2015 Moomba Mondo drive submerged

[bealaddison]

I’m on a lake in Northern Washington County, Maine. A little town called Beddington, Maine.


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[Rppngears]

That happened to me once. Your tranny and V drive fluid need to be changed, and if your starter is located at the bottom of the engine like mine it is likely toast as well. Otherwise it should be fine.

[bealaddison]

That happened to me once. Your tranny and V drive fluid need to be changed, and if your starter is located at the bottom of the engine like mine it is likely toast as well. Otherwise it should be fine.

Thanks! I plan to check the trans and Vee Drive when I get home. Good news…That’s tomorrow!

Starter is ok…neighbor already started it and charged the battery.


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[Wdavid]

I have the same year Moomba Mondo. I went with a floe 6500/8000 lb lift with the tilting Maxis lift. I also looked at the Rapter lift specifically made for shallow water.
However, I could not get anyone with the company to return my calls, so I went with the Floe Maxis because of the tilt feature and decent shallow water capability. I also ended up having my slip dredged out to increase the depth to over 5 feet. Highly recommend the Floe Maxis as you can also purchase wheels to add on to roll it out of the water and back in each season.

Please keep us informed when you find out the issue with your boat. Sorry this happened to you. I had about four inches in mine last weekend because the piggyback ballast bag under the bow seats sprung a leak in the hose as it comes up into the compartment.

[bealaddison]

I have the same year Moomba Mondo. I went with a floe 6500/8000 lb lift with the tilting Maxis lift. I also looked at the Rapter lift specifically made for shallow water.
However, I could not get anyone with the company to return my calls, so I went with the Floe Maxis because of the tilt feature and decent shallow water capability. I also ended up having my slip dredged out to increase the depth to over 5 feet. Highly recommend the Floe Maxis as you can also purchase wheels to add on to roll it out of the water and back in each season.

Please keep us informed when you find out the issue with your boat. Sorry this happened to you. I had about four inches in mine last weekend because the piggyback ballast bag under the bow seats sprung a leak in the hose as it comes up into the compartment.

Will do! Thanks for sharing your lift experiences. Unfortunately the entire west shore of the lake is like this and dredging is not allowed. The like is 900 acres total.

I should be able to check the boat out Friday am. Lol…my wife and son both check it twice a day now and report out what they find. So far only water when it rains!

Oh and wife pick up the sun deck cover today. Came out great! Anyone wanting new seat skins…I highly recommend contacting you dealer. 100% original materials back to 2015 model year.


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[Wdavid]

Will do! Thanks for sharing your lift experiences. Unfortunately the entire west shore of the lake is like this and dredging is not allowed. The like is 900 acres total.

I should be able to check the boat out Friday am. Lol…my wife and son both check it twice a day now and report out what they find. So far only water when it rains!

Oh and wife pick up the sun deck cover today. Came out great! Anyone wanting new seat skins…I highly recommend contacting you dealer. 100% original materials back to 2015 model year.


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I did not do this in my case, but in some boards I reviewed when dredging is not allowed some folks have used high powered power sprayers to move a little bit of dirt around. You can also remove the pads on the lift and sink the legs supposedly. With the Floe lift you can then adjust each leg without raising the entire lift so you can relevel as needed. I had a lot of questions related to the floe lift and I even had one of the VP's at the division call to answer them. They are really helpful.

[bealaddison]

Well, got home today and was finally able to check everything out. Neither the drive nor the transmission had any signs of water but I changed them anyways.

My bilge pump does not operate in manual mode with the master switch off. The auto function is not working at all now. Will be changing that out tomorrow.

My transducer was leaking slightly, I had pulled it to clean the paddle wheel and torn a gasket. Thankfully I was installing a new transducer anyways so had all new pieces for that.

Install my newly recovered engine hatch and took the boys surfing!

All is good…let summer begin!


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[HFarr]

Awesome! Glad all is well with the boat!

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[Holdmybeer]

Fantastic news.
Enjoy the summer.

[AtTheRiver]

Glad nearly all is well. Check tranny fluid and make sure it is not milky after your surf sesh. Its tough to tell if water got in it when extracting first time. This happened to me once and it took 4 or 5 transmission flushes before I got all the water out but hopefully that will not be the case for you.

Might consider "tenting" your boat cover with a collapsable pole in back of cockpit. They sell them cheap and I run bungy cords to top of window mounts and from back cleats all connected to top of pole to keep the cover from collapsing in center when there are heavy rains. I also try to lift the boat so that it has a slight lean towards bow so that if water does get in, it collects more there to keep back of bilge where steering cable, starter, tranny are as dry as possible.