Good news is the engine appears to good now. Its back in and ive had it running for about 15 min on the hose while ibwas setting timing. Runs good...no leaks etc so im hoping its fixed. Praying its fixed

bad news is my drive is now stuck in reverse. Can move the gear lever full forward to full reverse at the helm and nothing. Feels like its not attached

Prop is spinning when motor is running, however it didnt do this yeaterday when i had it running on the hose. I didnt try shifting it yesterday either.

Does this sound like a shift cable at the drive issue? Im thinking(hopeing) my cable didnt engage with the drive. Ill pull the drive back off tomorrow morning when i can get some muscle to help me. My drivestand doesnt move so i have to do it the old fashioned way.

yep, lower shift cable

Agree, you missed the little catch when you were offering the drive up, set the drive straight up and down, buuild a small wood platform to support the skeg. with help slide the drive off the studs. you may have to straighten the shift wire with a pair of pliers. make sure the catch is open and in the out position, then go back on making sure the ball goes into the catch.

here you go

At least you aren't back with "milkshake!!"

Yea. One step forward one backwards

drive is fixed. It was exactly what i thought


new problem.......again

shes gettin hot. Water temp creeps up to 200 i was watching and shut it down. Let it cool dwn and did a once over and sidnt see anything obvious. Tried again and started creeping up so i **** it down and put it back in the garage. Its hotter then hell in iowa right now. Turned the ac on and pulled impeller. Havnt taken it apart but i can see the vines look ok througj the inlet/outlet ports

pulled the intake hose. Some water drained. Pulled the ouutlet port and lots of water drained (hot water). Pulled thermostat. 160 degree with 3 small holes drilled. I can move thermostat with my thumb pretty easily. Very little water in the intake under the thermostat. Exhaust hoses mostly dry.

ther is not the same amount of water coming out rhe exhaust either. Its spitting it out at best.

Have run the boat on the hose close to 20 min before and wasnt an issue.



Any ideas?

Double check that the hoses are correct on the pump. I, I mean a friend got them backwards and would run fine on the hose but not prime at the ramp. Such a dumb friend.

Run it without the thermostat. You can move it against the spring but that doesn't mean the thermostatic element is any good. I've had a couple turn to garbage sitting in the off season.

Thanks i verified hoses are correct. I also pulled every hose off and blew air back through em. Also back through oil cooler. Nothing i could tell is blocking anything and i flushed every hose and oil cooler while the motor was out.

Just for the hell of it ran up and bought a new thermostat. The new one is way easier to open. Putting it back together now. Ill report back later.

Huh, I never found thermostats easy to open by hand. Maybe I should just work out more.

Also, even with t-stat closed, there should be water coming out of the exhaust like a mother f'r. Unless you have a crossover without a water bypass and a t-stat installed, then nothing will come out until a intake or headgasket pushes out or t-stat finally opens.

Bravo pumps move a pantload (yes, a measurement here) of water !

Its running fine now. On the hose for 10 min and never went over 150.

Not sure if it was the thermostat or the garden hose wasnt aligned right on the drive. My neighbor was helping me. I put it on the drive and fired it up but didnt look at it after that the first time.

After the tstat replace i did the same. Only this time also hopped back out and checked it. It wasnt aligned perfectly. Once i moved it all it sucked all the water up from the hose instantly

always check the simple things first

gonna water test tonight..........good or bad out come im drinking like a fish!