I've had two, both blew up, burned pistons. Keep the carbs cleaned meticulously. I mean completely disassembled and cleaned professionly, will save you a lot of money. No fuel-No lube.
Hey y'all, and thank you for watching!! I too prefer listening to these 2 strokes run with no music in the background also. Sometimes though while editing, your mind gets tricked into a different mindset as to what you think others will find entertaining. I still have all the raw footage from this boat and will make a video of just this engine running on the water, and maybe on the flusher as well! I really appreciate the feedback!!
I just purchased a 1989 ProCraft, I had the 1988 model and loved it but had to sell it -- don't ask! At any rate this boat has a few things different and I don't understand what I am looking at. It has a large live well in the back with and aerator. In the front of the boat is another smaller live well but I do not understand how this thing gets filled up. I took it out on the lake the other day and the back live well filled up nicely, but the front one did not. It is very long and I cannot see or feel the end of the live well. There is a small hole at the top of the live well so I poured some water into this hole and it came out below the boat.... so that is working (gravity) but it did not fill up when I was out on the lake. Another question is this. On the port side of the boat in front there are seats on both sides... on the port side there "appears" to be another live well but I don't know how this thing gets filled or emptied. We had some rain and it fill up with water, the sides are like a plastic and it does not leak.... again, I don't know how you get water into and out of this particular live well, IF it even a live well! The seller used the boat for swimming and really cannot help me with these questions, I'm hoping someone on the forum can go back in history and perhaps shed some light on this for me. I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide me.
First of all thank you so much for watching! The ProCrafts are really cool retro boats!! As far as you livewell questions. Usually both livewells are fed from one pick up hose which goes to both livewells. The hose has a "tee" in it where water is diverted. There is usually a valve in each livewell that allows you to shut off the flow to each one. The hole you poured water in was likely the livewell overflow which would just empty into the hull and is normal. If your rear livewell filled that is good and tells me the pump is working fine. I would make sure there is a hose that is "tee'd" off the main line, then make sure it is connected the the front livewell. Also make sure all valves are open and the hose is not clogged. I hope this helps some!!
hey you got lucky with that XP! thats the 83' model that pumps out the most power. quite desirable! whats the model #? 83' if those decals are original . nice score!
I loved that XP! The model number was E150STLCRD and I do believe the decals were original. Unfortunately I sold it when we had our baby. I’ve had an XP before, but you’re right, this one pumped out some power! I’m hoping to find another one soon to grow and add to my collection. Thanks for watching!!
Thank you for watching. I would start looking into your ignition system. Sometimes if they are on their way out they will start to give you problems when hot.
Hi, I just got a 1650 Procraft boat and the ignition switch needs to be replaced. I know absolutely nothing about boat parts do you know what i need to get by any chance? I'd be grateful for the help.
Any marine ignition switch should work! If you go under the panel, you should find a nut on the back side holding the cylinder on. Most marine ignition switches themselves will fit.
Yeah, any marine ignition switch that has the same wire lugs should work. Look up the engine wiring diagram on Google. I found one for my old 1990 Evinrude XP200 and replaced my ignition switch with a brand new generic one from Amazon. Just needs to have the same wire layout. Usually a hot wire, ground, choke wire, very simple layout.
