Been paining me greatly to NOT go negotiate and snatch this up Sam.............

http://www.performanceboats.com/boats-sale/104005-19-millerr-jet-boat-matching-trailer-%242200.html

Ray

Running the same Berkeley pump with that cover?  Shouldn't be a problem to run it through there, but might need a longer cable and more of a loop in it

Ray

I have a Indmar 454 w/ a Legend pump in my boat. Seems as if the engine temp never goes above 120. Should I add a thermostat? There is no valve coming off of the water inlet from the jet. My set-up puts the water through my exhuast manifolds then into the motor and back out through the exhaust risers.

To be honest, The only reason to choke down water to the engine would be for a serious over pressure situation. Requiring a pressure guage on the water system to indicate that. I doubt it's even needed. I've installed them, but they've all run wide open anyway. 

Oil temp is what you SHOULD be monitoring. 120*-140* water temp is pretty normal in these things, provided the engine was built with that in mind, but understand the thermistor sending unit is getting whacked with new water constantly, so is REALLY not that accurate a reading. Oil temp IS.

Ray

Hey ray ill grab ur diverter from river dad tomorrow and bring it to BR for you 

Aww, thanks bro! Jason hadn'T called me back!   

Ray

I've made my opinions clear about the Busch boys in the past. Many on the website know more of their background/upbringing than me, and I shut up, BUT!

Sorry. One year it's Kurt, next it's Kyle, then Kurt again, a vicious cycle.

I do NOT care the upbringing. These cat's make tens of millions of dollars a year, and the radio broadcasts, media treatment, competeitor treatment.........REALLY?

IF I WOULDA DROPPED A SINGLE F BOMB on an employer, I'd be challenged, if not unemployed.........THESE cat's get like 12 chances??? I mean, would ANYONE EVER tell Rodger Penske to "go Phuck himself"  or his lateset employer, James Finch "what the phuck does he want?"  in his latest tyrade.

I'm not a huge Nascar fan. I tune in when possible, and go to all the races here in PHX, but I gotta look at this as an employer/employee relationship. AS an employer, my first regard is the spnsors that pay for all this ccrap to begin with. SECOND, and most of you know me, I would not tolerate ANYONE treating ANYONE else that way, on radio or in person. I, myself, would beleive, the RADIO comments are minor compared to what happened otherwise, and I would fire the most common denominator. WTF is anyone thinking allowing this?  I know "he's good for the sport" Really? would you let Kurt talk to you sister/wife/mother on the radio the way he does?

Here's what it comes down to. He Backed into a championship, AND why we have the Chase now (Check that oout anywhere you want)  AND thinks he's golden, not......His websites even say he's 5'11" ..........if he's 5'11"........I must be 7'+ because I'M 5'11" and could byatch slap him into a belly button suckin'.......

Rant over. Vegas guys, make all the excuses you want, but when these cats are making millions a year, there is NO excuse.........I'm not even gonne get into witnessing "kyle" in the pits telling a kid in a wheelchair to "stand up and ask me for my autograph"...................truly, seriously happened and I was 10 feet away from the kid, THEY are asses..............

Ray

First off, the tach reads RPMs, not temp.  The water should enter the motor; then leave it...an open cooling system requires no bleeding

Exactly right, but the temp readings you're giving are very high, for headers, not so much but still high for logs.....which is it? THAT is going to be critical in knowing what is going on here.

RAy

What's this "changing oil" you speak of?

LMAO, Whacker guys......sheesh!

In all honesty though, Pat, been a couple years I think since most of us have had an engine last long enough to REQUIRE an oil change it seems.......

And yes, with HV/HP oil pumps, and temps we run at, the filters balloon like crazy and can be a real byatch to get off. Particularly if not running a remote mount. 

Ray

Maybe it is just me cause I'm weird this way, but I always put a light skin of Permatex #2 around the water ports and a nice caterpillar bead of RTV for the valley ends,  throw the end gaskets away..

To each his own I guess.

GT

X3, except I wipe some of the same sillycone I used to "cast" the front and rear beads wiped with my finger also around both sides of the water ports , and use Gaskacinch on both sides to seal the regular ports. Different products to the same end though.

Ray

Mine are bad too. Cindy said that was from all the begging and pleading beside the bed and considering it foreplay.......

Ray

That's the first Dominator insert pump I think I've seen. Pretty much the same as a Berk JE/JF but with a split bowl.

Ride plate looks a little "cranked way up" there to me, which probably isn't helping, but what kind of power you hitting this thing with?

One thing the regular style intakes have are stabilizing fins under the boat. The JE, and yours obviously, don't have those and can get quite squirrely when enough HP is applied. Berk used to make add-on fins that are attached to either side of the intake opening under the boat and bolted through the hull. Might be some floating around out there, but would probably sooner find an honest politician with the name Obama. So that's out without having someone like Nick whip up custom ones.

It does appear they were trying to force the bow down with that wedge, ride plate adjustment and probably ran the diverter down as well. This would actually inflate the problem, not correct it. This would force the bow down and effectively make the back of the boat feel "light". This isn't a car, it steers from it's ass, different physics and it's keester needs to remain firmly planted in the water. I would lower that rideplate so it is even with the keel to start, flip the wedge around as you planned, and play with diverter settings first. You'll probably end up with a sweet spot with the ride plate in the 1*-2* range up as already indicated before you are done. This is simply a try, test, try again, test again scenario, but sould get you a good starting point.

I would also consider a loader to replace that intake grate.

Ray

Edit: Tha tis a nylon wedge, should be grooved on mating surfaces and no gaskets needed. I habitually use a thin coat of sillycone, however.

   

Brad nailed it I think! It's an old Bushwhacker trim nozzle. Almost bought one myself a few years ago, but don't remember the jacuzzi style reverse bucket. I DO remember the 6-71 GMC blower style plate on the port side of it though! 

Just walk away.........

Ray

so my landlord just hit me up and said i am not allowed to park my boat in my parking space because it " looks trashy "  . so i called around and couldnt find storage a dollar cheaper than $100/mo without driving a hour away and with that situation + my income.. looks like im not going to have the ability to finsih the boat anytime in the next year lol . so im selling the engine and jet now.  i paid about $2,000 for both so im just trying to not loose anything on this. so if anyone is interested im selling the 454 and berkeley 12jg split bowl for $2k .

First off, calm a bit before parting the thing out to please a "landlord" . Sounds like Hitler, to be honest. Brad went through a rather similar incident that really had nothing to do with the lease acgreement, but more to do with the "landlord" (Gawd I have trouble even with that title) wanting to capitalize on perceived opportunity to make  few $$

I'd have to see your lease agreement to be sure, but I'll bet there is a stipulation in there to "maintain the grounds as per HOA requirement" . Obviously, it aint the HOA (if you have one) that has the issue, just the landlords "opinion".

"Opinion" in this case does not make a plausible arguement. It is just that, their "opinion" . Just as my opinion is the BBF makes a better jet boat motor than a BBC. Doesn't mean jack.

Renters HAVE rights, many more than "landlords", in fact. Might cost a few hundred dollars, but get a lawyer involved and teach the "landlord" sumpin.......JMHO.

Ray