Not the boat; the motor. I've started a couple of other threads with specific noob questions, but maybe this motor should have its own thread.
The boat has been hauled out for four months now and I'm getting a bit anxious, since the vast horizon of projects doesn't seem to be getting any narrower. I've finished re-doing all of the wiring (a long story) and ended up sanding the whole bottom due to blisters. Time to turn to the engine.
It needs general clean up and a cooling system flush. I'd like to lower the profile an inch or so, so that the original engine cover will fit. A PO added an inch on top of the cover and in front, possibly during installation of the FWC. And it just doesn't fit. So I'll relocate the heat exchanger (which rattles against the galley) to the stbd bulkhead and put a shorter belt on the alternator, which is full out on the adjusting bracket. The pulley on front still won't quite clear the cover, so I may need to cut a hole in it and add a little extension. Also plan to relocate the fuel filter from the battery compartment into the engine compartment.
Got a package of odds and ends from MM to install too. Tach, hour meter, new spark plug wires (can't find them locally.)
The boat has been hauled out for four months now and I'm getting a bit anxious, since the vast horizon of projects doesn't seem to be getting any narrower. I've finished re-doing all of the wiring (a long story) and ended up sanding the whole bottom due to blisters. Time to turn to the engine.
It needs general clean up and a cooling system flush. I'd like to lower the profile an inch or so, so that the original engine cover will fit. A PO added an inch on top of the cover and in front, possibly during installation of the FWC. And it just doesn't fit. So I'll relocate the heat exchanger (which rattles against the galley) to the stbd bulkhead and put a shorter belt on the alternator, which is full out on the adjusting bracket. The pulley on front still won't quite clear the cover, so I may need to cut a hole in it and add a little extension. Also plan to relocate the fuel filter from the battery compartment into the engine compartment.
Got a package of odds and ends from MM to install too. Tach, hour meter, new spark plug wires (can't find them locally.)
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