www.iFourWinns.com

I see. I didn't know that. Now you're forcing me to take a mirror and look in mine this weekend.

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

Well I let the boat sit in the water for 4 hours, went for a 2 hour cruised, parked at the sand bar and let the kids jump around for an hour. I checked for water about every hour and I got nothing. So I guess I don’t have a problem. I will just have to keep and eye on it.

The only difference I can see from this weekend and the last is this time when I went out the water was like glass. As oppose to last weekend with the holiday when the lake was packed and very rough, well rough for an inland lake on a holiday.

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2006 Four Winns horizon 200

Our leak was around the Captains Call exhaust system.

Also our bilge pump did not have a thru hull installed

Everthing is working well now

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Jeff

2006 Four Winns Yellow Horizon 30th Anniversary 200 SS
2005 Nissan Titan Crew Cab
2004 Ford F-150 Lariat

http://www.seabrook-services.com

FYI – I found my leak. The two bigger U bolts on the stern both leak pretty well. I assume I never noticed when I was looking for the leak originally because the boat was low on gas and I was the only one in it. So maybe they where not in the water? They both look to be sealed and tight and I have never used them, I guess just not enough caulk.

I have a 1993 210 and just discovered that I have a leak in my transom when I put it in the water last weekend. It had been sitting in the driveway since March and accumulated some rainwater (*plug still in - my bad). Repair shop said many thousands to rebuild transom because the early 1990's FW's had a bad design and weak wood. Two questions: does anyone think the standing water accelerated/caused the problem, and what does a rebuilt transom cost? Thanks.

Regardless of design, I could see how accumulated rainwater for a long period of time could cause rotting of the wood in the transom. Don't know what a repair would cost, though.

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

so where did it pump to?

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H210SS 6.2
F150 Platinum

After doing a bunch of skiing and tubing i noticed the bildge come on and dump some water for a few seconds. I just assumed it was from all the water coming in from people into the interior, as i have only seen it that one time.

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2008 H210:
- Two tone Navy Blue, Silver and Yellow
- 5.0GXi/SX 270hp
2006 Dodge Ram 3500 4x4 5.9 Laramie

While we're on the topic has anyone else noticed if thier float switch is screwed down or did they just forget to do mine (it just sets on the floor next to the pump)

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2008 Four Winns 210 5.7 GI/SX
2007 GMC Sierra 2500 Crew
1966 Fed-Up Wife

My float switch was screwed, looks like you were too.

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2007 Horizon 200
4.3L GXi/ SX 225 HP

I had this problem too, the older Horizons with an anchor locker (before 92 or so) all drained into the ski locker and then under the gas tank to the rear bilge. I had the bow cover re-done to include the area of the anchor locker. There is much less water in the boat now, I do get some thru the cover in a very heavy rain, but light rains nothing. If you leave your boat, with a dry bilge, in the water for several hours (no rain, no people getting in and out) there really should be now water in there. My boat is moored and that is a test I do at the start of every season. Keep in mind freshwater rots wood, salt water doesn't. So excessive water in the bilge, or even worse a leak around the transom is a bad thing. Of course we salt water guys have a lot of extra work with the growth we get, but probably less rotted transoms.

As far as the bilge swith mounting, of course mine did not have one, I added one and the way I did it was to take a piece of aluminum stock, bend it at a 90 degree angle and mount the pump and the switch on the lower portion, the vertical leg I mounted to the bulkhead in front of the engine. If there is a problem with the pump or swith, I just remove the 2 screws and lift the whole thing out. Be VERY CAREFUL if you are screwing into the mounting pad on the bottom of the hull. I'd be tempted to make a bracket and attach it to a vertical bulkhead instead like I did.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II