Recent content by Whaler

Are the noise police active on Lake Tyler that time of year?

Glad you found the culprit. Some guy mentioned (maybe this thread) that braided hose collapse can and does happen. It’s hard to duplicate for sure. Can’t help you tune your blown setup but I will say it can’t be far off from perfect. It sounded awesome!

Good time at Steele Creek. Weather was perfect and the people awesome.

Indeed. Just hope it holds up for my Brazos excursion in 10 days! :rolleyes:

Update, After replacing the carbon ceramic seal, the pump is now doing it's thing. From the looks of the integrated rubber piece encapsulating the old seal assembly, it was tired from age and possibly heat exposure as it was dry rot cracked around it's circumference. What have I learned...

Weather permitting, I'll be there. Reservations made.

A "performance boat" (JJ's words) get together is planned for Steele Creek the weekend of July 12-14. Nice RV campground at Plowmans Park and some RV sites at Steele Creek. Otherwise it's the Indian Lodge Resort just upstream about seven miles.

How far is your drive to Steele Creek, Lake Whitney area?

My boat isn't prepped for tree stumps. Indian Lodge may be the way to go.

I took a drive with my wife to Lake Palestine to scope the area out. The "Deep End Boat Launch" was a nice low-key twin concrete ramp with plenty of parking across the street for your rig. No services were in sight except some trees throwing shade here and there. We then drove up to Salina...

Interesting. There is a quiet looking location on the southern end of that lake having a public boat launch and a beach next to it. Good reviews too! I may drive out that way to scout the location before dragging the boat out there. I have lots of time off so I don't mind the drive. I'll...

Lots of lake there! Where do you put in there?

I couldn’t agree more! I’m surprised how few post here. I’ve seen so many go-fast boats during outings yet this site is so quiet. I’d love to see guys posting that they’re planning to hit the water somewhere in my area as I’d likely hook the boat up and go join them. I live here at Cedar...

That's what I needed to know! With so many complaining about high water volume from the Ram Force pumps, it seemed to me the remedy lies in the impeller. I thought maybe an impeller with fewer blades would do the trick. Seems you found the workaround. My Nicson pushes 25 gpm and I'm told...

Nicson V-755. I decided to drop $250+shipping on the full rebuild kit from dragboatcity. This pump used to prime itself from a bucket setting below the cav plate and now… it’s doing nothing. I think I cooked the carbon ceramic seal one day when I fired up the boat for some carb adjustments...