1989 Team Warlock 28' World Class Offshore

[Greg Guimond]

Bill, I never did figure out if your Team Warlock actually has drop down bolsters or if it truly is a sit down hull?

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Greg, it is sit down only. I finished the engine work and replaced the gimbal bearing this afternoon, but I discovered that the front of the engine needs to go down for a proper alignment. I wish I had found this out before I installed all the plumbing and headers. Ouch! Bill

[Conquistador_del_mar]

This has been an ongoing project with some regression. Just when I thought I was on the home stretch replacing the engine I ran into the fact that the engine would not align without lowering the front engine mounts. Since the adjustment was already maxed at the lowest the adjusting nuts would go, I realized that I had to lower the actual L brackets. I am guessing that the boat originally came with shorter engine mounts than the Mercruiser type it now has or it would never have aligned correctly. The previous owner must have settled on the alignment, but it has to go down almost 3/4" to be correct. I also realized that the coupler must have spun on my first run since I thought back on the smoke that I saw after running at max RPMs when I thought I just over revved the engine causing some blowby so I am replacing the coupler, too. These are the confessions of a frustrated boater who should have checked the alignment first and also known that the coupler had caused the excessive RPMs on the first run. Here is what I have surmised. The engine alignment was off so much that it almost destroyed the gimbal bearing and caused the coupler to slip on top RPM since it was under such a bind under maximum load. This caused the engine to over rev which took out a couple of the connecting rod bearings - thus the engine rebuild. Onwards. Bill

[duckhunter]

Bill,

Your hypothesis makes sense. That kind of thing can definitely sneak up and bite you and I feel your pain. I have spent a lot of hours chasing strange vibrations and trying to get the boat running right. It took me 4 days and three cases of beer to finally get the engine aligned. After adjusting the motor mounts every which way but loose and pulling my hair out, I finally discovered that the gimbal bearing had been knocked maybe 1/16" out of whack when I pulled the drive. Makes a big difference by the time the alignment tool hits the coupler.

So I ended up fully seating the bearing and back-tracking on all of the adjustments I had made to the motor mounts. Turns out I was pretty stinking close when I started that whole train wreck... Lesson learned I guess.

Decided to replace the drive bellows and lower shift cable this winter and have the parts sitting on the bench but don't have the tools. Based on my experience last winter I think I'm gonna farm this one out to the pros... I'm sure there will be other excellent adventures in boat maintenance in my future anyway.

Keep plugging!

[MDonziM]

Bill,

Sorry to hear about the issues with your engine mounts... I'm confused, was the engine recently installed prior to you buying the boat? The rest of the story makes sence, not something you would think of when looking at a used boat.

Regards - Marshall

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Bill,

Sorry to hear about the issues with your engine mounts... I'm confused, was the engine recently installed prior to you buying the boat? The rest of the story makes sence, not something you would think of when looking at a used boat.

Regards - Marshall

Yes Marshall, the engine was relatively new to the boat after a blower motor was replaced with the one I now have. I have to presume the motor mounts are not the original ones that came with the boat. The L brackets appear to be original, however. Onwards, Bill

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Bill,

Your hypothesis makes sense. That kind of thing can definitely sneak up and bite you and I feel your pain. Keep plugging!

I can only hope it is all downhill from here with lots of uninterrupted cruise times ahead.

[Greg Guimond]

Bill I think that you have been busy with your new Cig project (very cool) and to be honest I now feel bad I got you into the Team Warlock given the engine situation you ran up against. Hopefully you have not shelved the project

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Bill I think that you have been busy with your new Cig project (very cool) and to be honest I now feel bad I got you into the Team Warlock given the engine situation you ran up against. Hopefully you have not shelved the project

Heck no, Greg. I love the Warlock and have no regrets about buying it. I have to admit that it was disappointing about the engine/alignment problems, but it is almost ready to run again. I just like boats and am used to problems and working on more than one project at a time as long as the projects do not take too much out of me personally (like the Magnum did). Bill

[scippy]

Bill,

When you say, the magnum "took too much out of you personally".....if you don't mind me asking, was it the totality
in physical wear to the body?........I remember you recoring the deck and having also to crawl from in and out of the
hull...

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Bill,

When you say, the magnum "took too much out of you personally".....if you don't mind me asking, was it the totality
in physical wear to the body?........I remember you recoring the deck and having also to crawl from in and out of the
hull...

Pete, I think it was a combination of things - the physical requirements included. Quite honestly, my fire for the project dwindled as "the light at the end of the tunnel" still seemed so far away and my age had superceded my will to finish the project. When Greg posted about the 28' Warlock that was ready to run, it dawned on me that it was a similar and unusual boat that cost less than what I still had to put into the Magnum just in parts and materials - not forgetting the incredible amount of labor. I still think the 27' Magnum Sport is close to being the ultimate cool old school deep v boat so I regret that I was not feeling up to the task, but I had to face the facts. Thanks for asking. Bill

[Greg Guimond]

Glad to hear that you are close to finished with the Team Warlock Bill. I ran across the test article on it from 1988 in Hot Boat to add to the Powerboat test earlier in this thread.

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Thanks Greg. Stolarz spent some time in my area since he was with the Cowboys before being injured. I would think a twin BBC package would be extremely crowded - . I am hoping to reach that same top end speed of 73MPH in the twin engine test boat with the single engine - at least I can dream - lol.

[Greg Guimond]

No problem Bill. I'll be very surprised if you don't GPS 70+ with your single. I always assumed that the beam on the 28 was actually narrower than 7'8" given my 23 is only 6'6".


Hmmmmm

[Greg Guimond]

In my odd quest for useless facts about Warlock's I ran across this tidbit that outlines Tom Stolarz's ownership period.............. I can't edit it properly as the site is acting up

OnThursday, July 21, 1988, a U.S. federaltrademarkregistration was filed for TEAM WARLOCK by STOLARZ, THOMASP ., ANAHEIM 92806. The USPTO has given the TEAM WARLOCKtrademark serial number of 73741363. The current federal status of thistrademark filing is CANCELLED - SECTION 8. The correspondent listed for TEAMWARLOCK is STEVEN R. MARKYLof 14902 BRIDGEPORT ROAD, TUSTIN, CA 92680, . The TEAMWARLOCK trademark is filed in the category of Vehicles andProducts for locomotion by land, air or water. The descriptionprovided to the USPTO for TEAM WARLOCK is POWER BOATS AND STRUCTUREPARTS THEREFOR.

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