Air Tique

I'm looking for the factory tall pylon and have a shorty if you don't like the tall pole....completely understand if you want to keep it but I'm scouring the web for possible trades :) nice boat!

Here i changed the angle of the throttle cable so it can pull to WOT. It just changed the angle slightly.


Here the bolt was sticking about 3/8 of an inch out the back. At close to WOT it was hitting where the red arrow is. My assumption is that was stopping the secondaries from opening and over time caused the diaphragm to go bad. I will be checking that tonight after work.

I will get the pictures posted up this afternoon. Took it out yesterday and now that the throttle can open all the way it isnt running as good. I am thinking that the secondaries arent open because they were being jammed up before and the diaphragm is probably bad.

Also swapped out plugs, doing fuel filter today and going to check the diaphragm. Maybe i can get it locally, otherwise i will probably order one and give it another test this coming weekend. I really need to do the shaft packing. I have to run the bilge for 1-2 minutes every half hour so it is well over how much it is supposed to drip.

Quick update. I took the boat out again to cruise around this past Saturday. The starter is now staying engaged too long, or wont engage so that was interesting. The motor seems to be running stronger, and i finally got the majority of the unknown age gas out of it and put in some fresh non-ethanol. WOT seemed a little off. When i got back home i checked out the linkage. At > ~85% throttle the linkage was binding up with the secondaries so i took care of that. Might try to get out some day after work to run some more gas and some sea foam through it.

Still need to get a photo of it on the water to post up.

After a couple of tries i got the correct impeller. Ended up overpaying at a dealer, but it was quick, great people there, and the tech knew exactly what i needed when asking about a 20 year old boat.

Took the boat to the lake to test it out. Fired it up and immediately checked for water flow. There wasnt any. Pulled the pump and switched it around and got it working. I guess what i thought was the logical way of putting it back in was backwards. Anyways, let it warm up on the trailer and now i have a small water leak out of the intake manifold gasket. Guess the motor got a touch too hot with the bad impeller.

I said the hell with it and took it out anyways. It isnt running 100%, but it is enough to drive around the lake and enjoy it for the summer. I plan on pulling the motor this fall and rebuilding it, so not too worried about damaging the motor. I still havent been able to pull the prop, but have a buddy working on burning out parts for the $10 prop puller. Going to take it out again tomorrow and give it another go. After I know it is somewhat reliable i need to pick up a polisher and some compound and start working on cleaning up the hull. It is dull and very dirty from me working on it and climbing in and out.

Any suggestions on polishers and compound? I havent polished/buffed a boat before, but figured with some youtube education and tips from here i can figure it out. It cant get worse.

Also, the carpet is nasty, and i generally dont like carpet. Anyone out there tear it out and put down sea deck or something similar?

EDIT: Thinking about picking up a DUI distributor. That is something i can add now that will transfer to the new or rebuilt engine. Are they worth it? I am looking at https://performancedistributors.com/product/marine-dui-distributors/ which is what i have read in other posts.

After some work i got the boat to where i thought would be a good point to test it on water. I had it running good on the hose and everything looked good. FIlled the bilge with water to make sure there werent any big leaks and the shaft packing was decent.

Things went better than i thought, but worse than i hoped. The impeller was clearly shot and the motor got hot. There was enough pressure with the hose that the impeller wasnt doing any work. This is what i found when i pulled the impeller out of the water pump. I didnt think i would ever see one this bad, but here it is. Should have checked this before, but i gambled and lost.


When i was moving enough to force water through the system a decent leak showed itself and filled the bilge which made me nervous. The bilge pump got clogged up so it was barely keeping up.

It was still a good day out on the water.

Ordered some new water hose and an impeller.

I also need to change out the prop. It was HORRIBLE trying to get the cotter pin out, but after about an hour and a half i finally got it. I was glad to be doing that on dry land. Anyways, if anyone has a prop puller in the denver area i could borrow that would be awesome. Otherwise i will end up buying one, but trying to save the $100 for other things i will inevitably need.

Next time i take it out and there is less going on i will get some photos of it on the lake.

Well Brant Carnac is probably correct, as usual. But I'd certainly heed his advice about repacking that gland

Sounds like your wiring issues were about as bad as mine --   Good luck!

I checked with Carnac and he thinks it's just wrapped around the shaft in front of the packing gland and it's adjusting nuts and maybe just a repack without any need for shaft removal might be what's needed ..............maybe

quinner wrote: Trailer was a dead giveaway it was European, Must have been a company paid transfer otherwise shipping would have cost nearly as much as the boat itself, lol

Yeah. I am now rocking a 50mm ball on my hitch. The trailer in general is poor quality. No safety chains, no lights, no title, no bow winch or transom straps, but it holds the boat

With those big numbers I assumed this was an overseas boat.

KENO wrote: Whatever that stuff is, I'd get rid of it before heading out on the water. Looks like a big drip tray tucked under the transmission I wonder why that would be there? Good luck on the water test

I will start pulling/cutting that out tonight. Also need to take the big numbers off the front.

Im not sure why that drip tray is there, but it goes all the way under the motor. I dont think there would be a way of getting it out without pulling the motor. The boat did spend many years in England, so maybe it is a requirement there?

Berber carpeting? Possibly what once lined the drip tray...

Here are a couple more pictures. I was thinking that it looked like roam got wrapped around it, but it does look rapped neatly so i wasnt sure. Definitely looks out of place though from pictures i have seen before.

The giant letters will be coming off tomorrow. If all goes well i may try to drop it into the lake and see how it runs.

Here is a better image of it sitting in the garage. I know it is messy, but that just got pushed back

Does this packing look normal to everyone? I have never seen it like this, but this is also my first time seeing it in person.

Here are some manifold bolts that are going to be a bear to get out. I saw another thread on here where someone had the same issue, so i will do what they did.

And some picture of some contributing factors as to why it was so cheap.


The good thing is the hour meter say ~422 hours. If that is to be believed this thing should have some life left in it.

Got some work done tonight. Got a couple new core plugs put in place. They aren’t great, but good enough to run in the garage. After that and putting new plugs in the exhaust risers I ran it on the hose for about 20 minutes. Checked the oil and it was clean so maybe the block isn’t cracked.

Anyone know the correct size for the riser drain bolts? I got some 3/4 brass pipe plugs. They went in a few turns, but didn’t feel great. It might just be corrosion thought. Thoughts on that.

The heater was leaking for a few minutes, but it seems good now. The dash is trashed so if anyone is parting out a boat let me know.