My new Seafari

[cdavisdb]

Another guess. Pic looks like a black max engine. If so, the cowl tends to leak in rough weather. Coils get wet and connections corroded. Crank the thing at night and you may see blue flickers all around the ignition system. Problem might be related somehow.

[Ryan]

Cdavis -yes it is a black max, Bigshrimpin-thanks for the info, no it does not have a lanyard --ill report back what i figure out. Frizzle and Fr Frank i appreciate the insight.

[fishlips56]

Good morning Ryan. That was my Seacraft about 13 years ago. I bought the hull with a blown up 115 Merc, stripped the bottom paint, did some cosmetic repairs, put the 175 HP Merc on it and built the rod holder plate for the transom splash well. All the decks, hatches etc... were in pretty good shape when I had it. I thought seriously about buying it back from Chip here in Winter Park. I was a little concerned with the flexing in the transom, so you might want to keep an eye on that, especially with the 175 on her. It had the aluminum transom cap on it when I first bought it.
Have you run a compression check on the motor when it is cold and then again when it heats up? I'll check with my Merc mechanic and see if he has any thoughts. Overall the boat still looked very good when I saw it a month or so back. I hope she give you years of enjoyment

Barry

[Caymanboy]

So you finally bit the bullet.
Good deal!!
Looks nice.
OP

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by fishlips56

Good morning Ryan. That was my Seacraft about 13 years ago. I bought the hull with a blown up 115 Merc, stripped the bottom paint, did some cosmetic repairs, put the 175 HP Merc on it and built the rod holder plate for the transom splash well. All the decks, hatches etc... were in pretty good shape when I had it. I thought seriously about buying it back from Chip here in Winter Park. I was a little concerned with the flexing in the transom, so you might want to keep an eye on that, especially with the 175 on her. It had the aluminum transom cap on it when I first bought it.
Have you run a compression check on the motor when it is cold and then again when it heats up? I'll check with my Merc mechanic and see if he has any thoughts. Overall the boat still looked very good when I saw it a month or so back. I hope she give you years of enjoyment

Barry

Thanks Barry, Chip did mention that you were interested in her. Ive got to say from the splashwell forward shes in very nice shape. The transom, ahh well lets just say im not heading to Bimini quite yet. It will be a fun little boat to play around in.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by Caymanboy

So you finally bit the bullet.
Good deal!!
Looks nice.
OP

Thanks Oly!

[flyingfrizzle]

curious if you ever figured out what your issue was with the motah?

[Caymanboy]

I've got a 200 Black Max if you want one.
Came on the Donzi Sweet 16 we just got.

[Ryan]

Dropped it off at my mechanic and he ran it on the hose, but couldn't replicate the problem. Hoping to go run it again this week to replicate the problem and fix. Will definitely update when I get done.

Oly I'll keep it in mind.thanks.

[bilgerat]

wet spark plug wires would be my guess also