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Restoring your Hydrostream or just giving it a small makeover? What better place than to show off your project. Big or small.
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Post: # 15111Post YDOC462 »

Hells yeah I'm down. Whats up with all your projects? I'd love to see the varmit and the viper on the water.
I bought those from rex marine. they come with the billet peices with 2 inch hoses about 65 bucks I think

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fired her off today!! :D started right up after i had to replum the fuel lines.

idle is high around 1800. any tips? i dont want to screw the timing up. :?
gauges are working except for the trim. tested the gauge it seemed ok. any other troubleshooting tips??

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Did you check the trim sender for loose wires. You've got to be getting anxious to put her in the water( I know I would be) the boat looks amazing

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Run a jumper wire from the ground to the sender at the back of the gauge, it should peg full up if not it's your gauge. If it pegs do the same back at the sender, ground the sender wire that will eliminate the wiring, replace the sender.

Check to make sure you don't have any air leaks and the throttle plates are closing fully if that's good back off the idle timing.
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77viper wrote:Run a jumper wire from the ground to the sender at the back of the gauge, it should peg full up if not it's your gauge. If it pegs do the same back at the sender, ground the sender wire that will eliminate the wiring, replace the sender.

Check to make sure you don't have any air leaks and the throttle plates are closing fully if that's good back off the idle timing.
wired normally, the gauges reads all the way up. i ran a jumper from sender post to ground and the gauge pegged down. ill try doing it at the sender tomorrow.

i had the carbs open today, plates are closing good. how do i adjust idle timing? will i mess up the timing?

sorry for the ignorance and questioins, gotta learn somehow. thanks ahead of time


varmint1 wrote:Did you check the trim sender for loose wires. You've got to be getting anxious to put her in the water( I know I would be) the boat looks amazing

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man once i got her to crank i spent the day in the drive way with the motor in the bucket :mrgreen: neighbors were probably saying "dammit i guess this is what we gotta listen to now"
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Post: # 15222Post Rut311969 »

Gota love the neighbors looking good you gota be going nuts wanting to take it out .
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One step closer!

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looking good bro did you ever get what me and you was talking about checked on the pm i sent you
79 vector missing in action!!!!!

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265mercman wrote:looking good bro did you ever get what me and you was talking about checked on the pm i sent you
yeah man i got yo message. havent had time to put the light back on it yet. and waiting on an extra set of hands(dont have a remote start)
ill holla at ya when i see what it is :up:

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ten 4 sounds good
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