Salt water boating
08-09-2011 | 12:24 PM
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From: Merritt Island, FL
Good stuff,
I have to pull my HP500EFI's to change a bilge pump, and some other stuff, what do you guys think of adding closed cooling like this before I put them back in?
http://www.cpperformance.com/p-14009...o-500-cid.aspx
I have to pull my HP500EFI's to change a bilge pump, and some other stuff, what do you guys think of adding closed cooling like this before I put them back in?
http://www.cpperformance.com/p-14009...o-500-cid.aspx
08-09-2011 | 02:32 PM
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Helps a lot.
I think I still have one of those sprayers,,,,,,,,,,,,, better not toss that away.
Thanks for the mix, I used to use something close to that with water on my old outdrives to keep the hard water stains off. Sounds like a good idea.
When you say flush the brakes, you mean the drums and disk, not the fluid right?
I think I still have one of those sprayers,,,,,,,,,,,,, better not toss that away.
Thanks for the mix, I used to use something close to that with water on my old outdrives to keep the hard water stains off. Sounds like a good idea.
When you say flush the brakes, you mean the drums and disk, not the fluid right?
Yes, hose down the trailer brakes well, no need to change the brake fluid any more than normal.
08-10-2011 | 06:10 PM
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From: Fort Myers.....Florida
Great info
Don't want to steal your thread Dave,,,,,,,,, but I am moving to the Sarasorta or bradenton area at the end of the month.
I have flush fuittings on the boat but how do you flush it with salt away? Do you fill a tank like what we use up here for winterizing?
Don't want to steal your thread Dave,,,,,,,,, but I am moving to the Sarasorta or bradenton area at the end of the month.
I have flush fuittings on the boat but how do you flush it with salt away? Do you fill a tank like what we use up here for winterizing?
08-11-2011 | 01:30 PM
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From: Merritt Island, FL
not sure if you have had your boat out down here.10 th street ramp is very nice place to put in,drops you into sarasota bay.if you want to go outside .its only 5 min out new pass,you can run the inside (intercostal) south to fort myers ,or north up into tampa bay.lots of good boating
I'll really need to have some local knowledge, this is a big change to the type of boating I have done, plus I don't want to end up on some freakin sand bar.
Big learning curve.
08-11-2011 | 04:43 PM
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From: Fort Myers.....Florida
i think it was said before.. but get a good g p s if you dont have one.. and stay between the markers...and everything will be fine..look into boat us or seatow.just incase
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08-13-2011 | 09:45 AM
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From: Clearwater, Florida
Thanks for all the input guys, not 100% sold on Florida but also dreading the thought of winter. Frequency we run the Illinois between starved rock and peoria, we are in an orange Baja stop by if you see us beached. What do you spray on the motor a fog of WD-40? What do they hit you a month to dry stack?
08-14-2011 | 06:25 PM
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From: Sarasota, Fl
Well let us know when you get here. You might even want to consider keeping your boat at a dry stack, 10th street can get kind of crowded on summer weekends.
08-14-2011 | 09:44 PM
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We did look at some channel homes for rent that had lifts, what do you think about them?
They were in cortez,,
