bluegillfisher
Cadet
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- May 14, 2007
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- 26
So, I have been working on this motor since May. I replaced water pump, and rebuilt carb. The thing just never ran right.
So I limped through June using trolling motor. And I found a boat "mechanic" who couldn't look at motor until last week. He told me that is was OK to run motor(it only ran slow) and then he finally came to look at it.
For $50 bucks he told me that it was a piece of junk. The exhaust gaskets were leaking and once water got in the pistons--the crank would go bad.
He could fix it for me this winter for about $250--and I could then sell motor for maybe $500.
All along, I thought the motor was too hot. He didn't say anything about it being hot--except the exhaust was leaking.
I pulled motor apart. Bad thermosat, melted nipple on exhaust housing. Rings look good, cylinder walls look good, head still flat. I replaced gaskets, and started it up yesterday. No water out the overboard hose.
This morning I took exhaust back apart. I ran wire through holes. I dropped the lower unit and blew out tube that feeds water.
I put everything back together. I blew air through the nipple threading on exhaust and I could hear air coming out lower unit.
I started it up and water pissed out the hose. I ran motor twice as long as yesterday and when I touched the back of motor it was only warm! Yesterday I could only hold my fingers there about 3 seconds.
Thanks for all of your help. I'm sure I'll have more questions as I work more on boat. I'm going to take her out tonight and see how everything works.
Mary,
Going fishing tonight on the old red-neck jon boat,
now named the Dragonfly.
So I limped through June using trolling motor. And I found a boat "mechanic" who couldn't look at motor until last week. He told me that is was OK to run motor(it only ran slow) and then he finally came to look at it.For $50 bucks he told me that it was a piece of junk. The exhaust gaskets were leaking and once water got in the pistons--the crank would go bad.
He could fix it for me this winter for about $250--and I could then sell motor for maybe $500.
All along, I thought the motor was too hot. He didn't say anything about it being hot--except the exhaust was leaking.
I pulled motor apart. Bad thermosat, melted nipple on exhaust housing. Rings look good, cylinder walls look good, head still flat. I replaced gaskets, and started it up yesterday. No water out the overboard hose.
This morning I took exhaust back apart. I ran wire through holes. I dropped the lower unit and blew out tube that feeds water.
I put everything back together. I blew air through the nipple threading on exhaust and I could hear air coming out lower unit.
I started it up and water pissed out the hose. I ran motor twice as long as yesterday and when I touched the back of motor it was only warm! Yesterday I could only hold my fingers there about 3 seconds.
Thanks for all of your help. I'm sure I'll have more questions as I work more on boat. I'm going to take her out tonight and see how everything works.
Mary,
Going fishing tonight on the old red-neck jon boat,
now named the Dragonfly.
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