Lake Lanier mechanic for 86 Ski Nautique 2001

I don't mind going through the basics with you if you'll drag it over. PM for #

FWIW-It wouldn't hurt to post this for the group. If you did already and I missed it, please link it for me.

On your brief description, I'd say it's a fuel flow problem. There are always other possibilities though.

I will probably do that. I have it over at a mechanic now...If I dont get anything back from him by tomorrow, I will pick the boat back up. Thanks for the help..

Greg,
Did he tow it over to you? Check the volts to the start relay coil. Also, The base on the relay is the ground path so check it out. Between the relay frame and the block, you should get a near zero Ohm reading. Even with the buzzing, is the relay pulling in all the way? You can tell by getting a volt reading off the cable running to the starter. Did he put a cheap "Autozone" relay on it?

8122pbrainard wrote: Did he put a cheap "Autozone" relay on it?

It looked like the original as with most of his boat. He has a new coil, ballast resistor, and battery; but most of the boat is as it left CC.

I think you owe us some pictures of the boat!

I am in the middle. My family has a house boat and pontoon boat up at Port Royale. Im not far from either end of the lake. Bald Ridge is close and so is anything around Hwy 53. I am about 4 miles north of exit 17 on 400...so just about any place is pretty good.

jimsport93 wrote: Probably rendevous up that way again soon

Let's let the dog days pass, and yall pick a w/e. I have to finish 'growing back'.   

Thanks for the kind words Jim.

Pete, I'm not sure who he had it with yesterday. He pulled it out of that shop when he brought it over here. They were at least a week getting to it.

This boat spent its life on Lake Burton and has had a good mechanic working on it. I won't say a lot of extra effort went into it like cleaning, but shops seldom do that. The only non-original thing I saw was a bus bar under the dash. What little of it I could see was a very clean install.

To your boat shop comment...what froze me was it was dirty...ewww.

I think he has a front and/or rear main leak. I also suspect it isn't leaking much. It has the look of a slow leak over time.

Another note: His engine had whistle clean oil in it and the engine ran very smoothly. I bet his compression is within a few points.

Got the bugger running great today. As Greg mentioned in an earlier post, someone did some rewire work and did a pretty good job. Wires are neat and tidy and wire tied so nothing is jiggling around under the dash. I did disconnect the main ground under the dash and cleaned the connector with an emory board, added some dielectric grease and screwed it back into place. I disconnected the two main harnesses under the dash cleaned the connectors and added grease. Took out the ignition breaker and key switch..cleaned them up and added some dielectric grease to them and shot a little WD 40 to loosen the key switch up.

Took her out on the lake and fired it up for a test run. Volt meter was reading 13 volts and the 351 sounded better than before...just more consistent at idle. Decided to go for it and took a 20 minute run on the lake. It ran flawless and all the gauges are much more consistent. They were not bouncing around like before. Keep your fingers crossed. Again..thanks for all the help. You guys are awesome.

Don't forget the wiring harness plug(s) at the engine. Since under the dog house get pretty damp at times, I've found plenty of green in them. I picked up something like 3 volts up to the dash when I did my Tique.

pepatrick wrote: Now I prepare for the next ones...LOL

The trick is learning to stay ahead of them rather than dread the day they show.   

The shaft seal doesn't take long; give me a ring. The steering cable has a longer throw than standard so no West. Several have posted what and where to get it. Barring a cat's-a$$-trophey, those aren't too bad either.

Pep -   it may just be the paint on your manifold, but it appears that there is a puddle of fuel under the carb inlet line.   certainly something that needs to be addressed ASAP if it is fuel if it is the color of your manifold.... carry on