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Title: Putting it on today...... Post by raydawg on 08/30/18 at 08:29:43 The starter went out on my boat, so I ordered a new one. I am semi-retired, don’t work Thursday- Sunday, so I will get her going today. Sure miss the simplicity of the little savage. To get to my starter I had to pull the exhaust out of the way just to see it. automobile motors are not really designed for boats, I tell you, arg! Oh well, it is what it is. The cooling waterways look great, no build up or corrosion, yea! Here is a picture of those parts: http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/eddy-haskell/3ED07C0E-B8EB-47C3-837E-8796A358B820_zpsx3cznttn.jpeg (http://s299.photobucket.com/user/eddy-haskell/media/3ED07C0E-B8EB-47C3-837E-8796A358B820_zpsx3cznttn.jpeg.html) |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by Dave on 08/30/18 at 08:41:12 Looks clean - and heavy! |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by raydawg on 08/30/18 at 08:56:35 7E45485F4E42595F444C415E2D0 wrote:
Haha, yep, heavy. I move the hinged motor cover out of the way in total. It’s great to just pop open and check fluids, etc, but not if I am going to be under it. Then I put a chaise lounge cushion on the deck, and depending on where I need to get use cross supports to get out over the motor. Then I get on my belly, and work with my arms hands below me... My years of a repair plumber come in handy ;D Just to change the oil filter is a real treat, as you know where they are located on cars, you go under the thing to get to them.... Kinda hard to do that in a boat, if ya get my drift :D They do have remote filter options, but ya gotta buy it new to do that, retro fitting is not available from what I have been told, well, unless you pull the motor :o http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/eddy-haskell/4146A305-08FC-424F-894C-0CF2D0CF6227_zpsgdsbmrtf.jpeg (http://s299.photobucket.com/user/eddy-haskell/media/4146A305-08FC-424F-894C-0CF2D0CF6227_zpsgdsbmrtf.jpeg.html) |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/30/18 at 09:01:40 That's a great looking boat. Enjoy the fact that you're healthy and able to solve problems. |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by raydawg on 08/30/18 at 09:19:02 647B7D7A6760516151697B773C0E0 wrote:
Thank you Jog, and you are so right...... How often do we wait until our life gets difficult, be it health, relationships, etc, to complain that we don't have (it) anymore, for what we took as granted! Giving thanks is a most important part, to appreciating each day as the gift it is..... THANK YOU for this reminder! :) BTW, the "boat" community is in many ways a lot like this motorcycle forum. Those who participate/contribute have a commonality of the bike, and of doing their own repairs, mods, etc. Sharing the technique stuff is part of the experience and joy of being members here. These exhaust parts are indeed heavy, you drop a part, that is fiberglass underneath it, YIKES! I was shared/taught on a boating form of like boats, you should always use a bolt to keep the part in place when removing, installing. Take for example, that exhaust manifold has 4 big bolts holding it in place. You remove one bolt, then you screw into the same hole, a LONGER bolt of the same thread, but with the head removed/cut off..... You follow me? So when you are done, ready to remove it, you should have 2 bolts, with no heads, holding it up, you can then adjust your body position to get more lifting strength, and just slide the heavy part out over the bolts with no head..... Ditto to install. Cool huh ;D Oh well, I love to chat :D But now I gotta go, do, my coffee cup is empty :) I will post success and completion hopefully 8-) |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by raydawg on 08/31/18 at 15:24:15 Well that sucky.... So, unbeknownst to me, even tho I have a repair manual that states, BEFORE you pull the exhaust, drain it FIRST. I didn’t, and it found its way back into the exhaust ports, the 2 center cylinders. So, I crank her over, after the new starter was installed, I can see it from the helm, just wanted to see if it cranks, not start it, because I have no water going to it.... But it that quick few seconds, where the exhaust manifold is off, it pukes out water..... WHAT THE HECK :o I quickly check the dip stick, oh no.... Ya know what, it ain’t a fun job pulling that damaged oil out, and a new filter, until I get a clean result... Dang, I am a idiot :-[ |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by GOF on 08/31/18 at 17:20:04 See if there is a remote oil filter kit for your engine. With that and some sort of oil suction device you may be able to save yourself so serious effort at oil changes. |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by raydawg on 08/31/18 at 18:55:54 Yeah I would love that however no go as to retro fitting. It requires some plumbing from the drain plug out through the transom drain, as well as a filter bypass. It’s a option at build, but not after the fact, darn. It’s running great now, will just do a couple more flushes and I should be good. |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/31/18 at 20:57:50 Learning curves sukk.. |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by Ruttly on 09/01/18 at 11:07:14 More like a straight line. ;D |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by thumperclone on 09/02/18 at 06:53:25 a boat is a hole in the water where you throw your money |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by Serowbot on 09/02/18 at 10:53:55 6A766B736E7B6C7D7271707B1E0 wrote:
;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by raydawg on 09/03/18 at 11:17:45 7468756D706572636C6F6E65000 wrote:
Yeah, like voting for the same party, over and over again, expecting them to really really fix things they run on ;D |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by raydawg on 09/03/18 at 11:19:05 3620372A32272A31450 wrote:
;D ;D ;D[/quote] sheeple Wanna go for a ride punkin :-* |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by GOF on 09/03/18 at 11:56:18 4559445C415443525D5E5F54310 wrote:
His money. His hole. What do you care? |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by raydawg on 09/03/18 at 12:07:29 4840490F0 wrote:
His money. His hole. What do you care? [/quote] They really like music..... Tom Petty ;) Ya know I know why Bot acts like such, but the TeeCloner, I am surprised, I thought he was a seasoned salt, crusty old fart who didn't play pansies games.... Live and Learn. Dave, or Versy, you have my complete support to "deep six" this thread ;) This board is better than this, thanks! |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by Dave on 09/03/18 at 13:09:59 6C706D75687D6A7B7477767D180 wrote:
There are two standard comments about boats and boat owners: 1) The one about the hole in the water..... 2) The one about the 2 happiest days in a boat owners life are the day he buys the boat......and the day he sells it. For some folks I suppose that is true. They live in the City, buy a new boat, pay somebody else to work on it, store it, winterize it, and they drive to where the boat it when they want to go boating. Raydwag lives on an island, bought a really nice used boat at a good price, works on it when he needs to, stores it in his yard, hauls it to the boat ramp when he wants to use it, and goes crabbing to get his supper! I suspect the hole in the water doesn't take a big chunk of Raydawg's money - besides....it is the cost of living (that is the way Raydawg wants to live and that is what is costs). |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by verslagen1 on 09/03/18 at 16:49:07 if a boat is a hole in the water... what is a car? a spot in the road you can not walk? |
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Title: Re: Putting it on today...... Post by Papa Bear on 09/08/18 at 06:05:48 My brother recently purchased a 1997 24' Bayliner with a seized macerator pump. He said that if you come and change that pump for him that he'll install your new starter for you ;D |
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