AaronWhitt82
05-27-2011, 01:47 AM
Hey, how is everyone doing ???
Haven't really posted since Fall last year... Got the boat out of storage 2 weeks ago and got about 5 hours on her so far.
It's been a really crappy Spring so far in N Central IL.
Memorial Day Weekend is pretty much ruined here as we got a good 4 inches or so of rain in the past few days. The River is supposed to crest at 6 feet above flood stage on Saturday which means no boating.
I'm happy to say that the boat has been running like a top so far !!! I got all my fuel problems sorted out by the end of last year.
I think I spent just over a grand or so on parts. Seemed as if everything was breaking or going bad on me.
The whole fuel/bogging issues I've been having the past 3 or so years that you guys have tried to help me with turned up to be just a loose terminal to the fuel pump. Guess that was the last thing I thought of to check. LOL
I pretty much bought a bunch of fuel/electrical related parts that I didn't need, but at least I have spares now !!!
Every time I'd hit a wake or the boat would bounce around the terminal would move and cut the fuel off here and there....
Spliced in new terminals and not a single problem since !!!
Last year I ended up replacing:
Fuel pump
Coil
Cap & rotor
Spark Plugs
Water pump to T-stat hose
Emptied and cleaned fuel tank
OJ 13X12 prop
Tires for trailer
Actuator for trailer
Brake line for trailer
Bearings, races & seals for trailer
All I need to do now is get a prop repaired and redo the bunks on the trailer and hopefully nothing else all season !!!!! (knock on fiberglass)
Hope you guys have a great season and be safe !!!!!!!!
Aaron
Haven't really posted since Fall last year... Got the boat out of storage 2 weeks ago and got about 5 hours on her so far.
It's been a really crappy Spring so far in N Central IL.
Memorial Day Weekend is pretty much ruined here as we got a good 4 inches or so of rain in the past few days. The River is supposed to crest at 6 feet above flood stage on Saturday which means no boating.
I'm happy to say that the boat has been running like a top so far !!! I got all my fuel problems sorted out by the end of last year.
I think I spent just over a grand or so on parts. Seemed as if everything was breaking or going bad on me.
The whole fuel/bogging issues I've been having the past 3 or so years that you guys have tried to help me with turned up to be just a loose terminal to the fuel pump. Guess that was the last thing I thought of to check. LOL
I pretty much bought a bunch of fuel/electrical related parts that I didn't need, but at least I have spares now !!!
Every time I'd hit a wake or the boat would bounce around the terminal would move and cut the fuel off here and there....
Spliced in new terminals and not a single problem since !!!
Last year I ended up replacing:
Fuel pump
Coil
Cap & rotor
Spark Plugs
Water pump to T-stat hose
Emptied and cleaned fuel tank
OJ 13X12 prop
Tires for trailer
Actuator for trailer
Brake line for trailer
Bearings, races & seals for trailer
All I need to do now is get a prop repaired and redo the bunks on the trailer and hopefully nothing else all season !!!!! (knock on fiberglass)
Hope you guys have a great season and be safe !!!!!!!!
Aaron