Re: Just bought my first Mariah
 

ok thats pretty much what i was thinking about the glass. thanks!

Last night was pretty fruitful. Pulled the thermostat and water pump. Flushed the block. Replaced the freeze plugs. There was some rust inside the water jacket near the bottom of the block. But after flushing water made it to all outlets easily. I dunno a whole lot about boats but i kinda figure for a 94 block that has been in and out of the water on and open cooling system the rust is probably pretty normal.

Got it all back together with new gaskets and installed the new manifolds and risers. next is a carb rebuild kit and new trim cylinders. the trim cylinders work great but the hoses on the outside are shot. So either new hoses or all new cylinders.

Re: Just bought my first Mariah
 

Tonight was the muff test. Hooked up The muffs and ran the engine for about 15-20 min. First time running with water flowing Through the whole system. No leaks and no water in the oil!
Installed new stero headunit and surround. Stero works great! As long as weather permits saturday will be her first day on the water! Very excited!

Re: Just bought my first Mariah
 

Reflex,,congrats on the good fortune,,,same thing happened on my end, (got the boat almost 3 weeks ago and still haven't had it in the water) got everything working, new impeller and new thermostat boat ran great on the hose for about 20 minutes but waiting on my bimini to come in before I lay out and change the head unit bought a new JVC hoping the wiring plugs would be the same(but we know that aint gonna happen) good luck on your lake test Saturday (doing mine Sunday.)

Re: Just bought my first Mariah
 

Yeah. I also installed a new jvc. Plugs were different. Since its a boat and you can't ground to anything like a car. They loop the grounds for the speakers. So you will not use every speaker ground wire like you do in a car. It's pretty simple to figure out once you get in there.