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  1. bruceb58

    Mercruiser 3.0 reliability and overall maintenance?

    When did you go through the factory? Sorry...but they were built on the same line. Not hearsay. I would never buy a recently made SeaRay....or Bayliner. I just bought a Cobalt R5 and was looking at the SeaRay SDX series. Not even in the same universe...
  2. bruceb58

    drive thump thump or chug chug sound

    Well, since the drive line is spinning at that RPM, it would make sense. If your drive was REALLY out of alignment, makes me wonder about the coupler. Any metal dust in the bilge?
  3. bruceb58

    Tongue weight, single axle vs tandem

    Major thread resurrection because of a forum spammer! Boats also have a different type of load. Since the engine is in the rear, it s very heavy so the trailer axles tend to be further to the rear. Between where the axles are and the center of gravity, the tongue weight can be less and still...
  4. bruceb58

    drive thump thump or chug chug sound

    10Hz wouldn't be a thump. 10 Hz is around the frequency of the engine RPM.
  5. bruceb58

    Mercruiser 3.0 reliability and overall maintenance?

    SeaRay took a major hit after Brunswick bought them. They are almost identical quality now. They were even both made in the same factory in Tennessee. That factory may have closed by now.
  6. bruceb58

    Mercruiser 3.0 reliability and overall maintenance?

    A lot depends on how the boat is taken care of. Sea rays and Bayliners are not the best built boats in the world so they have to be very well taken care of to last.
  7. bruceb58

    Mercruiser 3.0 reliability and overall maintenance?

    Won't even be doing 40MPH
  8. bruceb58

    Mercruiser 3.0 reliability and overall maintenance?

    He said 75 KPH...46 MPH. It might do that.
  9. bruceb58

    Frozen Brakes

    What brand brakes do you have? You may want to lube the guide pins. I do that every few years on my Kodiaks.
  10. bruceb58

    drive thump thump or chug chug sound

    I have bought a 2017 Cobalt with only 110 hours on it. I just pulled the drive and it's WAY out of alignment. And it's not an inexpensiveley built boat like a Bayliner or Searay.
  11. bruceb58

    drive thump thump or chug chug sound

    How does it sound when you have it in gear and have the drive full right or left.? You can also do that out of the water if you are careful .
  12. bruceb58

    drive thump thump or chug chug sound

    It is normal maintenance to check alignment annually whether there is work done or not.
  13. bruceb58

    drive thump thump or chug chug sound

    You are not aligning your drive correctly. This two finger turning of the alignment bar is not how you do it. You push the alignment bar with grease on it and read the grease lines to see if its high or low. The two finger thing is just how much force it is to slide the bar in and out...not...
  14. bruceb58

    Snow Birds: Beware!

    We own two homes in the montains. Web accessed thermostats have prevented multiple occurrences of possible freeze damage since we have friends use one of the houses and I vacation rent the other. Also nice to be able to turn up the heat as we drive up the mountain to them. We always turn off...
  15. bruceb58

    Frozen Brakes

    If the breakaway cable was pulled, you could slide it backwards. From the picture you can see its all the way forward.
  16. bruceb58

    Frozen Brakes

    Does the coupler slide forward and backwards within its channel if you push on it? If it does, it is possible the breakaway cable was pulled. If not, jack up each wheel and see if one or more turn to find the offending caliper
  17. bruceb58

    1998 VP 5.0Gi looses power, maybe in protection mode

    Its probably a BY or an LK. Either one of those will use the same water pump. More than likely a BY. I don;t think they used the GM engine in LK model. Volvo part number 3857794...
  18. bruceb58

    Hydrolock, swim platform, riser height and static water line question

    If that's the case, you my possibly want to replace the risers at least. I believe in only buying OEM manifolds/risers. When DonS was still here(RIP) he also only used OEM.
  19. bruceb58

    Hydrolock, swim platform, riser height and static water line question

    Your manifolds and risers look fine. I assume this a freashwater only boat? I would not bother with a flapper at all. My boat sits just as deep as yours in the back and I have had very large waves hit the stern and never had the same problem as you are having.
  20. bruceb58

    Old air compressor?

    My friend, who is an ME, does product liability investigations. He represents the manufacturers. One of his cases was doing expert testimony on a Sears air compressor. The tank that exploded was due to rust damage from the owner who never drained his tank. The tank will explode long before a...
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