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Hey Guys, Looking for opinions on this. My outdrive is smoked (locked up) and therefore off the boat. Last year I used earmuffs and a 5 Gallon bucket off antifreeze to winterize the block, which wont work this year. Any ideas on how I can do it this year with the outdrive off the boat? I do...

You mean to tell me they don't have a large roll of it that you can cut your own length? That's stupid. Order it offline somewhere and have it overnighted.

Haha yup blew both pre alpha and a gen one this year. I do NOT slam the throttle!! I do cruise at 3500 and rarely go above that and take plenty of time getting there!! Not sure what happened this time, she was running great. No modified version Tail, it was a straight Gen 1. Are you done with...

lol who knows man. Started making a thud thud noise as the prop span running 3500 RPMs. I stopped the boat to see if the prop was dinged and tried to limp back to the dock at 1200 RPMs whole thing finally "gave out" and I was dead on the water. Wasn't sure if it was the engine or drive so I had...

Not yet. Had to go to the back of the list. Blew out another outdrive :smt021 so the boats out and i'm done boating for the year. Going to grab a SE Drive this winter and be done with it. Gotta find a truck so I can bring the boat down here for the winter and the slant back will be one of my...

Nice boat! Looks like your coming to my neck of the woods in Catawba to pick her up!

Did you buy that Chris Craft?

That is a nice boat.

Here they are right here. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PERKO-HATCH-LATCH-WINDSHIELD-KEEPER-boat-latches_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em20Q2el1116QQhashZitem5632d1367eQQitemZ370219759230QQptZBoatQ5fPartsQ5fAccessoriesQ5fGear I just broke one, but rather then pay 35 bucks after shipping, I...

There should be a plate on one of your valve covers with engine info, but it wont tell you what thermostat. I can almost guarantee you need a 142*. Most 350's run with a 142*, and all of the older ones do.

Yup replace the thermostat with a 142* that should keep your engine around 150-160. Water out the back doesn't mean anything, your worried about your engine temp.

Got ya. Yeah I think what I am going to do is make one large piece of canvas that snaps to the top of the windshield, over the sides and to the bottom teak on the transom. I will put in some U shaped zippers on both sides for access and a center pole to keep it from sagging. That way it will...

Thanks Bro, that helps a lot! So this piece zips to another piece in the front? Bimini Top? Or just a piece that snaps directly to the windshield without any canvas poles elevating it?

Ahh ok. So you have a thru hull pick-up for your water inlet, and a plunger type muffs that screws into your garden hose for starting out of the water. Well, you should only have one water supply. Follow the hose coming off your thermostat. It will either go to a hose on your transom (that...

Only one reason why your boat would be sitting lower in the water and that's weight. Do you have a bilge pump for the cabin (step down pump)? Have you checked that? If there is no visual evidence of water you may have had an intrusion problem which caused your foam, transom, stringers to become...

Depends on what thermostat you have, but probably around 150 (if your using the 142* thermostat). I'm not sure what you mean by Plungers for the bottom draw. If your water is drawn thru the outdrive like most, then you will need muffs on it to start it out of the water. You may not get...

I disagree here. If your water tube came off at the thermostat then that means you were running hot exhaust thru the prop without water to cool it down. It very easily could have melted the implellor within minutes. It still should have been pulling cool lake water, but you never know if the...

Sorry Guys, no info on the 14.5 x 15 (cupped) Merc Vengeance SS Prop. I tried it this weekend but it has a spun hub. No go over 1700 RPM's. I wanted to try it because I had some extra people onboard this weekend and the 17P prop really is best when its just the girl and me with little to no...

I originally had the pre-alpha, it has a hook on the top of the gear plate that they used to use to lift the drives, the alpha one is flat on top. That shouldn't provide any additional performance increase, but they are rated up to 300 HP and don;t have the pre-load pin that was prone to fail. I...

Yeah I don't doubt you have one on your 86 but that must have been something they put on in the later years. I had my original tank in my garage for 6 months before I sold it on eBay and there is nothing inside any of the fittings.