nola mike
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New thread for this problem. First decent weekend since the fall, with the goal being to get on the water by Memorial day. Where I'm at:
1. Carb screws snapped off when I was trying to rebuild it, dropped it off at the machine shop around thanksgiving, I'm still waiting to pick it up.
2. Rebuilt the starter
3. Oil flushed, some connections cleaned.
4. Cleaned out all the sand/debris. That was a *lot* of sand
5. Outdrive/bellows drained/cleaned. The gimbal bearing is still smooth after sitting.
To do:
1. Need to rewire the alternator, all of the wires melted off. I didn't rebuild it, we'll see how long it lasts/if it's still working at all
2. Engine sadly has a lot of external rust, after cleaning/painting it 18 months ago prior to installation. Much harder to clean with everything connected. I'm going to brush and spray what I can get to.
3. Bilge pump snapped off its bracket. Very difficult to replace with the engine in.
4. Found a good number of chunks off the gelcoat down to the glass. I guess I'll have to screw around with gelcoat to fix.
Today I got to the fuel tank. Tried to drain through the vent hose. I pulled the hose off the fitting, and got a bunch of water. Hmm. Couldn't pass a hose through the fitting, so I'm assuming that there's a check/anti siphon valve in there as well? Next pulled the fuel sender to drain from there. Got mayyybee 16 oz of water out of 15 gallons drained (full 27 gall tank). Also got a good bit of what appears to be 38 year old crap from the bottom of the tank (including some red plastic, not sure what that's from). All in all though, the gas looked great. I don't think much if any water made it through the sender cover, vent, or tank inlet. Cool. Wasn't looking forward to dealing with that.
1. Carb screws snapped off when I was trying to rebuild it, dropped it off at the machine shop around thanksgiving, I'm still waiting to pick it up.
2. Rebuilt the starter
3. Oil flushed, some connections cleaned.
4. Cleaned out all the sand/debris. That was a *lot* of sand
5. Outdrive/bellows drained/cleaned. The gimbal bearing is still smooth after sitting.
To do:
1. Need to rewire the alternator, all of the wires melted off. I didn't rebuild it, we'll see how long it lasts/if it's still working at all
2. Engine sadly has a lot of external rust, after cleaning/painting it 18 months ago prior to installation. Much harder to clean with everything connected. I'm going to brush and spray what I can get to.
3. Bilge pump snapped off its bracket. Very difficult to replace with the engine in.
4. Found a good number of chunks off the gelcoat down to the glass. I guess I'll have to screw around with gelcoat to fix.
Today I got to the fuel tank. Tried to drain through the vent hose. I pulled the hose off the fitting, and got a bunch of water. Hmm. Couldn't pass a hose through the fitting, so I'm assuming that there's a check/anti siphon valve in there as well? Next pulled the fuel sender to drain from there. Got mayyybee 16 oz of water out of 15 gallons drained (full 27 gall tank). Also got a good bit of what appears to be 38 year old crap from the bottom of the tank (including some red plastic, not sure what that's from). All in all though, the gas looked great. I don't think much if any water made it through the sender cover, vent, or tank inlet. Cool. Wasn't looking forward to dealing with that.
