JustMercMe
06-10-2009, 04:24 PM
Wanted to get you guys' opinions on some problems I had this weekend.
#1) I got back home sunday and decided to splash it in the river and run it a lil and flush the salt out. Noticed that the tabs were stuck in the down position. Usually when you shut the boat off they return to normal. It did this a couple of weeks ago and I had to switch battery power off and back on to reset the system I guess and they returned to normal...This time however they decided to be an MF'er. I had to switch the key on and play with the switches while tapping on the "brain box" before they would work again......They would go down but not up....Any suggestions? The tabs are Bennet from the factory.
#2) Got to the sandbar and noticed the bilge was pumping. Popped the hatch and noticed water in the boat. Shut her down and found that the top hose(red) running to the water pump had what looked like a "splice" in it about half way between the pump and outdrive. The slice looked like it had come apart and was pumping water in the boat. I was able to slide it back together and the water stopped. This has me worried b/c nothing "snapped" or "grabbed" when I put it back together though it worked fine and did not leak anymore....Anybody else had this problem on the 496 HO?
Thanks guys.
#1) I got back home sunday and decided to splash it in the river and run it a lil and flush the salt out. Noticed that the tabs were stuck in the down position. Usually when you shut the boat off they return to normal. It did this a couple of weeks ago and I had to switch battery power off and back on to reset the system I guess and they returned to normal...This time however they decided to be an MF'er. I had to switch the key on and play with the switches while tapping on the "brain box" before they would work again......They would go down but not up....Any suggestions? The tabs are Bennet from the factory.
#2) Got to the sandbar and noticed the bilge was pumping. Popped the hatch and noticed water in the boat. Shut her down and found that the top hose(red) running to the water pump had what looked like a "splice" in it about half way between the pump and outdrive. The slice looked like it had come apart and was pumping water in the boat. I was able to slide it back together and the water stopped. This has me worried b/c nothing "snapped" or "grabbed" when I put it back together though it worked fine and did not leak anymore....Anybody else had this problem on the 496 HO?
Thanks guys.