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Post by captduck on Jun 4, 2017 5:51:06 GMT -6
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Post by Juan on Jun 4, 2017 11:19:20 GMT -6
Congrats on the new ride and welcome to the forum capt! Looks almost new.
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Post by freezerfiller on Jun 4, 2017 16:19:54 GMT -6
Looks good! enjoy, and welcome to the forum.
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Post by AHHHH-Spray on Jun 4, 2017 19:40:46 GMT -6
Welcome aboard! I'm another '01 190cc owner, so let me know if you wanna compare notes on anything.
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Post by danang69 on Jun 12, 2017 9:00:14 GMT -6
Just bought a 2002 S1850CC Sea Pro with a 90hp Merc. Previous owner did not know what the fuel tank capacity was and the fuel gauge does not work. Looking around the various websites I have not been able to find this specific skiff but several other 2002 Sea Pro 18' models reported fuel capacities anywhere from 20 gal to 52 gal. Any ideas on where to look for the correct capacity?
Thanks for your help.
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Post by captduck on Jun 17, 2017 7:32:37 GMT -6
Well we have taken the boat out for 2 weekends in a row. The first weekend was just out fishing on the York River here in Va. Overall everything went well. Just noticed that the engine wasn't peeing we stopped and fished for a while. We caught about 26 small size croakers. And yes the wife whooped me 18-8. She is more the sport fisherman than i am. As i am a Commercial Fisherman and head out to sea for days at a time. So i always make time to take her out when i am home. I was able to clear the pisser hose. It had like a tiny pebble in there. I got it cleared and she was pee'ing like it should. Also noticed that she will need a tune up. She idles kind of rough. But overall it was a good day!!! As my bother in law says "its all about the memories!"   |
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Post by captduck on Jun 17, 2017 7:54:53 GMT -6
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Post by Juan on Jun 17, 2017 14:20:39 GMT -6
Great post and thanks for the pics. Those may very well help someone with the same issue in the future. emthup
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Post by captduck on Jun 18, 2017 5:58:01 GMT -6
Well on the second time out, we went to the Piankatank River here in Gloucester county, Va. We launched the boat and she started right up. Still some rough idling, but she never shuts down. We ran for about 10 minutes and dropped anchor and fished for abut 30 minutes. Not a single bite. so we raised the anchor and took off for another spot. We took off and ran for about 30-45 minutes at WOT. When suddenly the alram went off saying HOT. So shut her down and raised the engine, to make sure nothing was blocking the pickup screen. Nothing out of the ordinary, i started it back up and dropped it in gear. Well i couldn't go above 2500 RPM with the engine shaking real bad. The SLOW system had kicked in to avoid any damage. So we cruised at about 2000 RPM to another fishing spot. And fished for about 45 minutes. Had 1 bite and she was a big one. But unfortunately the fish fought for about 5 minutes then spit the hook out! So we took off at this point it was almost 5pm. She started up and ran fine. I was able to go WOT to get to the launch. So i had some reading to do and some engine work to do when i got home!!! But it was still good to be out fishing and enjoying the day!!!
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Post by captduck on Jun 18, 2017 6:31:21 GMT -6
So after doing some reading and more reading. I came to the conclusion that it was either the thermostats or the water pump. I went ahead and took out the thermostats and temp. sensor to test them. The temp sensor tested ok. But the thermostats didn't come out with good results. I went ahead and ordered new thermostats and a water pump. I figured i would change it out, since i did not know when it was changed last. Here is the testing of the temp sensor.  I went ahead and pulled the lower unit to look at or replace the water pump. Well i am glad i pulled it out. From what i saw and what i read in my service manual. It was not put back together right. Lower unit on the vise:   The impeller looked a little worn in the middle:  Some of the passages for water for the pump were clogged up. Had lots of sand and some kind of hard gunk that almost looked like hard wax.   The wear plate below the impeller was grooved up pretty good and the shaft had some wear on it.  But the part that was wrong is in this picture. If you look you will see an o ring right above the oil seals for the drive shaft. Well according to the service manual. It should not be there just the 2 oil seals.  So i took everything off, cleaned out the water passages and blew air in them. It was like i was sandblasting with all that sand coming out of there!! I removed old gaskets and took some emery cloth to the shaft. I then reassembled it all. I took my time and referred to my service manual to make sure it was done correct. After completing the water pump install, i checked the oil in the lower unit and it was still clean and no water. So my repair of the oil seals and o rings on the carrier was good! The hardest part of all this was re installing the lower unit. What a pain that was. The gear shifting rod kept hitting and stopping me from completely reinstalling the lower unit. My son finally had to help me but we got it on!!! While i was at it i went ahead and cleaned out the steering cable. She was hard to turn from port to starboard and vice versa. I pulled out the steering cable and rigged up a 12 gauge shot gun cleaning brush on my drill. Sprayed it down with brake cleaner and cleaned out the tube. All kinds of old grease and gunk packed up in there!! I went ahead and greased up the steering tube. Which the grease fitting was hard to find but thanks to my service manual i found it!!!    I lubed up the steering cable with white lithium grease and reinstalled. Initial test showed she turned alot smoother. Taking it out today for a trial run to test the pump, thermostats and steering!! |
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Post by freezerfiller on Jun 18, 2017 16:29:37 GMT -6
Good work! it doesn't take much to mess up the cooling system, and an oring in the wrong place will certainly do it. That foot is a booger to get back in place. Good creativity on the steering cable as well. I never had much luck on extending their lives more than one season. Be careful with it, you definitely don't want it to snap on you.
