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first real run on the boat after inaugural "relaunch"
rasbury
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Well, thought I had things ready to go for a long weekend of boating but seems I have a couple of things yet to tidy up.
1. The shift cable boot- I don't get this at all....I put it on, after getting everything all cleaned up...and when I tighten the clamp, the boot wants to just walk off the connection on the transom side....one would almost think it's tapered or something....I pulled it off trimming the motor to high so brought it home and re did this am. Used bellows adhesive. Let it set a bit before I tightened it.....re inspected at the ramp and it's half way off, what's up with that?
2. Boat did not handle well. I don't recall when I pulled the out drive which position that nylon trim limit insert went- so I went by the manual when I put the trim cylinders back on, that trim limit insert it's called, the book calls for it to be positioned aft for Bravo III and forward if it is a one or two...I could not trim the motor at all without the front starting to bounce up and down...it was crazy! Do I need to move that? I do not understand anything else as being an issue like this, this is a very smooth good riding boat.
3. Also must not have gotten the power steering coolant line clamped tight where it goes through the cooler- that thing is made of brass and bends very easy, was scared to put much on the clamps but lost fluid, pump was raising cane so came back to the ramp. It was to hot down there to attend on the water and used all the extra fluid I had on board anyway.
4. I installed new trim position and limit senders with my transom re build. The position one works fine, the limit does not....I did pull the pump out and the bracket that everything mounts to, well the base of it a bit corroded so I did pull some of it apart and fashioned a bracket so I could remount- don't recall I took a lot of wires loose. When I look at the manual I have, it only shows the limit switch in the mix ( no position sender which makes no sense )and those wires look like they run to the right parts on the pump, I verified the wires are connected into the harness....where do I start to track this down? My electrical not so good but I can follow directions...I can go by the position sender to not raise to high but would really like to have that work properly. It looks like from You Tube to adjust it, when you rotate this sender it should run the pump to dial it into the right length of the cylinder ? Am I just doing it wrong? I turned all the way to the left and the right and the drive just goes up and does not stop....
It ran a little ruff to start, it needs some new gas in it but it did smooth and and really ran pretty well. Fired up the generator and it seems to run pretty good also. Everything else seems to be in order.
1. The shift cable boot- I don't get this at all....I put it on, after getting everything all cleaned up...and when I tighten the clamp, the boot wants to just walk off the connection on the transom side....one would almost think it's tapered or something....I pulled it off trimming the motor to high so brought it home and re did this am. Used bellows adhesive. Let it set a bit before I tightened it.....re inspected at the ramp and it's half way off, what's up with that?
2. Boat did not handle well. I don't recall when I pulled the out drive which position that nylon trim limit insert went- so I went by the manual when I put the trim cylinders back on, that trim limit insert it's called, the book calls for it to be positioned aft for Bravo III and forward if it is a one or two...I could not trim the motor at all without the front starting to bounce up and down...it was crazy! Do I need to move that? I do not understand anything else as being an issue like this, this is a very smooth good riding boat.
3. Also must not have gotten the power steering coolant line clamped tight where it goes through the cooler- that thing is made of brass and bends very easy, was scared to put much on the clamps but lost fluid, pump was raising cane so came back to the ramp. It was to hot down there to attend on the water and used all the extra fluid I had on board anyway.
4. I installed new trim position and limit senders with my transom re build. The position one works fine, the limit does not....I did pull the pump out and the bracket that everything mounts to, well the base of it a bit corroded so I did pull some of it apart and fashioned a bracket so I could remount- don't recall I took a lot of wires loose. When I look at the manual I have, it only shows the limit switch in the mix ( no position sender which makes no sense )and those wires look like they run to the right parts on the pump, I verified the wires are connected into the harness....where do I start to track this down? My electrical not so good but I can follow directions...I can go by the position sender to not raise to high but would really like to have that work properly. It looks like from You Tube to adjust it, when you rotate this sender it should run the pump to dial it into the right length of the cylinder ? Am I just doing it wrong? I turned all the way to the left and the right and the drive just goes up and does not stop....
It ran a little ruff to start, it needs some new gas in it but it did smooth and and really ran pretty well. Fired up the generator and it seems to run pretty good also. Everything else seems to be in order.
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Go Steelers!!!
This was a complete redneck fix, but it worked on mine. The tab was froze up when I bought my boat on the left side. I had my wife get up in the boat, operate the switch and I tapped it fairly hard with a hammer. It has worked for 2 years, flawlessly ever since hahahaha! Yea....not the most conventional way, but it must have been just barely froze up. Anyways.....smack that thing first, before a teardown!
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