N II Deep

get bent. Motor is moving. Now. Just repair and fish or tear all the way down and do complete rebuild????

we ended up spending an extra day in Detroit for my son's soccer games. so I have not had a chance to find a stand.

Very nice. I sure randy and roger really enjoyed the trip

Good luck. Plan to have motor torn down by Monday

Motor is pulled. Thanks Ryan and Kenneth Monday hope to get it on a stand and torn down More to come. Any local guys want to loan a stand? Otherwise going to go buy one Monday

Pulled outdrive, still not able to turn the motor. Dis is really starting to bite. Won't be able to touch it againtill Monday

I'll second this one, sad thing the person will never see this post as they would not be smart enough to use a computer.

:confused::confused: Pulled starter - gear had wear nothing I would not expect for 1st time being out of motor, its a 1987 Mercrusier. already had the belts off so I tried to turn the motor, nothing moves. Pulled all the plugs, tried again, nothing moves. anything is possible, but by chance could the timing chain brake and is jammed up? when I last tried to start the motor, it did crank over 2-3 times then a small backfire. I started to tear about the front half of the motor. I have the water pump, power steering, and alt off and out of the way. I have removed the pulleys from in front of the timing cover. Hope to get the cover off Wednesday night to take a look at the chain. its dark now - a little hard to see... any other Ideas?

Good job, not fun going solo

just gently love taps with a hard plastic hammer.

I tried the old hammer on the starter, no luck. I have not pulled any plugs yet to check for the hydrolock condition. if I get home before dark I'm going to try that.

N II Deep is down and out. No starter engagment. when I started to prep the boat the night before I always put the muffs on and let it purr in the driveway for 5 mins or so. well the batteries were low, but I did get it to turn over just not enough to get a good crank, about two turns of the motor and then a small cough/pop. not uncommon for this boat on a cold startup. after charging the batteries, removing/cleaning the cables, then replacing one battery here is where it at. just a clicking noise, also the motor is locked up. I removed the belts, thinking I should be able to turn the crank, nothing moves. could the starter be stuck in the engage position? I'm going to remove the starter Tuesday night unless some else has something I should look for first. Need to get it back up running by Thursday, as I have a group that plans on fishing Friday AM.

Fished the MSCST event Saturday with Ryan on his boat. N II Deep is sick with a starter issue. Late start again, this time my fault. went south started in 45 FOW just south of the pier was very slow. after clearing the 1st set of nets headed due west until we hit 85 fow, went to change up one of the half cores, found a shaker still full of life so we threw that one back. Silver Streak double glow Green dolphin hit 100 fow finally had first and only good hit of the day, was only a 150 Blood Red copper, Silver Streak blue & green dolphin. we did get a teaser rip on one of the dispys in the same water, 120 back set on 1. it was a black spoon with a purple stripe not sure of the name. was not in to good of a mood after working on my own boat until 10pm then having to change plans due to the lack of starting. more detail in another thread on the starting issues.

Great trip Jimmy

Nice job James

Mark - I'll be out Saturday 6am till noonish - if you have any issues give me a shout on the radio.

Good luck Dave, hope you are well soon.

Thanks Jimmy. Getting out is half the fun

I miss living in Muskegon,

I'm in

sent PM and left voice mail

Out of town holiday weekend

Nice job guys

Yep. Let's hope we can make this up

Ford tough. My old girl is a 98 expedition w/ 260,000+ We had to give her a new heart 5 years ago. The legs are still strong I hope I get a few more years This past winter was rough on her, first signs of major holes in her skin Stay strong old girl and keep pulling N II Deep to the ramp