"markvictor" wrote in
oups.com:

Larry,
I agree with you as long as it's a crimp and solder, I'm not trolling
you...
I a;so worked for a Sea Ray dealer in socal from 98 thru 2001, I
believe that the F-16 was considered a personal watercraft,,, but I
understand your frustration with it,,,they were a real challenge to
service sometimes... By the way, I think I still have a complete (or
nearly} set of the graphic decals for an f-16)
regards,markvictor



I sold it off to one of the kids who I used to take to the beach in it
when he got a great paying job in insurance. Unlike most owners, I only
lost $6,000...(c;

I gave him a complete set of unmounted seats and the side panel made of
packing box wood so it would look new when HE dumped it...(c;

That fuel inlet hose up under there worried the hell out of me after I
found the cheap plastic angle irons eating into the gas tank, the only
thing that held the gas tank from going aft on each side. I took them
out and fabricated a proper stringer across the back to support the 25
gallons of gas that was bulging the aft end of the tank out, ominously.

Did you guys have any problems with the fuel hose from the tank (3/4") to
the barb on the powerhead (5/16"). Mine came off the engine at speed,
fell through the huge loops Sea Ray had it fed through against the engine
compartment wall and the end went way back in the bilge, overcoming the
anti-siphon valve (if it had one) in the tank. My bilge had about 4-5
gallons of raw gas in it, WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING OFF THE FUMES going
down the river. Sea Ray was very friendly and sent me a lifetime supply
of 5/16" hose. I added the Racor filter between tank and engine they
forgot to install to get the crap and water out of the gas with 3/4"
inlet and 5/16" outlet, solving two problems with one filter....

I was too scared to power on those chinzy Chinese bilge blowers with the
you-just-know explosion-proof plastic motors. Never mind where we pumped
the fuel to with the plastic bilge pump....(c;