Recent content by Potomacbassin’

Looks like a 20" engine, many pontoons (probably most?) run 25" so the lower unit sits lower in the water column and less likely to blow out.

We rented a 2022 Expedition in Colorado and I have to say after all the crap Ford products my family has owned over the years, I was impressed! Engine pulled hard and the 9 or 10-speed tranny never hunted. If these weren't so danged expensive (looked at the hi-po Timberline/Stealth models...

Check the Springfield catalog, plenty of options and they should match OEM bolt pattern.

He'll be back one day!

I'm sure these filling issues are 95% EPA-related. Fuel fill designs to prevent evaporative emissions end up creating more opportunities for venting to be disrupted. Troubleshooting requires a pretty intimate knowledge of the boat's particular type of fill and how it all works. I'm guessing...

Nice job D!!! At least you know it's possible to get those higher speed returns on your hull. Will keep you busy during your retirement!

Technology.... just more stuff to break. OP unsolicited advice, touchscreens are awesome and many last 1,000,000 miles (navigation screens on cars for example) but if you have any critical data runbing through the MFD (fuel, trim, speed, etc) you may want to have redundancies. Not sure if...

Mine is offset to the right 1) so I can still see my two Yamaha gauges and 2) I'm right handed, so moving through my screen options is easier. Balzout mount uses a different method than most to fix the position and never moves (uses ball and detent to lock in). Easy to untighten so the mount...

Ken is great. He can be all business but also shoot the breeze with you for hours as well (about boats!). I know it's a niche business but the boating world is a much better place with him around!

I think you'd be better off asking the question on a bigger boating forum like The Hull Truth if not already. Lots of threads and suggestions there, like a bad VST or failing battery. It could honestly probably be 20 things so the more F150 owners willing to chime in the better!

Probably power to the unit, but check the easy stuff first. Fuses, circuit breakers and something really basic but worth mentioning, a switch that powers your MFD (my aftermarket is on an ACC switch). If you're handy with a meter trace out back to the source. Typically it's just a two wire...

Is the alarm a low oil alarm or engine temp alarm? If low oil, and the reservoir is full perhaps the sensing device (internal float?) has failed or stuck, or needs testing? Problem with the oil injection system?

Our cat thinks he's a dog most of the time.

I know this is not likely to ever happen, but if you had an underwater camera pointed at the transducer while running it would probably show some turbulence that is creating an air pocket the transducer cannot beam or receive through. Gotta find some clean water so moving it around might end up...