Opinions on this 85 2001

I had a '67 Camaro, I used nothing but AC filters.

But now with a 351 and two 5.0 HO nothing but Motorcraft FL-1A

I have used the Fram extended guard on my truck and car and everything was fine.

I generally buy the Napa Gold filters because they are made by wix. Wix has a great reputation for making top notch filers.

I doubt it really matters.

I use a Turkey Baster to pull the Trans Fluid from the Trans. There is not a drain on the trans as such. Use Dexron II Trans Fluid to refill. Mine takes 2/3's of a quart to fill.

To change the Oil, you must remove the plug in the bottom of the boat. Have the motor hot so the oil moves freely. My boat has a rubber hose that is about 24" long with a bolt and hose clamp used as a plug. This hose attached one end to the bottom of the oil pan. I then run the hose out of the bottom of the boat's plug hole into a bucket. Gravity will drain the oil out of the engine. Those without the hose are dropping the oil into the bilge and letting it go out of the plug hole. Also, you can use a pump to pump the oil out of the top of the engine.

When you order an impeler for the water pump, please use a OEM impeller. Parts can be ordered from My Correct Craft Parts.com, or Discount Inboard Marine ( AKA Skidim). Also, use lube with Zink for the flat tappet cam. I use Valvoline ZR1 Racing 20-50 Oil. Shell also makes a Rotella that will work. Do not use a Fram Oil Filter or you will get a hard time from this site. Just trust me on the Fram deal.

I hope this helps,

Donald   

Or perhaps more simply the engine did reach 220.

Gary's right- Dave, you must be thinking of 140, not 240.

Anything above 200 and I shut the engine down for fear of damage.

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Also, when we clicked the the blower and or the lights the voltage dropped about 1-2 volts.
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I think this is a symptom of the main feed wire to the dash. I believe it's on the small size and as it ages the resistance goes up.The cure is a new larger size wire.Try a search

The temp may be a little low. I normally run at 240 when fully warmed up. You may just need a new thermostat. Also, did you actually measure the voltage drop, or just see the volt meter drop when you turned the switches on? That seems normal. Lastly, 42 mph seems about right, depending on the prop. It sounds like a pretty healthy boat that may just need some fresh gas, new thermostat, and tune. Based on your description of it, and the pictures, I would go for it.   

Congratulations, a nice New Years gift if all goes well.

No big deal on the springs,they aren't painted very good,they flex and rub together and you submerge them.Eventually you have to replace them anyway. Check the titles on both,wave 6 big ones under his nose,good luck and have fun!

it seems like an awful lot of rounding up or down and factoring guess work. it seems like it wouldnt be hard to wrongly figure the boat to be holding 8 gal of water , or just as easily miss 8 gal of water... why not just look at the boat and its condition like you would a used car. look at the care it seemed to be given , the cracking or lack of . it not that hard to tell a boat that isnt original or is abused .

Jllogan wrote: So minus 136 pounds for the stereo etc that puts you right at 2500 dry. So I guess 3700 would be a good benchmark depending on the amount of fuel in the tank. I am guessing 167 lbs of fuel would be somewhere around 2/3 of a tank?

Yeah...somewhere around that. If I recall correctly, the fuel gauge was between 3/4 and full...around 27 gallons or so.

I guessed on ALL of the weights I listed. But suffice to say, I was very happy to learn that my boat was right where it should be. It was then I was comfortable buying it.

2500 pounds is the quoted dry weight a 1986 2001.

It's unclear whether that includes any deluxe seating or not...that's important.

FWIW, here are the figures I had when I weighed my boat back in August. I did NOT take into account the stereo, amp, and 4 speakers OR the deluxe seating. That's probably another 150 pounds or so:

So, today I had the boat + trailer and just the trailer weighed. Boat + Trailer = 3,820 pounds Trailer Only = 940 pounds Boat only weight = 2,880 pounds. Here are the figures I used for fluids: 167.5 pounds for fuel 50 pounds for the battery 9 pounds for oil/filter (5 quarts) 16.6 pounds for cooling water (2 gallons) Total 243.1 pounds. 2880 - 243.1 = 2636.9 pounds.

Check out this thread.
I weighed my 1984 SN2001 to be 2765 lbs. The brochure says 2400 lbs.

And in this thread you will see how much wet foam and wood I removed. After going through this, I would say a lot of my extra weight was due to saturated foam and wood. My stringers are full of water, some of the foam was absolutely dripping, and the floor had some standing water.

However, 365 lbs of water would be 43 gallons. I certainly didn't have 43 gallons of extra water in there. I would say more like 8 or 9.

I think the dry weight on that boat would be around 2300 pounds. Plus the trailer (900-1000) and account for any fuel in the tank ( I would say 250 for a full tank). So I would say you are looking around 3500lbs I would think if it was over 3600 it probably has some wet foam. Anyone else feel free to correct if I am off on any numbers.

I have some more pictures of this boat if you would like to see anything else.