Recent content by Tom Schafer

monaco 2 I use a 19 stainless it works great but if you have a lot of weight on board the 17 is better

I do have one old flapper its in bad shape but the boat is 12 miles away and I wont have it until friday at which point I will post pics by the way how do you post pics

when I brought it in I wasnt sure what the problem was ,told him it overheated at idle but did mention the exhaust flappers were tight .he said that wasnt the problem and spent hours going over other things before determining it was this he took them out and it runs fine I have a solution but I...

no I have not had an issue with that but if you have any other questions about this boat I have had mine for 10 years and love it if it wasnt for this one problem are you in salt water I have no anode plate on transom mine is on lower unit

I agree with you but I have actually been to 2 different reputable dealers and have bought a couple of different sets I can see your flappers are bigger but of the same design and actually I brought it to the marina and he said he modified a set to fit but I still have the same problem maybe...

for some reason y pipe is slightly smaller diameter to accomadate new flappers but just slightly and holes where they snap in are slightly lower

thanks for answering I have a 1987 monaco it has the 350 with 260 horse but those are the flappers in your picture they fit so tight they wont operate correctly I know its tough to answer tis one I have been battling with it is there any way to get the old design

the original exhaust flappers have been discontinued and the newly designed ones dont fit properly no matter how I try. they are not operating properly ,and causing a overheating problem at low rpms any ideas how I can solve this problem the old flappers sre no longer available

I will be out there taking pics will post soon thank you

I have 1987 monaco that I want to put downriggers on I would like to mount them on a removable board does anyone have ideas how to mount

My name is tom I have a 1987 monaco I have owned it for 10 years and now I plan on doing some salmon fishing just not sure how to set it up