Recent content by Jsvaughn

What a difference the correct prop makes. Dealer installed a PT OFSR14PCL200 and that resolved all of the issues I was having. Boat now performs great. Gets up on step very quickly. No more hitting the rev limiter. It was a pleasure to drive this week. Now we can enjoy our new Bennington...

Nothing to do with trimming the boat. Dealer contacted the prop manufacture today and they have the incorrect prop for my application. My sales person said the prop they installed would normally be correct but I my boat they put a "beefier" lower end which in my case requires a 14 inch prop with...

Went to the Power Tech Prop site and their recommendation for a pontoon in my HP range is a PT-TR04 which is a 4 blade prop. Mine has the MQF3R13 prop... 3 blade. My current prop says it is a match for the Black Max prop. Are you guys running 3 or 4 blade props.

I have about 3/8 of an inch gap between the top of the motor mount to the transom. I recall this being about right with what I read in the owners book. The motor is mounted as low as it will go.......as far as I can see. But what you describe is exactly what I think is happening. I have to ease...

Thanks for the information. I am still leaning to a cavitation issue. The dealer did tell me yesterday they will do whatever it takes to solve the issues. We live in south Louisiana. The dealer tried to tell me they size these props for best performance during a 95 degree hot summer day. Temps...

Took our new 22ft. SSX out today for sea trials. Our boat has the Express Tube Package. I copied the engine break-in procedure out of the Mercury owners manual for reference. There were only two of us in the boat. Water conditions were calm. Owners manual limits RPM to 4500 for ten minutes with...