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New with 1st boat and troubleshot some previous starting problems by giving a tune up with new plugs. Now the boat fires up and purrs at idle, and we ran it for several hours pulling skiiers, no problems, until we decided to head in and it began a loud rattle. I pulled back the cover and...
Just bought a used and well maintained 2004 Chap 180 ssi and the previous owner walked me through all of the maintenance he did to it.
It ran great for several outings and on the last one, hot day after wakeboaring, pulled around the bend near the house and put into idle while I trimmed up. It...
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New with first boat, 2004 Chaparral 180 SSi, with 3.0 Volvo Pentax. After some starting problems and looking around the engine, I noticed the bracket, or torque arm, of the raw water pump fell off of the engine and I picked it up out of there. Both bolts and washers are missing (assume...