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Post by captduck on Jun 18, 2017 16:55:37 GMT -6
Thanks Freezerfiller. Yeah I like do all of my own maintenance when possible. But if it is beyond capabilities I will take it in. If I can get thru the rest of this year with the steering cable. The I am definitely going hydraulic steering when it is time!!!
Yeah that foot gave me hell. But we got it after about an hour of trying to figure what was wrong. But we got it in there!!!
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Post by captduck on Jun 18, 2017 17:06:51 GMT -6
Took it out for a quick spin to test out the steering and the cooling system. Happy to report that no warning lights or alarms today! I ran her WOT for about an hour and she didn't skip a beat! So I am thinking that the water pump being wrong was the main problem. But at least now I know the pump and thermostats are new. Steering was a lot smoother than before. I will load up some more grease in the steering tube before next outing. Next on my engine list is to rebuild the carbs and replace the fuel hoses and primer bulb. Hope to get rid of the rough idling! After that is tackling the wiring in the boat and locating batteries under console. All that will be when I get from being out at sea for scallop!!!
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DaveHuz
Sailor
SeaPro V2100 w/130HP Johnson
Posts: 83
Location: Upper Chesapeake
Sea Pro model and year: SV2100
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Post by DaveHuz on Jul 8, 2017 8:29:38 GMT -6
Got the same engine and it runs very well. Sounds to me like the previous ouwner of your rig did not care too much about maintenance or ran the rig into the sandbars. Other than being a pretty thirsty engine, I think this model is pretty good. I keep mine on a trailer so corrosion is limited and I keep it flushed pretty good. Not sure how many hours mine has but they seem to run forever with proper maintenance. Enjoy the rig!
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Post by captduck on Jul 10, 2017 5:23:39 GMT -6
Yeah I also think the previous owner didn't to much maintenance on it either. I took it out test to do some fishing here in the river and bay. Everything was going good. No problems with the engine as I did before. When on our run home which was about a 45 minute run. About 5 minutes from the ramp all of a sudden the engine reved up up real high but no gain in speed. So I back it down and then took off again and it did the same thing. So I trueness it off and lifted the engine to make sure nothing caught in the prop. It was all good, I lowered the engine and she would not fire up. Like I had no power to it. I took off the hood found a loose wire on the ignition coil and tightened it up. But still nothing. I pulled the fuse and made sure it was good which it was. But still nothing. A friendly boater came over gave me a tow towards the ramp. The whole time I was messing with the engine and shifter. I moved the shifter a few times to forward and reverse. And finally she fired up! I disconnected from the boat towing and went the rest of the way to the ramp on my own power. Thinking I have a spun prop hub and and electrical shirt in the controls. Or could it be something else? Going to take the prop off and mark it to check for a spin prop hub and will pull control cover to check wiring. Any other advice would be appreciated!
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Post by gtightline on Jul 10, 2017 7:41:12 GMT -6
Seems like you have it covered. Those two things are where I would start looking too. Keep us posted. Your learning experience is also ours.
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Post by captduck on Jul 10, 2017 15:32:57 GMT -6
Well i came home and took off the the prop. It sure doesn't look right. But i went ahead and marked the hub and the prop. So i can tell if it is slipping. I used a center punch on both hub and prop. you can see them in the picture.  I then proceeded to take of the top mount control housing and inspect the wires. I didn't notice any wires that were chaffed or anything. So i went ahead and put some dielectric grease on all the connections while i was at it. And since i was under the console i decided to take another look at my tank. So in case i have to change the hoses. i put an inspection camera in there. But it was hard to make out what was what. So i decided to put my phone in there and record a video. After looking at the video, i would think that changing out the hoses won't be hard as long as i take the console off and remove the tank coffin cover. Also if i were to do that, it looks like i would have just enough room the install backing plates for a t top legs!!!! but won't know for sure unless i take off the console. But i definitely will be working on the wiring when i get back from my next scallop trip and and while i am at it, i will relocate my battery under the console. Here is the tag that was on my tank if anybody needs this info for their 190cc. 
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Post by Juan on Jul 11, 2017 9:54:58 GMT -6
There's an "insert video" button in the task bar above the big box you post in.
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Post by captduck on Aug 16, 2017 5:39:17 GMT -6
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Post by freezerfiller on Aug 16, 2017 16:07:19 GMT -6
That's a good plan. You might need to upgrade to fiberglass poles for winter time. Here's where I bought mine for my t-top build... mgs4u.com/fiberglass-tube-rod.htm I bought an unwaxed boat as well, and it took several coats over 4 years to start looking nice. |
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