Maintanence

[Johnturf]

I want to remove the rear ballast tanks to help change the steering cable, check the water pump impeller, change the oil and filter, and the fuel filter. I just bought the boat, it has 142 hours, its a clean boat, kept on Lake travis (fresh water). I just want to make sure that boat has been looked over. I am also going to change the v drive fluid, trans fluid, and belts. Is there anything else that should be checked?

[Billua]

Congrats!

All good, I may add take a look at the plugs. Easiest to change them when all the boards are out.

Also regarding the impeller, it is a 25 dollar part and your tear down to inspect it is only 60 seconds away from installing a new one. Trust me, better to do it and not worry about it.

Cheers

[whitlock87]

I would check the shaft alignment as well.

[Johnturf]

Thanks for the advice, my last boat was direct drive. Still learning about the v-drive setup.

[Guma]

Go ahead and change out the impeller as well

[kko]

At 142 hrs. plugs should be fine. I would take a look at dist. cap and make sure its not full of corrosion. we see alot of this when boats sit with even just a slight amount of water in bildge and high humidity. Also make sure you grease the fitting on the rudder port.

[Johnturf]

water pump replacement

I pulled the water pump off to change the impellar and found the the pump is not turning very well. It feels rough and does not turn very good. Is there a rebuild kit or do I have to buy a whole new pump? It is a johnson pump on a 5.7l marine power motor. The pump also has a water line running to the lower half of the fuel filter, not sure what that is for. I found several new pumps online, but none of the them had the extra outlet running to the fuel filter. I want to either replace the pump or rebuild it for sure, better safe than sorry. Plus it was a pain to get back there. Any suggestions, I am dying to get the boat on the water.

[kko]

You are going to need to replace the whole pump. You need to get one with that extra outlet that goes to the fuel filter. That is for cooling the fuel and is important. that pump might be a Marine Power only pump. So you will need to find a marine power dealer to get you that pump.