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My old boat (classic Sea Ray) had rust in the pully grooves, water pump, crank, and power steering. I removed the pullies and put a wire wheel on the drill press and cleaned them up that way. The rust was eating belts. Any way they are getting rusty again because of winter lay up. I'm thinkin...

I currently have a Milwaukee 6095 heavy duty 5000 rpm sander that I have used to buff out the hull. I use wool pads pads with it. I'm really happy with how it does the hull but I think it is a little too large and agressive for the upper part of the boat. I saw the posts on the porter cable 7424...

After we got 2 scoops of bait at the bait dock today, we started heading out of the harbor after about a minute of running at no wake speed, 5mph, the temp gauge started to get a little high, a little over 180, it never runs that high . so I shut it down. Prior to that we ran from the ramp to...

My boat is a 1986, 268 with a 5.7 OMC. This question would apply to any 5.7 with a q-jet does anyone know what size secondary rods they are running. the rebuilt I got has DP (.0678) rods. The old carb has CM (.0397) rods. I need to go some where in between. I have 2 other pairs to play with. BA...

My 1986 268da, with a 5.7 cobra, has a pestolite ibm-7013 distributer with a screw down cap. this post is for information only and may save you some time off the water. The pertronix convervsion kit for this distributer is a # 1582, there are 2 distributer cap and rotor combos you can use. They...

Finally splashed the boat this weekend and the only problem I had was with the top speed to rpm ratio. The top speed was 30 mph on the gps, rpm was about 3400, the tac is a new replacement telleflex, the prop is 15.8" x 15 pitch, the water was pretty flat with a slight wind chop. The engine is a...

I guess I could get my trailer parking area paved, but that will have to wait. To park the boat I have to back it up hill. My drive is crushed asphalt. The boat is an 86 268. The truck is a dodge deisel one ton 2 wheel drive. So when I back the boat up hill, if I'm not real gentel on the gas the...

The boat is an 86 268 with a 5.7 omc. After I changed the alternator the other day I was testing charging voltage. The battery was steady at 15.5 volts. The alternator is a 3 wire type. I checked the voltage at the sense wire and it was 14.5 volts, so the internal voltage regulator was doing...

These readings are taken with the boat running on the muffs at about 1200 rpm. The system is an omc 210 from san juan engineering and is a full system with coolant running through the manifolds. The engine has less than 1 hour on it from making adjustments, timing etc and getting baise line...

My 1986 268 da gauge reads about 185, on the muffs when warmed up, I have a closed cooling system through the manifolds. the boat is new to me. I have never had it out. The engine is new, I just fired it up last week. The fresh water cooling is new, I installed it when I installed the engine...

I found out today after cleaning up some wireing that my fridge will run off 1 of my batteries. Not knowing, I have a question or two. does that thing run on a compressor like a real fridge or off of heated ammonia like in an rv. How quick does the fridge kill a battery. Thanks in advance.

I have a 1986, 268 da. The batteries are sitting on the port side ledge in the engine compartment. Instead of over thinking this thing I though I would just ask how yours are fastend to the boat. Thanks in advance. Oh and it's finally ready for the shake down this weekend:smt038

Installing full fwc, new engine so I think this will make it last longer. Power is a 5.7 omc. Fwc is Sanjuan engineering model OMC 210. Anyway problem 1) clearance for the heat exchanger. There are two peices of 3/4 x 6" plywood which run vertical, from just above the stringers the motor mounts...

I'm still working on the never ending project, 1986, 268 sd. There is something called a step down pump as labled on the fuse panel on the dash, it sounds like it is located in the aft cabin bellow the deck, bellow an acess panel. It will run as long as the fuse is in, none of the dash switches...

Too cold and windy to work on the boat outside today so I decided to start sanding the outdrive to get it ready for paint. So 8 hours later I have the top half done, probably will take 8 more to do the bottom. CAN'T I JUST SAND BLAST THIS THING? It would take less than an hour and I think it...

Whats up fellas. I have some questions. My pretty much new to me 1986, 268 with a brand new rebuilt 5.7 (4bl) putting out about 300-310 hp. The torque and hp in the right spot in the rpm range. Pushed by an omc cobra drive. I put the engine back in the boat about a week ago and then started...

I recently got a new boat and trailer / project. PO said the engine was newly rebuilt about 7 months ago with 0 hours, I have recepts from the boat shop and everything. Boat has not been in the water since the shop tested it after the rebuild. I've been working on cleaning it up for a couple of...

I hope someone knows. I purchased a 1986, 268 sundancer project , with a newly rebuilt 350 chevy attached to a cobra outdrive. the boat had electrical problems. po, boat shop, pick one, had hooked up the 110 earth ground from the shore power to the hot side of the solenoid on the starter. So as...