What do you do if you keep loosin bearing buddies? bought the boat a couple weeks ago and all but one bearing buddy was the same. Lost the first one on the first trip out, replaced it, it did need to be coaxed in with a hammer and a block of wood as stated in the instructions. Then lost the new one on the second trip out, anybody have any suggestions on what to do? Its obvious this has been an ongoing problem because the other three bearings are capped off with the trailer buddys which don't need a bearing bra.

any suggestions?

dont know how old the fuel pump is, but i do know the tanks are only 2yrs old.

my dad tried switching his fuel pump, but it still couldnt keep up with the 750 double pumper

Update: pulled the plugs and they look fine.

Don't know what they would look like if they were starving for fuel, any hints?

Took the boat to pyramid yesterday and it was acting up. Seemed to me like lack of fuel.

Its a 74 spectra v-drive with a 454 chevy, holley 750 DP and mechanical holley fuel pump. The first time at Castaic it seemed to run great but I was just cruising around, thought I felt it lag a few times after running at WOT for a quick burst, but couldn't tell cuz it was windier then shyt. This weekend was dragging around some tubers at about 2000 rpm and it started slowing down, not stopping just slowing, so I put my foot into it and the engine would almost die. I would take my foot off it and it would catch and continue running rough.  Later in the day I was idiling around for 5-10 mins and decided to take off, about halfway onto plane it started acting sluggish and started slowing down, put my foot into it and it started to cut out, took my foot off of it and let it idle for a couple more minutes. Then took off again and it was fine, cruised the lake twice with no problems, kept my foot out of it tho.

So that's what I got goin on and lookin for advice. I ordered a fuel pressure gauge so I can see what, if anything its reading at certain times.

My dad had a similar problem which was when he ran WOT the fuel pump couldn't keep up and essentially had no fuel pressure showing on the gauge. He installed an electric fuel pump and that solved the problem. He has the same engine/carb/fuel pump setup but its a jet

Im replacing the 1/4" hardline running from the pump to the carb with 3/8 and replacing the fuel filter.

Wondering if theres anything else I could check before the fuel pressure gauge arrives, or if you got any other suggestions?

Thanks guys

I heard that pyramids better then Castaic for skiing, what do you guys think. I know its more of a drive but, but any input on that?

And would prefer to stay out of the ocean.

Im new to the so cal lake scene, been spoiled up at the sacramento deltas most my life, and am now getting into the local scene. Whats a good lake for skiing that doesnt always get blown out by wind chop? Been to castaic in the past, but no matter what its always windy.  If its got  decent coves to relax in thats a plus, but mostly lookin for input on where to find glassy water.

Any help you guys can give would be appreciated. Someone told me pyramid wasnt bad and worth the extra 28 miles roundtrip. Whadaya think?

im not opposed to a little extra car time to get to a calmer lake 

Was wonderin if anybody could inform on the weight and ride characteristics of a 1973 glencoe deep v jet. Is it a strong hull, does it have full length stringers? lookin for a boat thats heavy and can handle choppy lake water. My internet search didnt reveal much, so im turning to the pros. Any info you guys can give would be appreciated.

Thanks

Boats 2 hrs away, so thats unlikely. I took a picture of the builders tag on the side of the boat and i will upload that within the next few days so u can read what i read.

Thanks for the help.

PS. if anybody has any other recommendations for cheap heavy lake boats besides howard, hallet, spectra, schiada and tahitti let me know. Dont care if its a project either