"Hey Guys need your advice her
"Hey Guys need your advice here ...ive been working on this old girl all summer ( 1977 cheetah with a 165 merc) bought her from a farmer who had her setting out with a bunch of goats !!!....450.00 bought her ...anyway my fuel problem turned out to be a car distributor !..ok, got the right distributor installed and she purrs like a kitten ,,,now, after a couple outings im getting a LOT of vibration and noise when making turns ...just noticed one of the blades on the prop is bent pretty badly...how much vibration would this cause and would that also cause the noise when making turns ...the boat sat out in the field for a couple years uncovered ive greased all fittings i can see, replaced fuel pump, plugs, wires water lines, water pump, impeller, could it possibly be bearing or u-joint?..if so , how difficult is this to replace,,,im mechanically inclined but new to boat motors ? ...thanks"
"Hey Guys need your advice here ...ive been working on this old girl all summer ( 1977 cheetah with a 165 merc) bought her from a farmer who had her setting out with a bunch of goats !!!....450.00 bought her ...anyway my fuel problem turned out to be a car distributor !..ok, got the right distributor installed and she purrs like a kitten ,,,now, after a couple outings im getting a LOT of vibration and noise when making turns ...just noticed one of the blades on the prop is bent pretty badly...how much vibration would this cause and would that also cause the noise when making turns ...the boat sat out in the field for a couple years uncovered ive greased all fittings i can see, replaced fuel pump, plugs, wires water lines, water pump, impeller, could it possibly be bearing or u-joint?..if so , how difficult is this to replace,,,im mechanically inclined but new to boat motors ? ...thanks"