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A mix of 75% ATF III with 25% gasoline on a cold engine makes the best penetrating fluid. You can thin oil the same way to get it into tight spots.
A small impact hitting fast will help move the penetrating fluid & break up corrosion better then a big hard hitting impact.
I thought I had everything working well in my new to me boat until I put it on the water today. Taking off she did miss a couple times but smoothed out & keep on going. The trim motor stopped working on me but I'm pretty sure I know why. After about 15 minutes she died on me & this googan had to...
Regency Thunder Craft 84
3.0 OMC engine
OMC drive system
Got the engine runing on its own with the garden hose hooked to it. Water is definitely blowing out the exhaust but isn't it supposed to be coming out the small holes above the prop too?
There is two things so far on a new to me boat that I'm fixing up & don't know what they are. I was wondering if some one could help me out.
First is this plastic thing hanging down from the bottom that has something that looks like a vacuum line going to the top of the boat.
The other thing...