I attached the fuel system to an external fuel tank and after a few (ok, many) tries, it fired up. I’m very very happy. It sounds really nice. I then reconnected the actual fuel line and the motor started and continued to run. Dare I say that it miraculously fixed itself?
I then opened the thru hull valve and water was, let’s see what’s the word...”gushing” out? No but it seemed that way to me as the parent of this baby. After a barrage of morning texts to Neil (sorry buddy), I found the following thread and it helped clear up all my thermostat leak questions.
http://www.moyermarineforum.com/foru...831#post119831
I hadn’t put permatex on the bottom of the gasket AND found that the nuts weren’t nearly tight enough. So I worked on those two things and am letting it sit for the day. Hopefully the issue is resolved when I go to start the motor tonight (with an open thru hull valve).
To be continued...