Recent content by colbysmith

Thanks Jeff. Sounds like it all worked out well for you. As of now, I'm thinking seriously of making that my first trip of the season in April. We are going to try snowbirding in Arizona in Jan and Feb, so very likely will not make Hontoon, which is normally my first trip of the season. I'll...

Just curious. How did the trip go for the rest of you that still did it?

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As shown in the new thread regarding the 2027 calendar, it is working. Use EARLY20

Yep. That worked. Thanks.

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I don't know about the sliding or skidding, but I have put Permatrims on both my earlier 22, and now on my 25. And it does make a big difference in boat trim and with cavitation. I don't know if I've ever experienced the sliding that you are talking about. I was in a lot of 2-4' waves in the...

Boat's all back together, running well. Took it out to the lake this beautiful day, and everything worked like it should. Feels good knowing I did the work myself, and it's all back together. Probably should have put this all in its own thread. Time now to finish annual maintenance and...

Nope, not interested in doing a complete rebuild, lol. Everything in the mid section looked pretty good. Even the oil pump looked pretty good when I opened it up. But as long as I'm there, I decided to replace it. Same with the oil strainer. The strainer was fairly cheap. The oil pump was...

Just bringing this back up. I have a bunch of photos I hope to start working on sending to Julie in the next week or so. (Right now, been focused on some engine repair work on C-Traveler.) When do the final submissions have to be made? Colby

For the ones that were still doing the Tennessee River, have fun. Wish I was there, instead of tearing into C-Traveler's engine. Since I'm not blogging about the Tennessee River trip, as planned, I'm blogging about my repair work. It's coming along, and today I decided to tear down the...

While the head is off, I'm also replacing the oil pump and main shaft sleeve. I have a little over 2,525 hours on the motor, and probably wise to change the oil pump out now. The pump is probably the most expensive part, but still cheaper than labor to remove the head. There is a "shaft...

A quick update. Head bolts came out with ease. IE, No rusted or corroded bolts. Couldn't find a tall enough lift, so used a tree limb. Head came off fine. Moved it in my tractor into the garage, where it'll hang until I get the new parts installed. It did end up being the shift rod bracket...

Final update for me, since I had been staying in touch via texting with C-Play, Assurance and Southwind. The trip is definitely off for me, but I believe the others are still going. The shop I had taken it too, did not get a chance to look at it, are down one mechanic, and said it'd probably be...