Bump. Well I bought the trailer,(dual axel) and now the fun begins. I'd still really love a couple of measurements off of other peoples trailers though. Unfortunately the boat is at the cottage...
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Bump. Well I bought the trailer,(dual axel) and now the fun begins. I'd still really love a couple of measurements off of other peoples trailers though. Unfortunately the boat is at the cottage...
Hi Guys,
Been away from the forum for a while. Anyhow I'm shopping for a trailer that I can modify to fit my 84 Rider. There are a couple of key dimensions that would be very helpful if someone...
PM me with an email address and I'll send you the one I drew up.
Thanks for the chuckle CJD. Agree with everything you said, unless there's more than one of the same thing on the machine. I had a 74 AMC Hornet when I was a teenager and it had 6 of these cast...
BTW you probably don't need a puller for the coupler, although it is a bit easier with one. As most on this forum know or have done, just find a socket that is nominally smaller than the shaft, and...
That would be my take. The shaft broke at the key way. If you don't want a re-occurrence lap that prop. The beauty is you can lap it easily when both the shaft and the prop are out of the boat. I...
The key symptom here is the voltage drop to 10V and little or no crank. I'd say get a known good battery, (the one in your car or truck for example) and jumper cables and go direct to ground on the...
Good to hear it's fixed! It's hard to believe what t difference a weak spark can make. I used the second contacts on the starter solenoid to bypass ballast resistor on start and the boat went from...
I too have done a lot of glass work, building windsurfers, and a few years back I watched a video from a shaper on Maui who used a wet out technique that I wish I had known of or thought of 30 years...
If it's the same as my '84 Rider, that switch is to set the gauge for 2,4 or 8 cylinder engines. The PO had broken it in mine, so I just took the gauge apart and soldered it permanently in the 8 cyl...
I just started experiencing exactly the same issues, and I had an extra issue of the starter staying engaged once or twice. That issue will be solved with a new solenoid and I also had the...
Something I did with mine (similar set up, aftermarket electronic ignition, ballast resistor and coil) is to put a ballast resistor bypass on start. If you have the right starter solenoid, there is...
Breaking the prop shaft coupling is a doddle, 4 bolts and a light tap and you're done. Personally if I had the tranny out, I'd rebuild it. According to Cusefan, and others, it is also a pretty easy...
I can't find any definitive pics of my own boat, but from memory, there may not be enough room to turn that thing once it's installed. It's pretty tight back there, but really, for 20 bucks what do...
pm me with your email and I'll send you a wiring diagram that I made quite a while ago that is a lot easier to read than the one in the supra manual.
From what you're describing I'd say your...
I stand corrected, I can't argue with Wulphie Jetlink's observations, I'm quite surprised. Jetlink, I'm curious if you still know what the "after" weight was? Just curious how that matched up with...
You've given me a few things to think about for sure, but I'm not sure why you would say that my recirc pump would have diluted antifreeze in it if I'm pulling pure antifreeze through it.
I know this might be heresy, (my turn to duck) but I don't think wet foam is even detectable as a performance degradation. My first windsurfers were made from pour in place foam like the stuff in our...
Nope.
Seriously, you can spend a lot of money on fuel, and I mean A LOT, before the difference between a modern fuel injected and a properly tuned carbed V8 would pay for a re-power. Without...
Nope. Pull the T stat suck a bucket of rv antifreeze in, then drain the block and the manifolds. I don't bother with hoses or pumps because they have pure antifreeze in them. I've been doing it...
Pulling the t stat for me is a time saver, it takes so little time and I pull pure antifreeze into both pumps and the intake hoses that may not drain. Yes it's diluted in the block, and manifold,...
Me ski too! All I can say is once you start turning buoys, it's a never ending progression.
Nearly everybody who embarks on this job wants to make it better than the original, and how you decide to to do that is up to you. I don't think it's a bad idea to go all composite at all. Just keep...
I'm curious about the poured solution as well, but a lot of guys who've done their own stringer jobs have said the existing ones are so flimsy that you won't be able to dig out the rotted wood and...
So this seems to be a random issue? The only other thing I can think of would be your electric choke is not working correctly.
The boat would start normally cold, but once the engine was warm it...