Was waiting to post this... New boat?
Ohio Fishing
Jul 21, 2023 19:44:16 #
Alright stagers... was wanting to post pics of a successful trip but who knows if one will ever happen.
I bought a boat back in Feburary, 21ft Sylvan, 350 bowrider. It was cold, I believe in truth and people being honest. Guy told me boat ran great, I did my inspection points and everything looked great. Fast forward to May, time to de-winterize and start this bad boy. To no avail ot wouldn't run. Checked spark, coil, blah blah. Leads me back to bad ICM, $250 used on ebay and who knows if it works? Decided to just put a marine distributor in and bypass all that stuff! Finally it started, sounded great! Hooked up on muffs, water trickling out of the tell tale.... I dont know anything about boats, figure I'll take it to the lake and atleast see how it runs... well it gets hot... we ended up going out about 200 yards and anchoring down. I'm guessing it needs a new impeller was my initial thought from the beginning. Alpha one, gen one. Wish me luck on changing this thing! Will post more pics if we ever make it back out..
I bought a boat back in Feburary, 21ft Sylvan, 350 bowrider. It was cold, I believe in truth and people being honest. Guy told me boat ran great, I did my inspection points and everything looked great. Fast forward to May, time to de-winterize and start this bad boy. To no avail ot wouldn't run. Checked spark, coil, blah blah. Leads me back to bad ICM, $250 used on ebay and who knows if it works? Decided to just put a marine distributor in and bypass all that stuff! Finally it started, sounded great! Hooked up on muffs, water trickling out of the tell tale.... I dont know anything about boats, figure I'll take it to the lake and atleast see how it runs... well it gets hot... we ended up going out about 200 yards and anchoring down. I'm guessing it needs a new impeller was my initial thought from the beginning. Alpha one, gen one. Wish me luck on changing this thing! Will post more pics if we ever make it back out..
Jul 21, 2023 20:05:28 #
Fishing4Cats wrote:
Alright stagers... was wanting to post pics of a s... (show quote)
Good luck, F4C. Welcome to the boating world. A hole in the water that you throw money into…
🐟onJul 21, 2023 20:48:39 #
DozerDave wrote:
Good luck, F4C. Welcome to the boating world. A hole in the water that you throw money into… 🐟on
🐟onDave, my dad always said the happiest 2 days of a boat owner is when he buys it and then when he sells it😂🎣🎣🎣
But I buy and sell boats so I guess he's right I'm happy to find a deal and happy to see someone that buy's it because I go through them and fix them up and paint or whatever they need to look and run like new, never had any one disappointed and have had a few repeat sales, don't always make much profit but I enjoy doing it on my spear time 😂😂
Jul 21, 2023 20:57:01 #
Slimshady
Loc: Central Pennsylvania
My son ran into the same problem with his motor. Put in a new impeller and it still overheated. Turns out it has a thermostat in it. Might be something you want to look at
Jul 21, 2023 21:00:46 #
Chuckay wrote:
Dave, my dad always said the happiest 2 days of a boat owner is when he buys it and then when he sells it😂🎣🎣🎣
But I buy and sell boats so I guess he's right I'm happy to find a deal and happy to see someone that buy's it because I go through them and fix them up and paint or whatever they need to look and run like new, never had any one disappointed and have had a few repeat sales, don't always make much profit but I enjoy doing it on my spear time 😂😂
But I buy and sell boats so I guess he's right I'm happy to find a deal and happy to see someone that buy's it because I go through them and fix them up and paint or whatever they need to look and run like new, never had any one disappointed and have had a few repeat sales, don't always make much profit but I enjoy doing it on my spear time 😂😂
Yeah, I’ve flipped a couple. But I really like the one I have now, so I’ll keep it probably until my boating days are over. Not as energetic as I once was, flipping boats…
🐟onJul 21, 2023 21:12:36 #
Jul 21, 2023 21:30:00 #
DozerDave wrote:
Yeah, I’ve flipped a couple. But I really like the one I have now, so I’ll keep it probably until my boating days are over. Not as energetic as I once was, flipping boats… 🐟on
🐟onDave I kinda pick them now, not as healthy anymore. I'v got 9 boats as of now keep finding good deals but got to get working on them soon 3 of them are our fishing boats, been so hot plus I'v had some skin cancer removed got to get over that..them back at it 🎣🎣🎣
Jul 21, 2023 21:36:43 #
Chuckay wrote:
Dave I kinda pick them now, not as healthy anymore. I'v got 9 boats as of now keep finding good deals but got to get working on them soon 3 of them are our fishing boats, been so hot plus I'v had some skin cancer removed got to get over that..them back at it 🎣🎣🎣
Yeah, a lot of us are fighting the skin cancer battle. It’s finally catching up with us from when we were bulletproof in our younger days…
🐟onJul 21, 2023 21:40:05 #
Slimshady
Loc: Central Pennsylvania
I just bought another one in April Dozer. I know the boat and know the guy that had it isn’t big on maintenance so I’m going all over it before I take it out. The motor has less than a Hundred hours on it so that’s a plus
Jul 21, 2023 22:20:03 #
Slimshady wrote:
I just bought another one in April Dozer. I know the boat and know the guy that had it isn’t big on maintenance so I’m going all over it before I take it out. The motor has less than a Hundred hours on it so that’s a plus
Yeah, you can find some pretty good deals sometimes, if you keep your eyes open and not in a hurry. It helps too if you’re able to perform all the work yourself…
🐟onJul 21, 2023 22:24:22 #
Jul 22, 2023 04:02:00 #
Slimshady wrote:
My son ran into the same problem with his motor. Put in a new impeller and it still overheated. Turns out it has a thermostat in it. Might be something you want to look at
I will have to check that out. It came with a big folder of paperwork. Looks like the 5.0 blew in 03, was replaced in 04 with a new 5.7, about 400 hours now. I raced stock cars for about 15 years before selling all in 2018 so I know quite a bit about closed cooling engines lol Wouldnt the tell tale still be spitting water even if it had a bad themo?
Jul 22, 2023 06:36:49 #
Man I feel horrible that you’ve had so many issues with the vessel!! Thankfully you have the skills to fix it yourself! Let me know if I can help.
Tight lines
J
Tight lines
J
Jul 22, 2023 12:01:54 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
!!! WARNING !!! Never buy a boat without a sea trial. I mean never. If it's winter, then at least take it to a shop where the engine can be tank tested. If the motor is winterized, then just bite the bullet and pay to get it re winterized after the test. If the seller does not go for that, walk, no, run away. The same is true for an outboard, no mater how clean it looks.
Jul 22, 2023 14:06:48 #
Benjo Bob
Loc: Maine
Fishing4cats, I had the same experience with a bf50 Honda…changed out thermostat and idle controller on advice from friends…still overheated…was getting a d cent stream out the telltale so I “assumed” the water pump was good… it wasn’t …water was apparently not getting to the water jacket…bought and installed a water pump rebuild kit and problem solved…when I got the water pump opened up 2 out of 5 vanes on impeller were shot…should have listened to my wife! Bento Bob
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