Recent content by Starvin48

...wow! Looks like it's time for a new spotlight!

Does anyone know where to find either the hollow bolt that holds the spotlight on or the entire assembly? We foolishly broke it off last week :( :smt100 Oh - Hi there by the way! It has been awhile :)

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This is great!

Hey there - You totally saved what's left of the boating season for me. I appreciate your input more than you know, and will be going back to the guy that replaced my impeller with a ziploc baggie of impeller pieces. I will ask, "Hey. How much can I get for these?" Thanks again!!! Marvin

FINAL RESULT - NO MORE OVERHEAT! Just in time for October :) Thank you all so very much for all the great tips to get me back on the water. This site is invaluable and one day I hope to be able to contribute like you guys/girls did. Thank you ALL again!

I will be taking her out either tonight or tomorrow to know for sure, but all those were crowded in the lower unit at the bottom of the tube that feeds the upper. I don't know how ANY water got through it! All this time...

Would this, perhaps, be an issue? Found it in the lower impeller housing tube. I am going to kill the guy that replaced the old impeller...

From last to first... I am one of those individuals who's never sure someone else did it correctly. I say this since I have trusted multiple people to get me on the water. I gave them all money in exchange for an "It's all better" line. I went to the water to find that it wasn't. Sooooo...I'm...

UPDATE - Finally got time to run the flow test. About 2.5 quarts of water came through the hose after approx 15 seconds at 1000rpm. That puts my flow considerably lower than what is expected. I took the line off and ran water, compressed air, and a coat hanger through it. Seems clear...

...not ignoring or forgetting to update; just overwhelmed with work. It's a great problem to have in Michigan :) I will update when I perform additional diagnoses, and thank you again for the great ideas!

...but wondering -- could the pieces have made it into the block and gotten stuck there? I am thinking about all the places they could be. I was able to blow pretty freely through the intake hose from the motor side out the outdrive side. can I run a coat hanger or hard line through there to...

...don't you hate when work gets in the way of your life? I will be testing later this week due to uncontrollable interruptions from my job :) :(

Can I do this using muffs? It's on a trailer, so not very easy to do it at the docks when others are waiting to go in. I plan on doing it for sure.

...nope. But I feel at least now I know a couple things to look for. I'm in the hunt; thank you for your thoughts!