I was under the impression you weren't there.   That makes it much worse... you actually had
to watch it go down...

I'm with you, I can't believe someone would go out in a boat without a rope.

I wondered how those rocket powered surf boards stayed afloat in rough water.  They seemed so loooooow.   

Mine split a water hose below the water line one day, that heavy rolling feeling sucked.  I beached it till
I found the problem.  I do feel your pain and wish you well.

Good luck in the recovery.  Did you GPS it?   

 
Why did you let her get that close to a stationary object in the first place?? 

If my wife gets within 50 yards of the bank it's time to trade seats, and she's glad
thank god... 

Just so we can all watch out, WHY did it sink??    Yea, we know to much water on board but
what caused it?

Again, wishing you well and lots of luck!

I found the SEM.  Thank you for that!

Now let's open this up to has anyone used any dye and how did it work?

I didn't even know about SEM and there may be a lot more out there??

I'd flat out pull the motor, tear it down along with the carb, distributor and starter.  Clean and check everything.  Make sure you don't have a bent rod or 3. 

I hate to think of the crap in the valve cover area and pan... not to mention the issues with electronics.

I would not want to pump that crap up through my bearings.   It's in the oil pump too.

It's not a 2 cycle, if you try to cheap it and blow it up where will you be?  This would cost you more now but may save you a lot later.

Just my 2 cents.  Better safe than sorry, and I bet you'll sleep better too.

My son's interior is faded a bit and he's looking for a bandaid for this summer.   He'll have the insides redone this winter.

Has anyone used this on thier seats??   Summit sells it.

Thank you Tom, let me know if they are in stock.
Dave

The ballast resistor is to LOWER the voltage. 

The excite current comes off the hot leg before going  to the resistor so it's at 12 Volts.

Put your jumper on the opposite side of the resistor from the coil.

If the engine started to shut down very frequently you could put the jumper on the coil side of the resistor to rule the resistor out. 

Don't leave it there as you'll wind up burning your points.

Did they have grease fittings on the outside of the caps?
Thank you for the number. 

Crap. I'm not having any luck on that part number.  Could you send along a web site?

      Why not just buy a new boat...

Sorry Rebal... just picking.   We have an electrician in the plant like that.  Throw parts at it till it runs.

He drives me nuts.  I usually have to work on equipment after he leaves and I have the problem of checking all the new parts as well as what originals are left looking for a bad part.

New isn't allways good, sometimes you ADD another problem.

When it could be a switch, broken wire to the ignition, an ignition part, fuel pump, pick up, filter,  etc etc I wouldn't throw parts unless I had a large bank roll.

Remember, don't "hi tech" it till you look at the obvious.   Did you use the jumper to eliminate the switch yet?  If you have a spare coil take it along.

 Make sure the wires to the points can't ground out to the plate.  Vibration could cause it to just touch the plate... down she goes.

I'm betting right in that area if the jumper doesn't cure it.
Rotor, points, connections.




 

Did you unhook the line from the carb and try to pump "gas"  into a milk carton? 

 Remember  "grass hopper"  new parts can be junk too.   They are just shinier   

I forget who said that....   

This is the best the stock 460 could do..     We didn't get a picture of mine but it's probably
about the same..

We took it out today.  The speedo was tilted up a bit so it read 10 to about 40 mph..

 I forgot the gps...

It seems slower with the AA impeller and loader.  I need more rpms to get back to the
big power.

In the picture you can see how I checked the depth of the loader.  Was that correct Tom.

The straight edge was across the inlet.