Kaama Guys
05-09-2011 | 04:47 PM
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From: Hawthorn Woods, IL
Hey car biz,
I'm just running the original delcos. Do you have a local rebuilder? I had a starter go out last year on my 311 and one the year before on my 206. Kamma motors have a top mount bellhousing. Mercruiser is a PITA bottom mount like a car, except you can't jack the stupid boat up to remove the starter from underneath. F311 starter R&R = about 10 minutes total. F206 starter R&R = about 4 hours upside down in the boat and about a QT. of blood lost. Local guy rebuilds marine starters for about $80 I think. If you buy new make sure you get a top mount starter. I spins reverse direction. Different mounting pattern too. ALJ
I'm just running the original delcos. Do you have a local rebuilder? I had a starter go out last year on my 311 and one the year before on my 206. Kamma motors have a top mount bellhousing. Mercruiser is a PITA bottom mount like a car, except you can't jack the stupid boat up to remove the starter from underneath. F311 starter R&R = about 10 minutes total. F206 starter R&R = about 4 hours upside down in the boat and about a QT. of blood lost. Local guy rebuilds marine starters for about $80 I think. If you buy new make sure you get a top mount starter. I spins reverse direction. Different mounting pattern too. ALJ
05-09-2011 | 07:09 PM
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Check your wiring. If you have corroded wires the heat makes them not work as well..
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05-10-2011 | 04:48 PM
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From: Mchenry,Ill.
M Magloo,
Yep, still around. I pulled my engines and all the Kaama hardware ( I mean Everything) from the F402 and sold it to a guy in central Illinois. He rerigged it from an insurance recovery boat with a TRS 420 setup. Worked out great for him and for me. Last I heard it ended up at Lake of the Ozarks or something. I sold it because I found our current F311 Kaama out in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Black with "old " #2 imron design. Much better setup for Kaama drives. The F311 hull must have been designed for Kaama drives! It's like night and day versus the F402. The 311 needs a little work here and there but it's nice for 25 years old.
Yep, still around. I pulled my engines and all the Kaama hardware ( I mean Everything) from the F402 and sold it to a guy in central Illinois. He rerigged it from an insurance recovery boat with a TRS 420 setup. Worked out great for him and for me. Last I heard it ended up at Lake of the Ozarks or something. I sold it because I found our current F311 Kaama out in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Black with "old " #2 imron design. Much better setup for Kaama drives. The F311 hull must have been designed for Kaama drives! It's like night and day versus the F402. The 311 needs a little work here and there but it's nice for 25 years old.
05-27-2011 | 01:41 PM
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From: Hawthorn Woods, IL
M Magloo,
Yep, still around. I pulled my engines and all the Kaama hardware ( I mean Everything) from the F402 and sold it to a guy in central Illinois. He rerigged it from an insurance recovery boat with a TRS 420 setup. Worked out great for him and for me. Last I heard it ended up at Lake of the Ozarks or something. I sold it because I found our current F311 Kaama out in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Black with "old " #2 imron design. Much better setup for Kaama drives. The F311 hull must have been designed for Kaama drives! It's like night and day versus the F402. The 311 needs a little work here and there but it's nice for 25 years old.
Yep, still around. I pulled my engines and all the Kaama hardware ( I mean Everything) from the F402 and sold it to a guy in central Illinois. He rerigged it from an insurance recovery boat with a TRS 420 setup. Worked out great for him and for me. Last I heard it ended up at Lake of the Ozarks or something. I sold it because I found our current F311 Kaama out in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Black with "old " #2 imron design. Much better setup for Kaama drives. The F311 hull must have been designed for Kaama drives! It's like night and day versus the F402. The 311 needs a little work here and there but it's nice for 25 years old.
