Thanks guys, learned something new today. Looper vs crossflow.
Ok so I put the seal flange in backwards. Can't undo that. My thinking was with the flange point towards the block the thermostat it sat in there better and did not move around when assembling. At least anyone with the same...
Ok another question. A dumb question, but I'd rather ask a dumb question than waste a ton of time and money fixing the impeller. I wanted to flush the motor a little bit before putting it back together. When I crank the motor no water is coming out of the thermostat and relief valve holes. Does...
Tomorrows the day, putting it all back together. Can I get some help with the thermostat seal? I'm not sure what side the flange should be on. Manual is not clear. I've found pictures and videos with it both ways.
I've had the same experience with my lithium starting battery*. It lasts days without needing to charge. Provides a steady current no matter if it's at 80% or 40%. Just flat. And I removed/disconnected the stator and rectifier so will never need to replace those parts. The only downside so far I...
I may do that, I'm thinking it over. Just a matter of when, I want to get this back together and salvage the spring fishing season, and I also dont want to poke to hard at 40 years of buildup without doing a very thorough job. I see there is another plate I can remove on the side. Perhaps next...
Ok I went ahead and ordered the parts anyway since the total wasn't that bad.
[0323359] Screw (3) $4.44
[0315538] Cylinder Head Cover Gasket (1) $6.43
[0316132] Grommet (1) $11.23
[0310058] Thermostat Housing Seal (1) $3.5
[5005440] Thermostat Assembly (1) $24.08
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They are both almost exactly the same at 160 psi. Note - the last two times I checked it was not as high. Is this bad? Should I bother ordering the parts to fix the thermostat?
Oh boy. Let me check the compression real quick. It did this immediately after drifting for about 5-10 minutes, and before that it was running normally.
Inspected the thermostat and only thing I can conclude is that it was stuck closed and the pressure relief valve must have gotten stuck closed as well or clogged, leading it to overheat. I don't know how those correlate to it going into a sort of "limp mode" before this happened. I had it full...
When I went through kill switch drama on my evinrude I made the mistake of buying a cheapo replacement from Amazon. Turns out even the slightest voltage leak will kill the motor, which of course the Amazon switch had. Cost me about two days of banging my head on the wall before I figured it out.
Got the last one out! Had it soaking in PB for about two days, plenty of light tapping with the hammer, and then I put some heat on it and came back a few hours later and it slowly came out. I'll take the head cover off tomorrow. I really hope to find the thermostat is indeed shot.
