peeterbilt
New member
Hey guys,
I just got my first boat-a 76 Sea Ray 20' cuddy cabin with a 351 Windsor and a Mercruiser with an Alpha 1 outdrive. Motor is strong, outdrive had some water in it but I replaced the oil and seems to be good. Shifting into gear seemed pretty tough as she jumps pretty hard. The only other issues are she cuts out after planeing and is under load which I think is due to a faulty fuel pump. There is a manual fuel pump on there now which is bypassed and an electrical fuel pump is in use. I bought a Holley high performance manual fuel pump as that was the advice given to me. The only other engine issues are some water in the oil which suckd up thru the dipstick after a heavy rain flooded the engine compartment but I only have one more oil flush to get rid of all the oil in the motor. The last ting is it sounds like one of the lifters is knocking pretty \good. I guess with this being my first boat, where do I go from here? Are manuals available? Any special web-sites? Anybody else have any experience on classic Sea Ray or boat restoration they would like to share with me? Any help/advice/direction would be much appreciated! You can contact me directly via email: [email protected] or cell 850-602-7525. Thanks again!
I just got my first boat-a 76 Sea Ray 20' cuddy cabin with a 351 Windsor and a Mercruiser with an Alpha 1 outdrive. Motor is strong, outdrive had some water in it but I replaced the oil and seems to be good. Shifting into gear seemed pretty tough as she jumps pretty hard. The only other issues are she cuts out after planeing and is under load which I think is due to a faulty fuel pump. There is a manual fuel pump on there now which is bypassed and an electrical fuel pump is in use. I bought a Holley high performance manual fuel pump as that was the advice given to me. The only other engine issues are some water in the oil which suckd up thru the dipstick after a heavy rain flooded the engine compartment but I only have one more oil flush to get rid of all the oil in the motor. The last ting is it sounds like one of the lifters is knocking pretty \good. I guess with this being my first boat, where do I go from here? Are manuals available? Any special web-sites? Anybody else have any experience on classic Sea Ray or boat restoration they would like to share with me? Any help/advice/direction would be much appreciated! You can contact me directly via email: [email protected] or cell 850-602-7525. Thanks again!