heat engine hatch
 

hi new member here i have a 2008 heat the engine hatch stoppped working today is there a manual override so i can open and close the hatch ???? thanks

Hi Jimmy,
Unless something has changed from the '01 that I have, no. Make sure it's not just a dead battery, blown fuse or circuit breaker, or loose wire.
You may have to remove the rear bench to get to the ram.
Regards,
Steve

thanks steve i know its not a dead battery as all the other electrical items work and i can start the engine. ill investigate the other items you mentioned thanks !!

I sometimes (almost always) have to play with the dash switch in order for mine to work. I have to keeps pressing it over and over and then it works. I never investigated the problem because it evenually works. Most likely its bad contact on the switch.

The toggle switched leave a bit to be desired IMO, I am sure there is a bad ass replacement somewhere out there. Good luck with the hatch! You could test the switch on the back for output when depressed, glad there is a little panel there.

ya mine used to be like that have to press it back and forth to get it to work now nada!!!!!!!!! pretty lame if you ask me

thanks for all the info guys ! got it fixed was a bad switch ! boats going up for sale moving up to a cig!

Glad you got that fixed, sucks you are selling. Hopefully you will find a nice home for her. Good luck!

thanks love the boat it is crazy fast have hit 100 in her but i want/ need something bigger for the water here (vancouver bc) common sense tells me i cant have two boats lol

Jimmyg I noticed in your sig. that you have changed the pistons in your 600sci did you have a problem with the motor or did you just want more compression?

actually the piston change was done just before i bought the boat , the previous owner was gung ho to have a beast of a motor and a 100 mph boat which it is(so not sure what the exact reason was that he decided to change the pistons) .. however even pumping out that power the boat idles great and has run like a top all summer !!!!!! the mid range is unbelievable i just want something bigger for the boating i want to do ill see if i can post a couple pics

not sure how to post pics?

Do you have a host such as photobucket that you use? If so, just copy the [img] url into your post and it will show up.

nope sorry dont have a host service

Then I cant tell you anything that will help. If you want me to post em up you can email them to me. [email protected]

will do many thanks jay

Here you go!! These are jimmyg's heat BTW.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0709-00016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...40/38577_8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...40/38577_4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...40/38577_2.jpg

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thanks jay !

Hey there with the 08 heat good looking boat! I noticed that the exhaust is going out the back instead of the corners, is that the only way to make it work with a 600SCI engine in the heats? Also do you have to cut out the engine hatch to make it work with the supercharger?

no cuts made to the engine hatch .. previous owner had the routed that way as he told me it was way to loud for his liking after he had the 600 dropped in

Nice looking boat JimmyG. Sorry to hear you're bailing.
Somebody will get a very nice Heat.
Regards,
Steve

thanks steve the boats a peach it ran like a top all summer i was initally worried about such i high hp engine being finicky but it it ran smooth and trouble free everytime only issue i had was the stupid hatch switch.

Nice looking boat how fast is it, what prop and rpm are you runnig and do you have drive spacer?

the boat hast hit 100 on gps rev limit is 6000 with the whipple upgrade not sure exactly what rpm i was turning at that speed i have only had it up there once briefly as i wanted to see what the top end was and i had my eyes peeled for logs !!! its running an xr drive 1.50 gear and a 30 prop