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Originally posted by gail winsBuddy , How skinnee does it sit???
I’m not positive on that, but I plan to verify it one day. I’ll pass along of course.
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
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Originally posted by leadenwahboyquote:
Originally posted by BadfishIf you don’t already know about it, check out Woody Wax. You can use it on non-skid and makes for easy cleaning. I use their boat soap too. Great products!
I’ve read about it, but not really investigated. I assume you get stuff super clean, then apply it, and it makes cleaning it in the future easier?
Thanks
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Yes, just a good clean first. For me with a white boat, it has easily cut cleaning time in half, I now only use a brush when I want to. Keeps everything nice and polished too…
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Originally posted by Badfishquote:
Originally posted by leadenwahboyquote:
Originally posted by BadfishIf you don’t already know about it, check out Woody Wax. You can use it on non-skid and makes for easy cleaning. I use their boat soap too. Great products!
I’ve read about it, but not really investigated. I assume you get stuff super clean, then apply it, and it makes cleaning it in the future easier?
Thanks
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Yes, just a good clean first. For me with a white boat, it has easily cut cleaning time in half, I now only use a brush when I want to. Keeps everything nice and polished too…
Excellent…despite the high price tag, I ordered a bottle to check it out.
Thanks!!!
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Man it looks great Buddy! I’ll second the Woody Wax, it seems to make blood, etc. easier to clean off non-skid. I use on all my aluminum stuff as well.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?
I’ve still got a good little list of stuff to punch out, but I’m slowly getting there. Not going to let it deter me though, gonna use the boat as I tie it all together…
Today I got the tach fixed, installed the Flo-Rite aerator sprayer (thing looks awesome, and by design, should work PHENOMENALLY well).
Tomorrow I’m going to tackle the couple more wiring issues under the console…switch panel backlighting isn’t working and I need to get a memory wire to a battery for the Simrad unit. Never crossed my mind about saving settings and stuff…
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Woody wax is great I use it on my nonskid all the time but please follow the directions my buddy used it once and we went off shore and had a hell of a time it was slick as eel **** .
That’s a beautiful sight! Congrats!!
Fishing Nerd
“you win some, you lose some…but nothing beats getting some!”
Well, I can’t figure out the fuel issue…
I have narrowed it down to something in/at the tank. The supply line is not pinched or bent or anything, but the engine is sucking the ball empty of fuel…not flat, though. If I pump it up full and run WOT it drains it out fairly quick and starts choking. If I pump it full and run 1/2 throttle it takes twice as long to start choking down. It’s like the tank can’t fill the ball/line fast enough to keep up. If it chokes down and I pump the ball it goes right back to running perfectly.
Guess I need to get in there and figure out if I can remove the pickup tube and check it out. If the tank is screwed, then I am screwed. There’s no getting it out and there’s no adding a throwable tank now that I filled the console with stuff.
Anyway, not gonna let it stop me. Plan on having her in the water tomorrow to putt around with the family and enjoy the weather.
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Does it have the same symptoms running off of an auxiliary tank? I know you said you can’t add one due to space restrictions but I had the similar issue and it ran like a champ with an auxiliary tank. I ended up replacing pick up line and primer bulb as well as checking the tank vent line for clogs and that fixed the issue.
Vents are good, all new, and doesn’t change with cap off of the tank - providing more than enough vent.
I have not run on another tank yet, but I am absolutely positive it will be fine…
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
If venting is not the issue, it must be restriction in the supply plumbing.
Can you get to the dip tube in the top of the tank? You may be able to spin the dip tube out and take a look?
Can you just lay a new/additional fuel line from the dip tube (tank outlet) across the deck to the motor? Maybe there is a pinch between tank and bulb?
17’ Henry O Hornet w/ Johnson 88 spl
26’ Palmer Scott project hull
14’ Bentz-Craft w/ Yamaha 25
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Originally posted by PalmerScottIf venting is not the issue, it must be restriction in the supply plumbing.
Can you get to the dip tube in the top of the tank? You may be able to spin the dip tube out and take a look?
Can you just lay a new/additional fuel line from the dip tube (tank outlet) across the deck to the motor? Maybe there is a pinch between tank and bulb?
17’ Henry O Hornet w/ Johnson 88 spl
26’ Palmer Scott project hull
14’ Bentz-Craft w/ Yamaha 25
That’s my plan, to try and turn the tube out. We were able to on my dad’s boat, and discovered a check valve inside the 90* elbow. His was the problem back then when we couldn’t get ANY fuel.
The line from bulb to tank is free…completely moveable and not restricted at all. It has to be inside…unfortunately.
Will diagnose tomorrow!
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Not sure if this troubleshooting step has been mentioned…
Borrow a portable gas tank. Remove line from internal tank and connect to portable. This removes the internal tank from the equation state. If the Yammy runs you know where the problem is located
Mark Ingle
NauticStar 1810 Merc 90
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Originally posted by JumpNCobiaNot sure if this troubleshooting step has been mentioned…
Borrow a portable gas tank. Remove line from internal tank and connect to portable. This removes the internal tank from the equation state. If the Yammy runs you know where the problem is located
Mark Ingle
NauticStar 1810 Merc 90
Oh yeah, that was the plan…and was executed yesterday. Boat runs like a scalded dog with a good fuel supply!
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
I hope you didn’t use silicon to seal any fittings on the tanks. Such as the sending unit flange. Silicon will expand greatly when in contact with gasoline.
Dern. Well at least you know where the problem is located.
Mark Ingle
NauticStar 1810 Merc 90
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Originally posted by bucknfloatI hope you didn’t use silicon to seal any fittings on the tanks. Such as the sending unit flange. Silicon will expand greatly when in contact with gasoline.
Nope, I didn’t do any assembly of the tank. No silicone anywhere and no teflon tape or thread sealer either…
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Well, I disassembled the tank fitting…not sure what to do now. The 90* elbow in the tank has the pickup tube installed on the bottom of it. Into the 90 was a 3/8 hose barb that the supply line was hooked to. INSIDE that fitting is a ball and a spring…some sort of check valve I guess.
First thing I did was ditch that fitting and replace with a straight barb-NPT fitting to rule out that barb with the ball in it.
I also wanted to see the pickup tube in the tank, but when I take the 90* fitting loose and try to pull the tube out, it stops, like something is threaded onto the end of the pickup tube and it won’t come out…
So, I now have a piece of fuel hose hooked into this check-valve-less barb and the hose run on top of the deck. This way I can see if it’s the pickup tube. If so…not sure how to proceed. If it’s not, and all is well, I’ll blame it on that fitting in the tank.
I did, today, get the under gunnel supports cut and installed with their rod holders also. And I installed the lights under the gunnel panels also, LED strips facing the floor. Got my last little trim leak fixed I hope…apparently I put the reservoir back on with the O-ring from the motor, which is too fat, so I had some seeping…
Still a couple of things to tie in together, then tie the wiring down finally and cap the tank access, and call it good. Man I really need to get this fuel issue worked out.
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Call RDS about the tank. They have the drawings and can tell you exactly how it is put together.
17’ Henry O Hornet w/ Johnson 88 spl
26’ Palmer Scott project hull
14’ Bentz-Craft w/ Yamaha 25
Leadenwah was that you on wolf this Friday around 4pm shooting shotguns? The boat looked similar to yours.