Recommendation for Sea Ray 255 Amberjack  | 
May-19-2005, 08:02 AM
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#1 | | Registered User
Name: Tony Jimenez Age: 39 Vessel: 26 Sea Ray, "Rather Be" Location: Redondo Beach, CA Job:Banking
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|  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, 08:53 AM
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#2 | | just jack
Name: Jack Chalais Vessel: 10' Avon Location: sacramento Job:retired/sales Bio: old man and the sea
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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, 08:57 AM
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#3 | | YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
Name: Hunter Vessel: Parker 21 Special Edition the "Dos Locos" Location: on the line Job:tracking you down Bio: Huh?
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Bennets..
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May-19-2005, 09:00 AM
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#4 | | Captain
Name: Gary Age: 70 Vessel: Sold Location: Valley Center, Ca. Job:Landscape Architect/Irrigation Consultant Bio: Fishing with my son and friends
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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, 02:58 PM
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#5 | | Registered User
Name: Tony Jimenez Age: 39 Vessel: 26 Sea Ray, "Rather Be" Location: Redondo Beach, CA Job:Banking
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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, 06:01 PM
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#6 | | Registered User
Name: Dave Vessel: 25' Farallon Whaleback Pilot- "REEL UP" Location: Northridge Job:Voodoo man, part time
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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, 03:54 PM
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#7 | | Registered User
Name: Tony Jimenez Age: 39 Vessel: 26 Sea Ray, "Rather Be" Location: Redondo Beach, CA Job:Banking
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Thanks Dave....hope it's the simpler fix than a major problem.
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May-20-2005, 06:19 PM
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#8 | | Here fishy fishy fishy...
Name: Chris Age: 37 Vessel: 24' Skipjack FB, diesel. Much like the one in my avatar... Location: Huntington Harbour Job:Rocket Scientist
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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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