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Ed, I have made no progress on the issues of my own to date. I definitely feel for you as it seems you are going through a lot of struggles similar to my own. I was very curious about that thru-hull fitting you were going to install. I did a fairly thorough check of my hull when I had...

Sorry for the late reply. Yes that is hydroturf. Pricey but such a great upgrade. No update at this point. I've been so frustrated over the issue that I haven't touched the thing since our last trip. There seems to be more than enough pressure on the carbon ring but I will probably try to...

I am still trying to come up with ideas for the cavitation if anyone has other suggestions. Boat looks pretty sad just sitting in my driveway.

Well, as I mostly expected I put the boat in the water and no change. Cavitation and can't get on plane at all. The most frustrating thing in the world. I had nothing but terrible things to say about the boat afterwards. @kenneth.mccoy1 I feel pretty confident that my housings are good and...

Well I got everything reinstalled with fresh 3M 4200. What a process that was. I feel good about the ride shoe and pump support now. I put the bronze jet pumps together and the caps leaked. I got mad and decided to completely overhaul both. Hoping with everything new I won't have to go back to...

So I picked up a couple good bronze pumps. You can see in the pictures that the plastic vanes were damaged. I installed new OEM wear rings. I started to reassemble them and the cones leaked. It really made me angry so I decided I wasn't cutting anymore corners. I ordered rebuild kits and new...

Bump..... Still looking for support on these questions. I picked up two brass vane pumps yesterday. I'm going to rebuild them with the new OEM wear rings. Then I plan to repair the gelcoat and start reassembly.

I went up and grabbed the boat. Started taking it apart. I checked the impeller gap which is .060" + in a couple spots so that's not good. I have a pair of OEM wear rings and a local guy with a couple bronze pumps. As everyone says it's a nightmare getting the ride shoe off. I used heat, pry...

So I was able to get the boat up on plane for one rip around the lake with a lot of effort. I came back in to grab the kids but when going back out I could not get it to move again. I yanked it out of the lake. I can't find anything visually wrong. I did check the carbon seals. There was a bit...

My pumps have plastic vanes. Both sides have chunks missing. I smoothed the transitions but some vanes have what I would estimate of up to 1 square inch of vane missing. That has to cause some amount of side effect. I got the boat up on a hoist today. Again the impeller looks reasonably tight...

Thanks for the compliment! The carbon seals have good pressure. It was tough to install them due to that pressure. It definitely seems to be cavitation. It is in both motors. Driveshafts rolled smoothly on a smooth surface. Everything seemed to be in quite good condition. Again it drives me...

Hi all, I have a 1996 Speedster that I bought 1.5 years ago. It is super clean and the motors run well. I purchased from the kids of the original owners and as far as I was told it was always dealer serviced and well maintained. Most everything on the boat is in great shape with expected wear...