AS usual it's looking great!, 26 acers, wow just think of the garage I could build on that. But your looking forward to having then close. We got on in Pa. one in Connecticut, and one traveling around the country
The real problem your going to have is getting the fittings of without the threads coming out with the fitting, In theory you should be able to change the hoses without pulling the drives but I have always pulled the drives because 9times out of 10 you need to at the very least chase the threads
When the drive is down that tube and seal may or may be submerged so as was said it important to find out if it's sucking air. Over heating under load could also be caused by a restriction in the in the water passages, like a piece of impeller stuck somewhere or another cooling passage clogged
Looking good, I'd sat the stuff that's in still in pretty good shape is the teak. Sometime it's had to tell from mahogany but the stuff doesn't seem to rot
