Hi all,
I did it!
I went to the boat at 5Deg. F. and here’s the pictures to prove I'm crazy.
I want thank the forum in-general for the information to plan this endeavor. You just can’t waste time standing around in the cold figuring out what to do next. It went as well as it could. The ideas and advice for using the boom to yard out the engine were extremely useful. I will post some kind of slide show on the web somewhere for my friends and I will leave the URL here soon.
As you can see, the water was very hard and the dock was fluffy. I had to wait for high tide to get the motor up the ramp from the float. On Jan. 1-2 I drove home 700 miles to Fairbanks when it was -40 F.(not recommended). The next day I popped the head off and found out why there was a clacking noise in the engine.
The second photo shows #1 exhaust valve stuck open, head gasket starting to go between #3 and #4 and general yukiness in the top end. The #3 cylinder is the only one that has good color, and it was even sharing it's smoke with #4. I still got hull speed with this mess running. Imagine what we can do with a fresh coat of paint!
Even though this engine is a 1968, it has always had glycol in the block, so the good news is the water passages look great at this point. I'll keep my hopes up.
It will be a few days before I can take other things apart to find the gear noise(see http://www.moyermarine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2822 )
So anyway thanks again, I’ll write some more later,
Russ
P.S. Congrats to Warren Casey, “Nice”
I did it!
I went to the boat at 5Deg. F. and here’s the pictures to prove I'm crazy.
I want thank the forum in-general for the information to plan this endeavor. You just can’t waste time standing around in the cold figuring out what to do next. It went as well as it could. The ideas and advice for using the boom to yard out the engine were extremely useful. I will post some kind of slide show on the web somewhere for my friends and I will leave the URL here soon.
As you can see, the water was very hard and the dock was fluffy. I had to wait for high tide to get the motor up the ramp from the float. On Jan. 1-2 I drove home 700 miles to Fairbanks when it was -40 F.(not recommended). The next day I popped the head off and found out why there was a clacking noise in the engine.
The second photo shows #1 exhaust valve stuck open, head gasket starting to go between #3 and #4 and general yukiness in the top end. The #3 cylinder is the only one that has good color, and it was even sharing it's smoke with #4. I still got hull speed with this mess running. Imagine what we can do with a fresh coat of paint!
Even though this engine is a 1968, it has always had glycol in the block, so the good news is the water passages look great at this point. I'll keep my hopes up.
It will be a few days before I can take other things apart to find the gear noise(see http://www.moyermarine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2822 )
So anyway thanks again, I’ll write some more later,
Russ
P.S. Congrats to Warren Casey, “Nice”
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