Recent content by Hookup1

This is a long shot for you but I may repower next Summer. My F150 run like new with 2,500 hours on them. I'm taking them off to rebuild the transom. May move up to F200's. As always - where in the World are you?

Download GW owners manual from GW. There is usually a wire list with all the color codes for the various devices.

October 2007 purchased with 50 hours on new motors. Today 2,500 hours. So 18 years. About 138 hours per year. Boat is only used in FL for two months +/-. Haven't put in the water in NJ for years - just work on it! In FL runs are short few mile runs but the motors are my generator to keep pumps...

This is 1997 268 Islander main tank wiring but should help. Ground wires are green. The wires to the boat run thru the flex cable attached to the fuel fill. They connect to a 2-pin auto/traller connector and the tank ground wire. The sending unit has the mating connector attached. You have...

My local dealer got back to me. I ordered a new OEM Yamaha lower unit. He is shipping in and will be here next week. New was $3,200. A unknown used one was $1,300. Probably could have gotten a SEI for $1,500. With new I know what I have and can enjoy my Winter Florida trip. Interesting side...

The deck ports are ok if you replace the o-rings (McMaster part numbers in another post here). Lube them with silicone. Clean annually. These port are only caulked in with regular silicone. It does not stay sealed and they leak. Use 3M4000 on them. The last option is since these ports are...

It's complicated by being a counter-rotation lower unit. The last lower unit I melted down was filled with water and started making noises. I found a used one at my local Yamaha Dealer, someone who I knew well, small shop, always helpful guy. He had a customer bang up a skeg on a nearly new...

I’m learning that repairing a lower unit isn’t always an option. Half the time you can’t get the bearing carrier out of the housing. This is my situation now. Then you have to procure the parts. Add in the labor for disassembly, inspection and reassembly. Cheaper to buy new. The reseller of the...

"Tis the season..."

I repaired my hardtop and sprayed AwlGrip AwlCraft 2000, sprayed Interlux medium grit non-skid dry onto the wet top coat and then sprayed topcoat over it. Hardtop was primed, edges taped out, non-skid applied, tape removed and topcoated again. Since it is the hardtop I don't really walk on it...

I have a 1997 Islander. All walkwaround surfaces are diamond non-skid. It's actually in good shape with a few tiny spots. Your boat being older is a little easier to refinish with a flat non-skid.

Hard to tell from the photo but is that a diamond non-skid or a flat non-skid? If diamond non-skid I have not found a way to paint it. It can be repaired with new gelcoat and a silicone mat. Flat non-skid can be sanded out and deck repaired. Lots of paint options from there. Color is what I...

I'm beyond that now. Disassembly attempt destroys a big nut on the end of the lower unit. Now it's a project to get it back together. Everyone is closed on the weekend. I'll make some calls Monday. I'm headed to Florida in 5 weeks. I should be able to find one.

My mechanic found a bent shaft on my 2006 LF150TXR 64PX F-150. Unfortunately he can't get the shaft out with all the brute force he applied. I'm going to have to replace the 25" lower unit. Does anyone have experience with SEI (Sterndrive Engineering, Inc.)? They are building new lower units...

What boat year/model did it come off of?