New to this site and New to the V-20

[RWilson2526]

Originally Posted by Bpitz15

OOOOOOoooo! good idea!! I may have to give that a try! What grit paper should I go with?


Thanks for the warm welcome everybody. That pic with it in my mirror was the day I took her home.

I think I did the heavy stuff with 800 first and then 1200 if I recall? Do a few google searches and you'll find everyone's favorite method. I had the garden hose on mist in one hand and sandpaper in the other and just went at it.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by RWilson2526

. I had the garden hose on mist in one hand and sandpaper in the other and just went at it.

Oh NO!!...a multi-tasker!!...ppsssssssss....I'm not worthy...

[Bpitz15]

finally got her in the water for the first time on Friday. I planned on it being a shake down run where I would learn all of her strengths and faults. I learned a couple things...

Everything started off well, got her launched, started right up, went through the no wake zone like it should. I started to give her throttle, planed her out and she started bogging down. Crap.

I started doing the analysis...I checked the bulb, it didn't hold pressure when running...had my buddy keep pumping on it and the motor ran fine. Unfortunately for me, my buddy doesn't have the forearms of Popeye so I puttered back in to the launch and took her out.

It's time to diagnose the problem. I am running off of a 6.6 gallon auxiliary tank at the moment. I haven't had the time to purchase a new fuel tank yet but I don't know if it could be undersized fuel lines from the aux tank... i dont know if my fuel pump is going on my motor, and I dont know if its my fuel filter or fuel/water separator.
First things first, I will buy a new fuel/water separator filter, I'll buy a new secondary fuel filter and see what that does.
Second, I'd like to purchase a new gas tank this week and hopefully get that in soon. That should help with the fuel line size issue.
Thirdly, i'd like some help from this forum, do you think I should look into purchasing a new fuel pump or should I trouble shoot first?

Any other ideas/opinions would be greatly appreciated.

[reelapeelin]

Does sound like fuel pump...assuming ya had the vent open on the aux tank...lol

[Bpitz15]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

Does sound like fuel pump...assuming ya had the vent open on the aux tank...lol

sure did! hahaha

Given the fact that the primer bulb got hard when the motor was off and got soft when it was running leads me to believe that not only should I replace the fuel filter, water separator and pump, but also pick up a new primer bulb... who knows if it has a bad valve...

maybe i'll do the pump last so that I can return it if the issue is fixed with the filters and bulb

-Brandon