Re: Boat is at the shop.....still no smoking gun.....UPDATE
Re: Boat is at the shop.....still no smoking gun.....UPDATE
Long story short.....
I headed out on the four hour drive a couple of Sundays ago. Meet Wayne (Clams) on a Monday and we quickly stripped down my powerhead and installed a rebuit one. One small hiccup kept us from finishing in one day, however it was awsome to break down everything down and build it back up again. We spent some time out on the lake on the extra day and came up with additional issues that I was having.......
1) When we removed the powerhead the exhaust divider was broken and the top part (from the side bolts up) was loose. It was blocking a majority of the exhaust path. We removed the part and he seemed to think that it was not necessary to replace as the later models dividers kept getting shorter and shorter. Any input?
2) We both seem to think the boat was heavy (possibly waterlogged). I am going to try to take it to the landfill or a close truckstop to see if they have a scale I can use. The boat is supposed to be 850#, motor 350#, trailer 200-300# plus another 400# seats and persons. With that being said, I had a 19" uncupped prop. We put on a 17" and got the RPM's to go over the hump of 3000K. Got pretty good speed ~30mph? but I think it should do more...... I have installed a 15" and will hopefully try tomorrow if it isnt too cold.
I will try to post some pics that I took sometime in the near future.
I cannot thank Wayne enough for his time and assistance.
Re: Boat is at the shop.....still no smoking gun.....UPDATE
Long story short.....
I headed out on the four hour drive a couple of Sundays ago. Meet Wayne (Clams) on a Monday and we quickly stripped down my powerhead and installed a rebuit one. One small hiccup kept us from finishing in one day, however it was awsome to break down everything down and build it back up again. We spent some time out on the lake on the extra day and came up with additional issues that I was having.......
1) When we removed the powerhead the exhaust divider was broken and the top part (from the side bolts up) was loose. It was blocking a majority of the exhaust path. We removed the part and he seemed to think that it was not necessary to replace as the later models dividers kept getting shorter and shorter. Any input?
2) We both seem to think the boat was heavy (possibly waterlogged). I am going to try to take it to the landfill or a close truckstop to see if they have a scale I can use. The boat is supposed to be 850#, motor 350#, trailer 200-300# plus another 400# seats and persons. With that being said, I had a 19" uncupped prop. We put on a 17" and got the RPM's to go over the hump of 3000K. Got pretty good speed ~30mph? but I think it should do more...... I have installed a 15" and will hopefully try tomorrow if it isnt too cold.
I will try to post some pics that I took sometime in the near future.
I cannot thank Wayne enough for his time and assistance.
