Members james Posted October 14, 2014 Members Posted October 14, 2014 Just bought a late 80s ranger 320v, it has 2 livewell control levers below the throttle problem is the writing is rubbed off , i assume the top one is the front live well but, which way is open and closed? Anyone ever have one of these older rangers, love the boat quite fast with a 115. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
fishinwrench Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 From the factory FORWARD=CLOSED, but sometimes valves are replaced backwards, especially when someone unfamiliar with the system replaces both the valve and cable at the same time. The valve body is designed with cable braces in two different positions so that they will work with both types of cable routing (cable can be attached to the valve from forward, or from the rear) and the valve can be flipped to obtain the correct setting relative to the control knob (or slide switch). A lot of times on older bass boats you'll find them all screwed up where one livewell control has to be slid forward to drain while the other one has to be slid back. That is just because someone replaced a valve backwards and didn't want to "do it all over again" because replacing those valves is a pain in the butt. So the easiest way to be sure which is which is to stick a garden hose in each live well and find out.
Members james Posted October 15, 2014 Author Members Posted October 15, 2014 Yep that's what it was, someone messed with it, got it all figured out appreciate it.
TRRANGER Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 James, I am an old ranger owner as well. I have tried ordering parts from 3 different Ranger Dealers with no one wanting to help me. After getting completly peeved off I wrote a very long letter directly to Ranger to explain my anger ant not getting service from their dealers, the directed me to Ranger Part direct number and with serial number it is amazing the number of parts the have available to ship direct to me and at great prices. Their number is 1-800-724-7273 Iam a believer in OE parts when I can and this has helped me out alot in repairing and keeping my 87 360V in top working order. Hope this is helpful to you. Fish the Finest
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