Self winterizing? where do I start on my 1978 glastron omc

[78glastronomc]

I am thinking on winterizing my boat but don't know a thing about it. where do I start?

 

[Bondo]

I am thinking on winterizing my boat but don't know a thing about it. where do I start?

Ayuh,.... What motor,..?? What drive,..?? '78 Glastron OMC tells Us, Nothin',.....

 

[southkogs]

He's gotta' 195 Stringer Electric Shift.

What area of the world are you in? Here in TN, I garage store my boat all winter and it rarely (if ever) sees a temp below freezing. I drain the block and the drive, leave the drains open and park it. I check my gear cases for water, but if don't seen any I leave the lube sit for the (relatively) short winter.

Sometime I'll take the drive off for the winter, but not always (it's easy to do).

 

[78glastronomc]

Im in Colorado and just preping for the winter. yea the boat says v195 sea swirl stringer but I see a 185 omc enginge and a stringer outdre

 

[southkogs]

I've never used anti-freeze in my system as it just doesn't get THAT cold here in TN. Add in that I store my boat in a well insulated garage and have the drive sitting right next to the hot water heater, and you can can see why it doesn't make sense for me to do any more than drain the system out (plus, I can typically boat in the dead of winter if I wanna').

In Colorado, if you're storing outside - I would suggest completely draining the block and leaving the valves open. I would also suggest pulling the drive and storing it inside somewhere. It's pretty easy to get a Stringer drive off, and it doesn't take a lot of room to sit in a corner.