Took the boat for a ride...Ran fine.  Did seem to run out of gas one time when I floored it from idle, so I raised up the needle a little bit, with the sight screw out, but still did not see any fuel at the proper level. Boat ran normal after that. Won't be able to use the boat this weekend, so I decided to pull the carb (HOLLY 750 double pumper with vaccume secondairies) and have it re-built at a good local shop. Hope It comes back and runs better than ever!

What does it mean when fuel keeps running out of the carb (into engine) after the engine is shut off? Plus, engine is loading up at idle, and misses and sometimes even dies due to flooding out. On a side note...it runs better and faster than ever at higher RPM. Have made no changes at all...problem comes and goes, but is getting worse. sometimes gas will run out the tailpipes.

So...I ran my boat about 350 feet into 3" deep water on saturday. It killed the motor and all, and took the usuall effort of pushing a 3000lb boat off of a sandbar. After cleaning out the sand from the controls, and as much as I could from the pump, and a very hard start-up the boat seemd to run pretty much like normal...for about a mile or two.  Then, it started getting "hot", and started to lose enough thrust to come off of plane. I pulled over, and pulled what looked like a bunch of tire tube, or some other rubber of some sort out of the pump. After that, it ran pretty decent, and was no longer overheating. Decided to take it home for the day. Took it out again two days later, and it just did not take off as well as it should have, and was also running about 2-300 RPM higher than normal at all speeds. Also was told by onlookers that it was not shooting as big of a rooster tail as normal. Took it apart tonight, and found that the wear ring was fused to the impeller, and the insulator was totally missing. I guess the sand jammed tight enough in the gap to lock the two pieces together, and spin the wear ring in the insulator...destroying it. That would also expain the very hard start after the crash. I am suprised the boat ran as well as it did in this condition! So... I dont have a new insulator, but I do have an old one that seems to be in usable condition, so I am planning to just put that one back in, and try it. I want the boat running this weekend pretty bad because my 9 year old has her heart set on learning to ski this weekend. There is absolutly no place here in Wisconsin to get a new insulator that soon, so I am crossing my fingers that the old one will work!

I did this the first time I ever pulled a tube with the boat...Now I keep a razor sharp steak knife in the boat...have not needed it. Was able to cut out all 75' of rope with a dull knife...took over an hour...lots of 4-6 inch pieces

Speed is confirmed by GPS...Not sure about TACH...-just know that RPM's are less than before. This was also the first run of the year for the boat after sitting since last September. Engine does not "sound" like it is reving up any too high though.  Have not checked timing, but it has not changed since last season. Also have not taken air cleaner off and confirmed throttle is opening all the way, but again...nothing has been changed there either.  I will probly pull all the plugs, and check the throttle cables. Also...the bucket is opening all the way. I modified the whole nozzle, bucket and steering to allow for the biggest roostertail possible, so I did check out all of that stuff to make sure it is working correctly.
 Other than the basics... I probly have to much CAM for my 468, with a "new" A impeller. Before I get too exited about adding any power, I will see how the fuel economy is, and I can only guess that it will be better than it was by running the engine "slower"  One thing that I also need to confirm it that the vaccum secondarys are opening at all...4000 RPM might not be doing it... It will be hard to confirm because I have a covered engine, and it would not be to good running around the lake at 55 mph with that up looking down the carb!

Also on this...The vanes have a pretty "ruff" surface finish -from casting.  Should I smooth and polish as much of that "ruffness" as I can get to? or is it not worth the time?

Battery seems ok,---i ran the boat later in the day after the battery had charged for a while. started many times, and sat around with raidio on for a long time. I was just mentioning the dash lights to indicate how dead the battery was. boat had not been run in 2 weeks before yesterday. Now, I pulled off the + battery cable, so whatever is wrong can't keep draining the battery. i also plan to check battery voltage after it has been sitting for a few days.

Easy!  I did not even remove the old one----BUT this is cuz I was lazy,---NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

I guess you "could" possibly bury the nose of the boat, but the Baja 200SS is a pretty big boat, and I "don't think" the pump has enough thrust, or the motor enough power for that to be an issue.  I have tried taking off with it all the way down, and at various "more up" angles with a load, and without.  Of coares you can have it up to high, but it seems like you would not want it down much more than level when compared to the boat sitting level.

Got the boat out for the first time this season and it ran perfect! Then it wouldn't start after pulling the kids around in the tube. Turns out it was just the starter solenoid. Don't know why it went bad, but it was most likely 28 years old-like the rest of the boat. The only changes to the boat over the winter was that all of the wire and terminals from the battery were replaced with welding cable instead of the 4 gauge that was on it before,-so the solenoid got more amperage than it ever has before.

What can I expect from a stuffer plate? Boat has a JE-A pump with trim a just. My boat is big, and heavy, and tends to cavitate when launching, or pulling up skiiers. From what I have read, a stuffer plate is most helpfull for improving holeshot, so it seems like it may be something that could help my boat out. The pump has not had a wear ring or impeller  replaced for many hours, but is in good shape otherwise...No front or rear shaft leaks, and all the nylon bushings are tight. I don't plan on doing a full re-build for this season, and don't have a good reason to take the pump apart unless I can gain something with a stuffer.

My boat never starts very well, especially when it is hot. It is a  bbc, and I only run one battery.  One thing I noticed is that all of the wire from the battery, and solonoid to starter was only #4 heavy strand wire, with some really light wieght ends/terminals. So, today I replaced all of the wire with 2-0 welding cable, and super heavy duty ends. It is still winter here in Wisconsin, but I did dry fire the boat to see if the new wire helped. All I can say is WOW! the motor crancks over like never before. All the new wire is so heavy that it wil proubly slow down the boat, but It sure will be nice haveing it turn over properly instead of barely even being able to spin the motor at all.