Been a while. We bought this past fall an 1985 Suntracker with a 115 Mercury two smoker. Engine in great shape and pontoon is ok. good floor and pretty bare. What the Mrs and I want to do is put in at Golconda, or Elizabethtown Il, and go the Ohio to the Cumberland then on to lake Barkley...
My 23' Marquis has a bad starter. The boat is equipped with a 305 chevy V-8 that sits way low between the stringers. I got down there to get the starter off, and man what a S.O you-know-what! Almost no room to work with and I can't contort my arms enough to get between the stringer and engine...
been a while since I've been here. I've got a 1977, 23' Marquis cuddie, with a 305 Gm engine with alpha '228' drive and stock prop. Today was a great day to start working on it, and get it ready to go for a river cruise on the Ohio and Cumberland rivers. When you finally get the heavy old tub...
I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have gone out with him and his family on the Wabash river, launching in at Vincennes In. I find...
I decided that since I found wood rot and a cracked manifold on the
Marquis that maybe I should do a bit more investigating. Oh the engine
is fine, but I have noticed that the aluminum pillars which hold the
seats were loose on the floor. doing some investigating, the previous
owners had...
Hi, I just became a member even though I've been reading topics here for quite some time.
I have a 1977 Marquis V22-C Wahoo, that I know little about. I know the engine drive train, etc, bt was hunting specifications like fuel tank size etc. There's very little info on the Marquis 22-C on the...
