It's really his SHT, but since it was on my boat I guess I vicariously get to take some of the credit for this.
I was out on Lake Pleasant, AZ with my 2 kids (16 y/o son - 7 y/o daughter), a friend and his fiance. We went out for some tubing and whatever else sounded fun.
My son is pretty good...
Yesterday was only my second trip to the lake with my boat. The first trip ended w/ a gasket failure and 900 dollars worth of work to the sterndrive :(
Anyway, I noticed it takes a really long time to get to 4000 RPMs. Somewhere between 60 and 90 seconds. It immediately jumps from idle to 3000...
Hey all. A few months back I bought a 21' Thompson cuddy that seemed too good a deal to pass up. I did some minor restoration work on the interior and engine whilst I waited to put her on the water. The first time I had her out, the sterndrive siezed up and left me stranded on the water :/...
I have 2 faults:
One is an extreme curiousity. I will take almost anything apart in the interest of learning how it works.
The second is frugality. If I can fix it myself, even if it may take a little longer, I will make an attempt.
Long story short: two weeks ago while trying to figure out...
I recently bought a 1968 Thompson 21' cuddy with a model 1967 OMC SternDrive and noticed something this weekend that hadn't happened before:
I had the boat at home just to run through some things before taking it out the next morning. When I started the motor up I almost immediately noticed a...
Hey all. I just bought a 21' 1968 Thompson with either one of two engines:<br /><br />Original 283 c.i. V-8<br /><br />or<br /><br />Aftermarket 327 c.i. V-8<br /><br />Please, don't bash me because I'm not certain. I was told it was a 327 when I bought it, but after staring at the manuals...
So I just bought a 1968 21' Thompson cuddy a week ago. I was anxious to try it on the water but took the week until Saturday to make sure everything I knew of was lake-ready.<br /><br />Saturday I got to the ramp with my wife, kids and brother. I was a little nervous about the launch, but it...
