I have a Bayliner with a very clean tank that holds 75 gallons. 305 engine, with water separator filter.
Generally, we keep it at half a tank, and add 25 gallons (yes, with ethanol) or so, then run it, then add more as we have money available. This fall, I poured in a 1/2 quart of blue Stabil...
RE: 1977 heavy Bayliner Nisqually, 305 V8, 280 VP outdrive. Normally climbs up into a plane at about 24 mph, 3000 rpm
What should I do to most efficiently get the boat up onto a plane? Use trim tabs? Or adjust the outdrive tilt? I normally run with the 280 completely "down".
This is a quite used "project" 1989-ish 305 engine, 280 VP outdrive.
I started it today, and suddenly a fair amount of smoky exhaust and water squirting in the bilge.
Shut it down, got in there to look around; discover a hole right in the middle body of the starboard manifold Boot.
I could...
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Very brief Scenario: First time running the (used) 305 engine.
1) Checked oil before starting, checked coolant in heat exchs.
2) Cruised us for 20 minutes at 2500 rpm- twice felt the exh Manifolds - cool enough to lay hand on.
3) Gauges -- Oil Pres, 40-45...
Ancient Bayliner,and 305 V8:
My new starter makes a "click" for the first 2-3 key twists, then fires right up.
After the juice travels from battery up to the bridge ignition, then back down to the starter I'm only getting 11 volts.
Did I read somewhere to add a 2nd solenoid to kick up the...
I just installed a new/used 305 V8, sporting a brand new crankshaft-driven Johnson f5B-9 raw water pump.
My Bayliner dealer test-started the engine and thought the pump was excessively wobbling. He thought it had a wrong (or modified) supporting arm bracket on it, so he changed that out to a...
I bought a used 305 VP engine (year, not sure) that was salvaged from a wrecked hull. Motor is exactly what I need, except that when we hoisted it out of my pick-me-up truck, and got a look under it... someone way before me had set it down/dropped? it hard enough to push in the oil pan at the...
Someone (not me!) crunched up the hull of their Bayliner, and settled with insurance.
I just now bought the engine from that totaled boat --I saw it run, and at 100 hrs, it's tight. (I got the whole 305 red engine, the works, connected to a bell housing a cut-out section of the transom...
My wife thought I needed a "project" boat, so we found an old Bayliner with a V/P 280 outdrive in reasonable condition (clear gear oil, new-looking propeller, a little white junk/corrosion in the water hose. The 23' boat is great (for $1500 with new trailer), But it certainly has no...
I'm sort of embarrassed to even axe this, but I haven't found an answer anywhere.
Drain plug is at the bottom/front. but the top level plug is where? ( I can answer that on a merc.)
Also, I know my oil checking dipstick plug is supposed to be up on the tippy top, but my plug only has a 1/4"...
1978 Bayliner Nisqually on a trailer -- anyone with a good idea on getting that stuff outta there? That juice is prolly 3 years old.
My only thought is to open the sending unit access, slide in an old garden hose, get on the ground and suck -- I don't own a transfer pump.
Any secret...
First time post guy here. I'm normally a dry land 5th wheel RV-er, which has its own types of caulks and sealers, (butyl tapes, lap sealants) But I just bought a 40-year old Bayliner Nisqually, and I'm wondering about the types of marine sealant goo I should use, and where.
For example, I...