water behind a stringer

Thanks Tim,    Cannot wait to put her to use.
It was great to meet you guys too. Orlando was a blast!! Mrs Wakeslayer regrets not being able to make it to meet everyone.
Any chance of you making it to GL?

M

PS: The lovely Mrs is headed to Atlanta on Delta this morning to visit a friend for the weekend. You guys are all over Mpls now that you bought NWA.

Ha. Absolutely, I will tell her.
Luckily for us GL is only a 5 hour drive.

Beautiful Site Mike! Does the Python stay under that garage year-round?

john

For you Floridians and the like among us, that means two feet vertically.

The deal is that I store their boats, indoors for no charge. Boats cannot come over til the dock and lifts are out, and they are held hostage until they setup is put in. They get free storage, which I have tons of, I get free help, which I need tons of.
Good arrangement for all.

Yes, not kidding. Couple weeks ago it was 28inches thick. Guessing with the sun getting higher it is around 20-22".
Some days I think it would slush up your handle of Beam.

Well, I could not wait. I launched the Mustang tonight. The ice went off way faster than I would have expected and a neighbor called to tell me he was out on the lake at about 5:30 on the way home. I do not appreciate being the second guy on the lake much and am not going to be the third. I went and filled her with gas, hooked up a hose, and launched her!!!!
She starts and runs fantastic. I have three issues. Two small, and one is hard to say, but potentially a huge PITA.

A) thermostat is stuck open, so I have no heat and no reading on my temp gauge. Nothing got hot, I could rest my hands on the exhaust indefinitely. The water temp is mid 30's.

B) no reverse. This is just an adjustment, but I failed to bring tools as it was just a quick hit. It goes into forward a little early.

C) and this one sucks, I have water filling the outside of the primary port stringer. After talking to Boat Dr for a good while I/we are convinced it is the thru hull for the exhaust. It appears that I still am taking on water even when the boat is off, so deductive reasoning and a couple crossed fingers telss me this is the problem. I am going to remove these and 5200 them really well and see what happens. I have pretty serious doubts that any of my connections are leaking in the exhaust itself. I am double clamped at every connection, tightened with everything I had in my arms, double checked, checked again, and again, and again. I find it unfathomable that any of these points failed. Possible, but I do not see how. Going to fix the thru hulls and give it another go Saturday.

She does purr, and goes like hell.

I will report back this weekend.

Mike,
Did you and Billy discuss the speedo pitot tubing and pulsation dampener? Just a thought for a source of the leak. The dampeners will freeze and spit if water is trapped in them from a clog.

Congrats on the water run! Did you break out the champagne?

That is what we figured on the thru hulls. I put some pretty good pressure on them a couple times. Then, the hose that I used was so stiff and the top of the thru hulls are abotu even with the top of the floor so in order to get the floor flat I had to stand on it to hold it down from upward pressure of the hose.
No speedo on this boat, so that cannot be it.
I am going to seal the exhaust up tomorrow night and get the trans adjusted. Probably cannot get the stat done til this weekend.

Thank you guys. And yeah,a cool ride, I was freezing by the time I put her back on the trailer. I dressed like the heater would work...

I now have no leaks, working thermostat, and reverse.
My temp gauge starting rising and falling quite a bit after running for a little while. I am guessing I need to replace the impeller. I have one here so no big deal. I did replace the temp gauge from a newer style Faria to a Teleflex marine that more closely matches the ones I already had. At the time I bought a new temp sensor but did not change it. Any chance the older one does not run my gauge properly? Maybe too sensitive or something? Any opinions.
I also need to loosen the shaft packing a bit as there was no real drip coming from it and it was a bit hot.

Mike,
The ohm range of the sender needs to match the gauge but most are standard and will work on any gauge. Put the new sender in and see what happens.

WakeSlayer wrote: I put the new sender in. No change in the readings from the gauge. It is reading very hot. Open to ideas, this is stumping me...

Mike,
Any extra resistance in the wiring between the gauge and sender say from corrosion or bad connections will cause a lower than normal reading! Check out the sender ohm range and gauge ohm again to make sure they match. Then check your "S" wire from the gauge to the sender to make sure it isn't connected to anything else. It must go directly to the sender. Your lazer thermometer sounds like it's telling the truth.

WakeSlayer wrote: Do the laser temp readings bug you at all? I am not sure if I should be alarmed or not. I have check and rechecked all hose connections, stat and impeller housing for leaks. nothing.

Mike,
The lazer temps don't bug me at all. They all seem to be within a normal running temp of the engine. I use a lazer here at work checking for hot spots in all our electrical services. Depending on the cost of the unit, the color of the surface as well as the distance you're shooting from there are some accuracy issues. They are a great tool for rough temps.

WakeSlayer wrote: Is it possible I have the thermostat bacerds? I have the spring end in the housing and the fatter part in the intake. Open to ideas, this is stumping me...

Mike, I think you have the 'stat in wrong.
thermostat
The spring end goes in the manifold,that is the part that senses the temp.If you do have it the way around that may account for the gauge swings.

On mine Mike, the HM conversion, you can't put it in backwards not enough room in the cover. It might just be the cold water your in

Mike, you said you bought the new temp sensor- where did you get it?