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May-19-2005, 09:02 AM
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Name: Tony Jimenez Age: 38 Vessel: 26 Sea Ray, "Rather Be" Location: Redondo Beach, CA Job:Banking |  Recommendation for Sea Ray 255 Amberjack
I have a 1984 Sea Ray 255 Amberjack powered by a new 350 Mercruiser EFI. Power on the boat is excellent, however it doesn't seem to get on plane or cruise at a decent pace. Recently, it has been slipping out of gear at 3500+ RPM. Anyone have any suggestions on what may be going wrong?
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May-19-2005, 09:53 AM
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Name: Jack Chalais Vessel: 10' Avon Location: sacramento Job:retired/sales Bio: old man and the sea |
Since it's a recent repower I'd check the shift linkage adjustment. And..... check to see if you're getting proper advance in the distributor. Different engine might need a reprop.??? JJ
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May-19-2005, 09:57 AM
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Name: The Neckish One Vessel: 21' Parker CC "Dos Locos" ITS FOR SALE Location: 9204NECK Job:Selling my boat so I can get a bigger one Bio: Huh? |
Bennets..
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May-19-2005, 10:00 AM
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Name: Gary Age: 69 Vessel: 25' Wellcraft Coastal Location: San Marcos (soon to be Valley Center) Job:Landscape Architect/Irrigation Consultant Bio: Fishing with my son and friends |
When we repowered our 250 Coastal, same engine, we went through the same thing, took us a while to get it all re-adjusted on the linkage, and like Jack said, we had to re-prop her.
Hey Jack, Happy Belated Birthday man.
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May-19-2005, 03:58 PM
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Name: Tony Jimenez Age: 38 Vessel: 26 Sea Ray, "Rather Be" Location: Redondo Beach, CA Job:Banking | Thanks
Thank you for the advice....I will have her pulled out of the water and taken a good look at. Thanks again.
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May-19-2005, 07:01 PM
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Name: Dave Vessel: 25' Farallon Whaleback Pilot- "REEL UP" Location: Northridge Job:Voodoo man, part time |
Slipping out of gear, happened once to me, ended up I had a spun prop hub. Once the engine hit a certain speed, it was just enuf' to spin the rubber center hub.
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May-20-2005, 04:54 PM
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Name: Tony Jimenez Age: 38 Vessel: 26 Sea Ray, "Rather Be" Location: Redondo Beach, CA Job:Banking | Thanks Again
Thanks Dave....hope it's the simpler fix than a major problem.
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May-20-2005, 07:19 PM
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Name: Chris Age: 36 Vessel: 24' Skipjack FB, diesel. Much like the one in my avatar... Location: Huntington Harbour Job:Rocket Scientist |
Good advice here - be sure to check the linkage before you try this again. If you're slipping the clutch at those RPM's then you'll be doing an OD rebuild instead of a cable adjustment.... my $.02
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