49 minutes ago, IXFE said:

Sounds like they were burning cash on just about everything…

 

 

… except the boats they collected money on

 

Some of that low rate commercial debt rolled over?

Tested the boat on the fake a lake, first key up doesn't get to pressure. 2 or 3 key ups and it starts no issue. Fuel pressure sits on 58 - 57 psi. Hopefully can take it somewhere this weekend and test it under load. SHould they hold pressure when key turns off? i feel like it should t just go straight back down to 0.

9 hours ago, bwski said:

Who knows what the reality is, but Tommy's and their associated businesses own pretty much the entire "downtown" area of Walloon Lake Michigan.  The comments regarding personal property in Boyne City could be referring to these properties.

  They pretty much rebuilt the entire Walloon Lake downtown in northern Michigan.  Walloon as a very upscale lake for the area and the downtown area was very run down and not a destination other than the lake until around 2013, when Tommy's opened.  They dumped a TON of $ into the area.  They own 2 great restaurants and a very nice hotel.  They just completed an upscale condo building and another is about 75% completed, both with retail areas.  The area they developed is incredibly nice and we visit often, we are hoping all of this does not have a negative effect on that area!   

Sounds like they were burning cash on just about everything…

… except the boats they collected money on

48 minutes ago, The Hulk said:

This supports what we are seeing as well with lift sales. wake boat market is getting hit harder than othr market segments.. all are being hit but tow boats are being crushed more..

I think that’s easily explainable…

wake boats have become the upper end of the recreational, inland lake boating industry. For years, a lot of people just wanting to get on the water chose wake boats (aka status boats) because nothing says cool like a modern wake boat + money was cheap, so why not get the cool boat with the loud speakers and the clamping racks??

now that money is no longer cheap (and I don’t just mean boat loans) that same buyer who just wants to be on the water doesn’t care about looking cool so much as making the damn boat (and house and car) payment. So they are buying cheaper toons (if they are buying at all)…

I have a 2012 VTX with a Monsoon 350. I’ve been having temperature fluctuations while at speed for a while now. At speed, the temps are about 175-190, but the temp drops down to a cool 160-ish as soon as I return to idle. I’ve found the posts regarding the service bulletin from Indmar regarding the circulation pump on the forums here. My engine serial number is about 800 engines before the supposedly effectived circulation pumps. Ultimately, I am fairly certain that I’ve narrowed my high temp fluctuation issue to my circulation pump. Especially, since in addition to the temp fluctuations, my heater doesn’t seem to actually be pumping any warm water through the system (no leaks and I can blow water through it) and it is of course connected to the circulation pump. 
 

That all said, I can’t seem to easily find the circulation pump part number in the aforementioned service bulletin (551045SB). I can only find the circ pump with part number 551045. They appear to be nearly identical, except that 551045SB does *not* appear to have the water bypass hole on the left leg of the pump. The question is, does anyone know if these pumps are actually compatible? The engine block *appears* to have a corresponding hole for the bypass hole on the pump, but…admittedly I don’t know nearly enough about this sort of stuff yet and don’t want to create a bigger problem. I just hope I don’t need to continue to scour the internet for this mythical circ pump without a bypass hole

Thanks in advance for any assistance.