Hey everyone,
Just bought an 85 Beachcraft with a 170 Mercruiser i/o and went through all the fluids, wiring, etc and took it out for the first time yesterday. One thing I noticed while going through it the copper filler neck in the cast iron recovery tank was badly corroded, I cleaned it with a wire brush but, yesterday out on a trial run the recover tank started belching coolant, I got it back to the dock and let it cool and noticed that the filler neck had cracked letting out coolant under pressure. I've seen where I can order just the filler neck but how do I get it out of the cast iron tank? Is it threaded or pressed in? Has anyone here had to replace one?
Thanks in advance!
Just bought an 85 Beachcraft with a 170 Mercruiser i/o and went through all the fluids, wiring, etc and took it out for the first time yesterday. One thing I noticed while going through it the copper filler neck in the cast iron recovery tank was badly corroded, I cleaned it with a wire brush but, yesterday out on a trial run the recover tank started belching coolant, I got it back to the dock and let it cool and noticed that the filler neck had cracked letting out coolant under pressure. I've seen where I can order just the filler neck but how do I get it out of the cast iron tank? Is it threaded or pressed in? Has anyone here had to replace one?
Thanks in advance!