Apologies in advance for writing on a topic that may have other threads -- I was unable to find something specific to older outboards -- which I am hoping will be my saving grace here
Lone-Star boat went under in my friend's pond. Not sure how long it has been under because my friend went out of town and did not know until they came back from the holidays.
At worst the boat and outboard went completely under and stayed there for a week. We pulled her out today but I had to go straight to work after this so no chance of doing anything to the outboard other than tilt it up.
I have read that "time is of the essence" and I need to try to get the engine turned over and to get water out of the plugs etc etc
Problem is - I am in no position to do any of that. It is an electric start and I have only been using the trolling motor on it and have not run the engine all summer except cranking it up every now and then - because it's on a 2 acre pond and we don't wanna upset the neighbors.
What is the worst-case scenario? I understand this will be a complete tear-down and rebuild but is the outbard salvadgeable?
Thanks in advance for all your advice
Lone-Star boat went under in my friend's pond. Not sure how long it has been under because my friend went out of town and did not know until they came back from the holidays.
At worst the boat and outboard went completely under and stayed there for a week. We pulled her out today but I had to go straight to work after this so no chance of doing anything to the outboard other than tilt it up.
I have read that "time is of the essence" and I need to try to get the engine turned over and to get water out of the plugs etc etc
Problem is - I am in no position to do any of that. It is an electric start and I have only been using the trolling motor on it and have not run the engine all summer except cranking it up every now and then - because it's on a 2 acre pond and we don't wanna upset the neighbors.
What is the worst-case scenario? I understand this will be a complete tear-down and rebuild but is the outbard salvadgeable?
Thanks in advance for all your advice