honda400ex2003
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2010
- Messages
- 81
Hey everyone!
just wanted to say hi after not being on here for quite a few years.
my last few posts years ago were for my parents boats, now i am finally old enough to have my own! grew up on a lake, bought a house about a year ago on a lake myself and kept my fishing boat i had growing up and just picked up a 1987 Bayliner Capri with a ford 2.3L I/O in it.
The big question is, the documentation says it is a 15', lady who sold it to me thought that it was a 16', i can only find a 17.5' on any value reports on NADA and such. Ill be measuring it this weekend to just satify my curiousity but is there a definite way to tell by the HIN with a simple number in a certain spot to check. I tried to use a decoder from my paperwork but it didnt give me the right information for what the hull number i had was. it seems to me that the only stern drive would be a 17.5' capri of the correct year.
The 2.3L ford pops quite a bit when i get it running wide open with the throttle all the way depressed- is this a normal operation? i was thinking that maybe it enabled the choke only at full throttle, thus why it doesnt work. It has an electric choke on it, its not actuating at all, havent checked power on it but not really sure when/how it is supposed to activate. any help on that?
it also dies when you shift it from low idle at 600ish rpm. sounds like a momentary kill switch failure but it does stay running in reverse and will stay running if i raise the idle with the pull out throttle before shifting. that is tough on it though, so i dont want to continue to do that. im going to try to tilt it up before starting it up to see if that helps, maybe less load on the outdrive will help enough to keep it running. where is the switch?
It needs a little work but overall it runs ok, the seats are in tact, and the trailer is in great shape as it is a newer shoreland'r. I will be getting some seat vinyl to redo the seats, need to fix the vents on the sides back as they are cracked, could use some carper as well as a good washing too. I also want to put a tower on it next spring too so i can do some wakeboarding behind it.
Recap- length of 15' legit?
popping on wide open normal?
when is the choke activated and how?
dies when you shift it, check out the mom kill or something else?
where is the momentary kill switch located?
Thanks for all of your help,
Steve
just wanted to say hi after not being on here for quite a few years.
my last few posts years ago were for my parents boats, now i am finally old enough to have my own! grew up on a lake, bought a house about a year ago on a lake myself and kept my fishing boat i had growing up and just picked up a 1987 Bayliner Capri with a ford 2.3L I/O in it. The big question is, the documentation says it is a 15', lady who sold it to me thought that it was a 16', i can only find a 17.5' on any value reports on NADA and such. Ill be measuring it this weekend to just satify my curiousity but is there a definite way to tell by the HIN with a simple number in a certain spot to check. I tried to use a decoder from my paperwork but it didnt give me the right information for what the hull number i had was. it seems to me that the only stern drive would be a 17.5' capri of the correct year.
The 2.3L ford pops quite a bit when i get it running wide open with the throttle all the way depressed- is this a normal operation? i was thinking that maybe it enabled the choke only at full throttle, thus why it doesnt work. It has an electric choke on it, its not actuating at all, havent checked power on it but not really sure when/how it is supposed to activate. any help on that?
it also dies when you shift it from low idle at 600ish rpm. sounds like a momentary kill switch failure but it does stay running in reverse and will stay running if i raise the idle with the pull out throttle before shifting. that is tough on it though, so i dont want to continue to do that. im going to try to tilt it up before starting it up to see if that helps, maybe less load on the outdrive will help enough to keep it running. where is the switch?
It needs a little work but overall it runs ok, the seats are in tact, and the trailer is in great shape as it is a newer shoreland'r. I will be getting some seat vinyl to redo the seats, need to fix the vents on the sides back as they are cracked, could use some carper as well as a good washing too. I also want to put a tower on it next spring too so i can do some wakeboarding behind it.
Recap- length of 15' legit?
popping on wide open normal?
when is the choke activated and how?
dies when you shift it, check out the mom kill or something else?
where is the momentary kill switch located?
Thanks for all of your help,
Steve
