Engine has 170 hours, the problem started last night. Engine starts and runs fine up until around 4400 RPM, then it dies like someone hit the kill switch. I can put the boat back in neutral and it starts right back up. About the time it kills I see the voltmeter flicker, and it seems to be...
My surge brakes have been giving be problems since I bought the boat. My driveway is fairly step so in order to back the trailer into the garage I'm backing it up the hill all the time and I'm always dealing with brake issues. Right now one side is almost completely shot and needs most of the...
It was running great last fall when I put it away. I winterized it (filters, fluids, fogged, etc).
Now I tried to start it for the first time yesterday and once I cranked it enough to get gas to the carb, it fires but stops right sway. I was thinking it was a fuel delivery issue but if I pour...
Heading over to the river this weekend. I've only been there once, last year when we went north from Lake City. This year we're heading south for a day trip. Any recommendations for places to tie up, eat and have a couple beers along the way?
How about other places to stop and see?
This is the first time winterizing this boat, I don't have the owners manual and the service manual I have is no help because it says drain the water.
Are there 4 or five drain plugs on this engine? I've drained the two on the block and the two on the exhaust risers, is that it?
I Just brought home my new baby. A 2001 Maxum SR1900 w 4.3 - Actually it's the second new baby, the literal new baby boy is 3 weeks old :) <br /><br />Anyway, I just wanted run this by you guys to see what you think. We'd been looking to buy a brand new boat (maybe within the next year). We...
I'm in the market to either have my outdrive rebuilt, buy a rebuilt one, or buy used one. The more I think about buying a used one it scares me as you just don't know what you've got. Could be solid, could fly in 10 hours.<br /><br />Anyway, if I choose to buy a used one what are the...
It's a 1986 Ebbtide 19' cuddy with a 4.3 Cobra<br /><br />This afternoon while turning sharp at low speed I heard two loud "clunks" then at idle it was making some strange noises from the drive. We limped it back and put it on the trailer. When I got home I found metal in the oil so I took the...
Ok, I'm new to boating. I've been out with friends, in the last year or two and I've used my father-in-law's and my brother's boat enough to know that I want one, and more importantly the family really seems to enjoy it. So I've been shopping. Ideally we wanted about an 18' open bow runabout...
