Hose adapter for Sportmaster lower unit?

[fenwayfear]

What does everyone use to run their motors on the hose?

I have a ProMax with a sportmaster lower and was wanting to build or buy something that does not cost $50.

 

[GotMyAlly]

It's a $15k motor....I'm not going to risk burning it up to save a few bucks by taping a rubber glove to the lower unit, etc. I use the sportmaster flusher.....

 

[fenwayfear]

Are taking about this one?

http://www.offshoremarineparts.com/f002/prod_8853.html

 

[jimbob88]

I have a big stock tank.

 

[GotMyAlly]

Are taking about this one?

http://www.offshoremarineparts.com/f002/prod_8853.html

That's the one.

 

[suicidealli]

I haven't had good luck with those flush cones.. I go to walmart and buy a rubermaid container. I have sporty one like in the pic. It don't work great for me. I will sell it
40 tyd.

Roy

 

[fenwayfear]

I haven't had good luck with those flush cones.. I go to walmart and buy a rubermaid container. I have sporty one like in the pic. It don't work great for me. I will sell it
40 tyd.

Roy

When you say it does not work that well for you, are you reffering to the use of the adapter on a sportmaster lower unit?

 

[suicidealli]

The flush cone doesn't work right most of the time... They work better on the cle case. They don't work on a 200 case with bobs lwp. At least mine doesn't.

Roy

 

[boataddict]

i use regular "rabbit ear" flusher . spread the arms farther apart and put the cup over the inlet hole and bungee strap it in place. works good. redneck? yep , but it works.

 

[shaun]

I use the "Noddle" type on my SportMaster. Works great, better than the cup.
I made a couple of these. Have a brand new one. Ill take $35 if you want it.
Brass fitting, quality tubbing.

Shaun

 

[fenwayfear]

I use the "Noddle" type on my SportMaster. Works great, better than the cup.
I made a couple of these. Have a brand new one. Ill take $35 if you want it.
Brass fitting, quality tubbing.

Shaun

U just run the hoses into the intake holes on the bottom of the sportmaster?

 

[shaun]

Yep, The hoses are the right size to fit snug into the water inlet holes. You just push them in. Mine has never came out. Been using the same one for 4 years now.
I suppose if they were not tight you could run a bungy strap around them and the lower. Ive never had to do that though.

Shaun

 

[h2oskiier30]

You can make yourself a noodle flusher for less than $10 and a quick trip to the hardware store. Been using a homemade one I made about 4 years ago. Works perfectly. I agree with what's been said already...the sportmaster flush cup from Merc does not work well.

If I'm just gonna fire one off for a couple of minutes, I'll use the noodle I made. If I want to run it for a while, I have a 110 gallon horse trough that I fill so that I can completely immerse my l/u, and let the water pump do its thing.

 

[Jimxb02]

The merc flusher works for me on my stock sportmaster case ( blunted nose ) .

Will not work on Bob's cone or mod nose ( JC, Titus, etc ). Water pickup farther back on sportmaster case than mod 200 case. Bob sells flusher for his nose cone.

Just my experience !!!

Jim

 

[fenwayfear]

You can make yourself a noodle flusher for less than $10 and a quick trip to the hardware store. Been using a homemade one I made about 4 years ago. Works perfectly. I agree with what's been said already...the sportmaster flush cup from Merc does not work well.

If I'm just gonna fire one off for a couple of minutes, I'll use the noodle I made. If I want to run it for a while, I have a 110 gallon horse trough that I fill so that I can completely immerse my l/u, and let the water pump do its thing.

I just looking to start it for few minutes if I am looking for problem or just hear it roar(lol).

U have some sort of directions on to how to built one. I like a project big or small.

 

[jas638]

what about back flushing the motor? why run it on the hose?

 

[Lotus 50]

BRP really nailed this with the new Etecs. I winterized mine on the weekend. There is a fitting on the back of the engine for a garden hose to screw in. Nothing could be easier. How did no one think of this before or copy it? Sometimes genius is simplicity.

 

[FlatOutAlly]

No water going through the pump is a water pump failure about to happen. Not sure how BRP keeps theirs from burning up?

 

[GotMyAlly]

I don't think it's made for running, just flushing.

 

[SLOmofo]

If you run in a tank the water pump has to be under water other wise it will run dry until the water finely gets up to it. Has to purge the air first.
When I run mine I fill the tub and put the merc adapter on the hose turn on the hose, now have water pressure to the pump. Once the engine is fired up I pull the hose off the lower unit but keep it filling the tub.
I lost 5 lbs water pressure when doing a compression test twice on a dry pump. Water is the lube for a water pump impeller. Without water the impeller runs hot and bakes the rubber.