Reply With QuoteNot sure why your tach isn't working correctly but, I have figured out why mine was bouncing all over the place. It was a bad cell in the battery.
Happy hunting,
Wicky
What a rush. The boat has been sitting around and I have been tinkering with it all winter, but I almost forget what it is like to drive a tunnel boat over the long winter. Got out both days this weekend to local ponds, but never the less got out, and had the chance to gas it a little on Sunday. Got up to maybe 65 or 70, just fast enough to give me a thrill, but not to fast to scare the little one (4 years old). Overall, boat ran well. Just need to keep an eye on my gearcase and see why my tach is not registering correctly. I have been chasing that problem for a while now.
Anyone else have good weekend?
Not sure why your tach isn't working correctly but, I have figured out why mine was bouncing all over the place. It was a bad cell in the battery.
Happy hunting,
Wicky
yea i had a great weekend i bought a 17 foot lake & bay with a 225 evinrude on it and it ran about 84 nice boat considering a 2.4 bridgeport or a 150 xr6 though
HavasuDreamin'
Can't wait to get mine back all fixed up after melting it down. Should be soon , glad to hear you guy's are having fun...( . )( . )...KIM.....
[This message has been edited by WILDTHING (edited June 03, 2002).]
Hey Wicky,
What's your opinion on this:
My tach will be working fine then jump to 0 then back to the correct reading. I have a gel cell battery. Also, something else that happened this past weekend; went out and made 3-4 hot passes, shut it off for a few minutes, then dead battery - no voltage!
You think the battery might be bad or do I have a gremlin in the wiring?
Thanks bud!
Damage,
I am the wrong person to ask those techno questions. You must consult with pro merc mechanic AZH on the scream and fly to really figure out the problem!!Bwwwwwwwahahahaha
Seriously though, I really don't know. I do know I had a similar problem and when I put the new battery in, the problem with the tach went away!!
Wicky
Yeah, I had a good weekend all over the place. Took delivery of my STV Pro Comp Ski on Wednesday, spent Thursday at Mead, Friday at Mojave, Saturday in Havasu then Sunday at the F1 races in Laughlin. After watching the race, had to go put it back in at Mead to get my speed fix. http://free.***boat.net/ubb/smile.gif
Still tuning a little, and the compression is low at this altitude, but it ran 92mph on GPS at 7100 in the river above Mojave. Since then we did lower the motor 3/4" (it was 1.5" above the bottom!) and adjusted the EFI some more as it was rich coming from sea level to our altitude.
It did go 88mph at 6500 on Mead Sunday, so dropping the motor helped efficiency some. Looking for more next time out!
Got to my storage unit on Fri night with the keys in the other car 270 miles away.Went to Wallmart for bolt cutters and new locks.Opened storage unit to find one flat tire on boat trailer.Got to the Islander and couldn't find the keys to the 5th wheel to get inside.Found the keys 45 minutes later at the bottom of the wifes bottomless purse.Then I proceeded to install the new $500 ac unit on the trailer till 2am.Shitty boating on Sat,Sun was OK.Went to repair tire on Mon and by the time I got there I now had 2 leaking tires and one of them was the one they fixed 2 weeks ago.So I put 4 new tires on for $200.I spent way over $1,000 this weekend.Ouch!
Skatrfast,sounds like a typical outing for my wife and I, if it can happen, it usually will, at the worst possible moment.
After all a boat is still a hole in the water to put all of your money in. But isn't it fun when all of the prob's are solved. and you are finally on the water.
I took my Scorpion tunnel out with the wife in it for the first time, (when I went by myself it worked flawlessly,) and as luck would have it the down solenoid on the trim burnt out and naturally to check the down you must keep trimming it up, so I had the prop nearly out of the water by the time I was assured the down was done for, so I got on the cell phone called my wrench and with the help of a hatch pin lowered the trim by shorting across the solenoids and we went on our merry way, it is always something.
Originally posted by pgf127rt:
it is always something.
Ain't that the truth. I now consider a good trip one that doesn't require me to break out any rope or an oar! http://free.***boat.net/ubb/wink.gif
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