the right. If I let go of the wheel for one second, the boat will be on the...
My steering has lots of play and it steers very hard to the right. I have to use all my strength to hold the steering wheel when Im on a plane or it will turn hard to the right. If I let go of the wheel for one second, the boat will be on the land. Its that bad. I was wondering if there is...
I dropped the lower unit to check the impeller, and after I put the lu back on, the throttle was very hard to shift into forward. Took it on the water and had no reverse and when I put it in neutral it was in forward gear, pretty crazy. I have been trouble shooting for a week trying to figure...
Finally got my motor running and of course something else breaks!!! I had problems shifting gears so I narrowed it down to the control box. I took it apart to find the teeth on the throttle lever inside the box are cracked and when switching gears the teeth don't grab anymore. Im assuming the...
I've already changed the pack, stator, coils, plugs, wires, timer base!! Still have issues. I have a spark gap tester set at 7/16" get perfect blue spark on all four at cranking speed. Then I start the motor and immediately I get intermittent spark on cylinder 1. I have a "glow tester" that...
SO no one bought my boat after a year at the boatyard, so I decided to go pick it up and try to get her running again. I'm pretty sure I had it getting clean fuel, perfect compression, just bad ignition. I think it there was no fire at cylinder 3 and that resulted in loss of power. I changed...
Recently bought 1994 skeeter bay with 150 mariner. The motor runs great, but the hull is another story. It is the WORST boat I have ever ridden in my life. The floors are soft and it never rides level. Always crooked to the left like I have 1000lbs of weight on the left side of the boat. It...
The front of my bow nails the heck out of the bow stop EVERYTIME I launch. I tried 4 different launches. It is so bad it has torn all the fiberglass of the front tip of the bow. It is a 1994 skeeter bay pro on a 1994 ez loader trailer and everything fits perfect and its easy to get on the...
Motor starts and idles perfect on cold start right after get boat on water. Idles at about 900 rpm and purrs. Take it out for ride and get the motor warm. Motor runs perfect. Go back to neutral and it idles at 600 and sneezes and kills everytime so its hard to operate the boat when getting...
