boatman37
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- Jun 6, 2015
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- Boat Info
- 2006 Crownline 250CR. 5.7 Merc BIII
Previous: 1986 Sea Ray 250 Sundancer. 260 Merc Alpha 1 Gen 1
- Engines
- 5.7 Merc BIII
So playing around with this boat we surveyed last week. The AC was working but hardly anything exiting the thru hull. Today I pulled the output hose off the AC where it attaches to the thru hull and blew it out. Then went to pull the output line off the pump to blow the rest out and noticed a cable tie on the fitting holding it to the pump? Cut that off and loosened the hose clamps then went to pull the hose off the fitting and noticed it felt loose. Grabbed it and wiggled and the fitting came off in my hand. The fitting looks like it had broke and they used some type of silicon and the cable tie to hold it in place? The pump is a Dometic 250GPH. Looking around the 'net looks like a March pump? Anyway, the outlet fitting that is broke seems to be a part of the pump housing so looks like I need a whole new pump? No big deal but I'm not buying one until the boat is in my name (should be later this week). The strainer is also missing from inside the cup so need that too. How do I know which strainer I need? Or should I just buy a whole new strainer basket unit?
Other than that just cleaning the boat for now. We have it at our house but we don't own it yet so not putting $$$ into it yet but are cleaning and seeing what we need. My bank should be paying off her loan Monday or likely Tuesday. After that we will go pick up her title and transfer it to me, which should be by the end of the week. Since it is getting close to the end of the season and we know the seller they let us bring it home to get started on it. She actually told me we could go ahead and start using it but I'm not comfortable with that.
Boat is a 2006 Crownline 250CR
Other than that just cleaning the boat for now. We have it at our house but we don't own it yet so not putting $$$ into it yet but are cleaning and seeing what we need. My bank should be paying off her loan Monday or likely Tuesday. After that we will go pick up her title and transfer it to me, which should be by the end of the week. Since it is getting close to the end of the season and we know the seller they let us bring it home to get started on it. She actually told me we could go ahead and start using it but I'm not comfortable with that.
Boat is a 2006 Crownline 250CR