Recent content by Andrew93

You can check for corrosion by dropping the lower unit. My F150's that were junk from corrosion was visible with lower unit dropped, there are areas of concern that cannot be seen without powerhead removal but you can definitely get a good idea. Also look into replacing harmonic balancer

Thanks for all the comments. If I throttle up at a normal speed the prop in question RPMs shot up real fast, and when I trim up even a bar on the gauge the RPMs shoot up 600-1000. Next time out I will probably buy the Yamaha 3 blades back on and look into new rods int he hits, it does look...

I recently got some lightly used OSF4’s for my 305 Express with F250’s. Was real happy with the performance of them initially. The last 2 times out I noticed one motor sounds like it is slipping under load. At cruise if I trim up at all the RPMs with dramatically increase on just the port motor...

More is always better, but I was not disappointed for our use. It was a few years ago but I think I was running high 20's MPH at cruise. In perspective I thought it was similar to my 272 Sailfish with 225 OX66's, and the 305 Express I have now has 250's and I cruise 28-30mph. I would love...

Had twin 150 HPDI's. I felt the power was perfect for the boat.

We had a 272 Sailfish and sold it during the pandemic, too early in it too, prices kept going up after I sold! We were boatels and wanted something as a "stop-gap" knowing we were going to look for a 30' Grady in a year or two. The Gulfstream was on our short list until we were on one in the...

We did the same to our old Islander, we were happy with the results. We bed the new angle iron in a lot of seacalk and it should be good for another 20 years.

The plastic tank in our old 2001 Sportsman leaked at the sending unit. The rev nuts rusted and pulled out allowing it to drink water. The repair worked well and was not too hard to do. I posted about it here post #15 https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/plastic-fuel-tanks.28253/#post-227792

The truck is defiantly a factor in towing, but the trailer itself makes a bigger difference in my experience. Our current 305 Express tows better than our 272 did, the trailer I had for the 272 was new but I was too close to its max capacity to tow comfortable and would sway if not loaded...

The video here helped me a lot and it works great. It's easy to get sucked into the "seesaw of despair" as he describes it.

I put in a bid but was outbid and didn't see what it went for, last I saw was a little over $3,000. I would have been a lot more aggressive if it was even within a 10 hour drive for me, I was thinking maybe $3k to ship from Fl to MA without its own trailer but that might have been wishful...

They were round on the 2007's because I remember the HPDI's went into old holes without issue. I guess if it was me and there was any difference I would just pull the new cables to keep the OX66 wiring intact for resale value. Also I think there is a shorter harness from the key switch to the...

One of those connectors is probably the oil gauges and alarms, so it might not be needed. I had to go from 2007 F150's back to 2001 HPDIs due to the corrosion issue on my old Islander. I am trying to remember but I think I had to run the new harness, I know opposite of what you are doing but...

Not sure how RI is, but Mass will let you pick your numbers if you go in person and the numbers are available. If RI is the same maybe you can get lucky and not have to replace as many.