First time out

Mojo, I do plead that this is not all that you work on,before the stat, lets take a virtual tour of the fuel supply,hose splice, and a few other than Coast Guard Approved mods that i saw while under that hood.................boat dr

I do make house calls,Give Karen and I a weeks notice,round trip airfare and a place to lay our head.I can be bought "BUT I AIN"T CHEAP"

The temp should only rise after wot runs once you back off the the throttle. This should only take place for a couple seconds then return to normal temp. You boay should be running about 160 when idling and crusing. Like it was said above check the condition of the impellar, if in dought chnage it out.

Eddie,

You are correct. I need to replace the blower switch...there is a loose terminal. Good eye!

Walt

Briman wrote: I am going to keep it the original brown color now. Brian

Another victory for Pete!

6strings wrote: One thing on temp jumping, may not be relevant.... when I am idling, I usually have my blower running which kicks the temp gage up, I think due to amperage change?? When I turn off blower, gage drops back. Also, could be worn or weak impellar. Walt

Walt, sounds like you have wiring issue someplace. There is an electrical issue causing a higher load on your electical system when you put the blower on. The temp gauge should not jump up from turning the blower on like that. You might want to verify that the wiring is clean and corrosion free under the dash and at the terminal block of the engine and all connections are nice and tight.

Briman,

Nice boat! What year?

One thing on temp jumping, may not be relevant.... when I am idling, I usually have my blower running which kicks the temp gage up, I think due to amperage change?? When I turn off blower, gage drops back. Also, could be worn or weak impellar. Would be a good idea to go ahead and put a new one in.

Yes, $400 sounds like alot. The cost of anti freeze, fogging oil, new oil and filter..it's best to do it yourself. That way you know it's done right.

Enjoy that thing!

Walt

Brian, first time out in mine it was the acceleration and speed onto the plane that got me. We've had a few I/o's over the years even ones with V8's in, but nothing went like the 2001 - get the hammer down hard and the secondaries working and it's warp factor!

Tubes are banned on my local lake - really!

I think the foam is dead in mine too, I planned to redo the floor over winter, but with the summer we are having (or not having) here in sunny old England I think I'd have been better doing it now and breaking out the dry suit for some frostbite riding in the winter.

We will be skiing soon. I used to do it ALOT but haven't since 1992. I'm suffering from 2 broken ribs 2 weeks ago so no skiing yet for me. My kids wanted a 2 person tube over skis (I actually called them wusses). One plus is I can get them back for all the times they lip off by cracking the whip HARD. Our whole family snow skis so water shouldn't be a problem. At 37 though my bones don't heal as fast so before summers over hopefully. The scenery next door was nice. Brian

The Dude wrote: Rule of the Dude's family: ski first, then you can do something else (except tubing).

Dude,

Maybe it was you that I stole that rule from. I told my kids (5 and 2.5) that I would not blow up any tubes this year until someone skied. My two and a half year old was the first one to get up on the Ski Skimmer. After that my 5 year had to get up, so her little brother wouldn't have one up on her. They both love it. They have both also been on the knee board. The next time we're at the lake we are breaking out the trainer skis. This has been the best summer!

-JMurph

The round thingys are fun. They will love skis though. Get them up on skis and/or a wakeboard and you'll find the round thingy back in the boathouse most of the time. Your guys look fully capable.

Great looking boat!

-JMurph

Bri, glad you're on our site and enjoying your boat...it's great!

Rule of the Dude's family: ski first, then you can do something else (except tubing). Tube is reserved for vacations only and STILL only after skiing at least one run.

As one of my 18 year old's friends said today, "knee boarding is the lowest form of water sports...tubing is below it."