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The wife and I were wanting to expand our cruising area and plan a couple day trip away from home. I was curious if there were any good web sites to use to plan a trip? My main concern other than weather would be fuel since the boat doesn't have a thousand gallon gas tank nor a sail. I would...
Re: Backfiring through the carb HELP!
This is the type of fuel filter I have. I will try and get a couple pictures tomorrow and post up.
Is a fuel/water separator not a fuel filter?
So I've had this ongoing issue during the last half dozen outings or so. After running for about 45 mins the engine will start backfiring through the carb. If I keep the RPMs below 2600 it won't do it but if I try to run at my normal cruising speed (3000 RPM) it will start to spit, sputter and...
Ok so I purchase a nice new garage to house the boat and keep it in out of the weather. I go out to admire how nice it all looks when I notice some oil on the floor. Slowly there is gear oil leaking from the foot. In the attached picture I've drawn an arrow to a hole that the oil seems to me...
Ok gurus out there I need some help. I purchased a 96 Stingray 586 and this is the location of the transducer the previous owner's depth/fish finder was mounted. I've swapped the system out for a Garmin 431 and decided to use the same mounting location. My problem is that I get false shallow...
Ok so I'm new to the whole boating thing and I don't want to be cruising the water and ripping my top off so......... Ballpark, what speed do you guys normally cruise at with the top up and at what speed would you say heck no to with the top up?
I have a 96 Stingray 586 with the 4.3 merc.
Thanks!
