Ron Everson
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2003
- Messages
- 114
Winterized the 1975 225 OMC Saturday as ususal, drained it and left it dry. On Sunday I expected to do the same with the 1989 OMC 460 King Cobra for the first time since I bought it. I discovered that the block has no drain plugs. Some kind of permanent plugs were in their place. 460 truck block replaced the original a few years ago and the marina did something funny there when they did the replacment for the former owner. Pulled off the manifold drain caps and only a few drips came out. The manifold drains are so plugged with rust that my ususal screw driver reaming wouldn't penetrate far enough to get water flowing, and it was a long screw driver. Apparently the Marina at Hall's Crossing that used to winterize the boat for the former owner never drained anything - just ran anti-freeze into the cooling system. Looks like I'll have to get some muffs and do the wet method with anti-freeze, at least for this year. I could jerk off the manifolds and clean them out or replace, but I still couldn't drain the block. What a mess! Another wonderfull day in the life of an old boat owner. Any comments or consolation?