24 ft cruiser fresh water system. Pump builds intermittent pressure, plumbing is good, suspect it's the little diaphragm pump. Agree? Other things to consider? Source for replacement pump? Pump-replacing tips?
pump close-up
+1 on going in the fall.
I've taken trips out that way for over 20 years to boat with family living out there. Wish it didn't take me that long to figure out October is the time to go. Crowds mostly gone, water is warm, air is more reasonable.
What bottom paint do you recommend for 1998 Wellcraft 240 SE? The green stuff on their is like some kind of ablative that was on there when I got it about 5 yrs ago. It is slipped seasonally in fresh water, otherwise stored on trailer. I'd like to re-do the bottom paint when it comes out of...
Looking for input from the good folks here
My 26 yr old son is getting a new Tundra (must be nice). We need to trim the fleet, but keep our daughter in a vehicle for a few years - she's a freshman at local university.
Should we get rid of an 09 Malibu with about 90k mi on it, or an 06...
We're looking to get a new oil filter wrench - suggestions on what/where to get?
1998 Wellcraft 240 SE, 25 ft small cruiser. GM 350 ci, carb'd (VP outdrive)
most fuel efficient, or cheapest?
besides being towed (fuel efficient, but not cheap ultimately), drifting down the River (it's technically an estuary) is pretty fuel efficient, but still not really cheap if it's your boat
Thanks guys. Makes sense. Now I just gotta talk my primary mechanic (son) into it - he and I do all that stuff, but he usually wants to wait til we take it out of storage and prep it for the next season. I'm working on getting him to do the bull work these days. Maybe I should let him use...
My small I/O cruiser (24 ft Wellcraft 240 SE with carb'd 350 engine and VP SX-M outdrive) is stored over the winter by my marina. We pull it, put in the the trailer, winterize it, then leave it on the trailer at the marina. They take it from there. So, the outdrive gets left in the up...
This is my cockpit cover, doesn't "seal" around cover poles, but doesn't really need to. When it rains, a little gets onto the cockpit floor, but that's what scuppers and bilge pump are for. Actually, I don't ever notice any more water in the bilge after a rain if the cockpit cover is on
I saw this thread come up, and had to look. Not that this pic will help, but should make you feel like you have an easier task at hand. My son's friend spent years on this '59.
My anchor now sits at the bottom of Lake Erie. I was a good Danforth with about 4 ft of chain and about 200 ft of 3/8" anchor liine. For use on a 1998 Wellcraft 240 SE, what do you suggest as a replacement and from where? We usually are on Upper Niagara River ans western basin of Lake Erie...
My son's friend is great with old boats, cars, etc. There are kids out there that enjoy the old-school. Thought you might enjoy his latest endeavor, he put it in the water for the first time this weekend - glad I was there (finally) to enjoy it!
Good friend of mine looking at this boat
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/19...sport-99434936
what do you think of it? Anything specific we should look for?
It's good through 2018, but the sticker on one side is completely faded - anyone know what, if anything I have to do. I passed a LEO last night expecting to get stopped, but wasn't. So it's got me thinking, and wonder what the good folks here think. What's the law say? What do you think I...
