Mike, hate to hear this. I could tell your excitement and anticipation of arrival.

Seems typical, I always plan on new pumps, alternator and bilge pumps. Sometimes, manifolds and risers are good for a season. They are a pain in the a'$$' to replace.

The silver lining, you wont have to worry about it later and can have fun enjoying the new ride.

Offthefront,
Not that it will make your situation any better but, I had deperessing issues when I bought my 311 3 years ago.

Test drove the boat with the previous owner for about 4 hours before I bought it. everything was checking out just fine. No major issues. Sold! Took it home.

The second weekend I had it:
Port circulating pump - toast!
Port raw water impeller - toast!
Starboard K-plane motor - toast!
Port shift dog in drive - junk!
Fuel gauge sending unit - broken!

All in one weekend!

Wife says: Nice job, did you even drive this thing first or just drink beer with the previous owner?

Me: Of course I drove it, and checked it out, and tested it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and drank several beers with the previous owner:p :p

"Third" uh, does your wife have a sister named Deb??? :D

Call KEVIN BRADY at PORT SEA RAY 7370900 he will take care of u. Do not forget the jax. fire fighters poker run ,June 3,4,5,6 jffpr.com

I take it you got the same treatment after a "few" things went wrong, eh Outlaw?:D

Am STILL getting the "treatment". I just replaced all the trailer lights and wiring, and got the silent treatment for almost a week. Just goes to show you there is a silver lining in every cloud.

Finally got heads back ....they are ok ....we put heads back on ..left pushrods out so we could bottom each piston and do leakdown ..leakdown is fine ...5-8% ...now what ?????? EM's check ok .....

What caused the sea pump to fry? A bag or some obstruction, Maybe someone ran the motor without the water turned on by mistake. Or an old or damaged impeller which just didn't pump enough. Check for rubber chunks upstream of the pump.

JB

When I got the boat .. the clamps on the suction side of the pump were loose and slid back ....the had not put them back on after checking Pump from winter storage ...

Bingo............................................. ............................

Motor is all back together .....ran it today on the bench for about 30 mins ....sounds fine ... we changed the oil two more times and seems clear ... So far ...3K in parts ... ouch ....should be back in by mid week .... Mike

Buying a boat does not make you an official boater.
Having your first major repair, does......:rolleyes: :D

Mike, Good to see things are only 3K (silver Lining?)

Look forward to seeing the ride in the water!!!!

Thanks Bill ....We'll get it ....Correcting some things that could cause problems later on ..... Any more thoughts on
The Bunk System ?

Back in the water ....
 

well ....after almost 4 weeks and 7300.00 later ..back in the water ..and all seems ok ...ran about 2 hours yesterday and temps at a constant 160 and oil pressure at 60 lbs ...both motors ..only issue is a bad temp alarm sensor ...Thanks for all the advise and a place to vent ...Mike ...

Re: Black weekend ....
 

Glad it is back up and running :D:D ENJOY!!! I hope you get some time out of it now with out much trouble.

Jon

Re: Black weekend ....
 

Mike, good to hear. Now go out and have some fun but be safe....Russ