Water test of (almost ours) sea ray 260 DA, some questions

Spot said:
I can just see it now... a bunch of Dancer owners with b3's at their local marina hooking up a timing gun to time their props :grin:
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Yeah, it's kind of hard to do. That little white mark always wears off right away when you put the boat back in the water - every time you pull the boat out to time it, you have paint that mark again... :grin:
 
Lazy Daze said:
Yeah, it's kind of hard to do. That little white mark always wears off right away when you put the boat back in the water - every time you pull the boat out to time it, you have paint that mark again... :grin:
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Are you guys making fun of me now :smt089 ?
Just so you know, I'm an engineer too, and grew up in Detroit, so I have some knowledge in many of these areas :grin: and being around motors and mechanical things is not foriegn to me. But most of the time, experience wins out over stacks of textbooks. So you guys have the experience. But what on earth would 'timing your props' do? I understand making sure the are statically aligned a certain way, but timing a prop, to what signal? What would be syncronizing it with? A plug signal? I think you're pulling my leg now.




Terri
 
With you... making fun with you. Never of you. :smt001

Yes, that's all we're talking about - the process of making sure two blades don't align under the plate at the same time.
 
Just having fun on the subject. I personally am going to take a spin at timming my spinners.
 
Spot said:
Just having fun on the subject. I personally am going to take a spin at timming my spinners.
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OK Guys,
I know you're poking fun, and I have seen comments on both sides with respect to this prop alignment on the B3 drives. Does it matter, what the alightment is (blades coming together) or is that just internet-folk-lore?
 
Theresamarie11 said:
OK Guys,
I know you're poking fun, and I have seen comments on both sides with respect to this prop alignment on the B3 drives. Does it matter, what the alightment is (blades coming together) or is that just internet-folk-lore?
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You know, I really am not sure. As I posted above, it seems it only makes a difference for the Blackhawk drives (at least according to my '99 manual). Just to be sure, go ahead and time them. Whether or not it "needs" to be done, at least you're eliminating that possibility.
 
:lol::smt043
Lazy Daze said:
You know, I really am not sure. As I posted above, it seems it only makes a difference for the Blackhawk drives (at least according to my '99 manual). Just to be sure, go ahead and time them. Whether or not it "needs" to be done, at least you're eliminating that possibility.
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:grin: use snails to help keep you hull clean and a great snack:smt043
 
I've spoken with my mechanic pal... a certified Merc technician of 15 years and this is what he said; Install the props so the blades don't pass each other under the cavitation plate.
Install the first prop with one blade straight up and the second prop one blade straight down. There is a slight pulse created if they pass directly under the plate.
It makes perfectly good sense to me.
He also said; Aligning props is easy, free and you may even notice an improvement so just do it.
Although I'd rather everything cost a bunch of money... this makes sense too I guess :lol:
 
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magster65 said:
I've spoken with my mechanic pal... a certified Merc technician of 15 years and this is what he said; Install the props so the blades don't pass each other under the cavitation plate.
Install the first prop with one blade straight up and the second prop one blade straight down. There is a slight pulse created if they pass directly under the plate.
It makes perfectly good sense to me.
He also said; Aligning props is easy, free and you may even notice an improvement so just do it.
Although I'd rather everything cost a bunch of money... this makes sense too I guess :lol:
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Thanks Magster65...
 
Hi all, thank you so much for your help. We have success. We brought the boat home yesterday, after a positive water test where the boat went into the mid-40's. I suspect in the end it was the fuel filter, which is one of the few things actually replaced. Everything else under the sun was checked and i was there when they pulled the outdrive. The inside looked brand new with the little dabs of red grease on the zirc filltings on the u-joints. Everything else clean as a whistle.

We went out on a maiden voyage today, fully loaded. It was just fantastic!!! I really love this boat. It's so well made. Everything exudes quality.
The bow thruster gets attention whenever we use it, but in all honesty, it's very easy to bring in and dock it.
We're still learning all of the systems, so the adventure will probably continue until the end of the season.


again, thanks for the help,
Terri
 
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