Today I pulled Odyssey. Another year operational without a hitch...not even a miss. Most of you know I built a trailer to pull the boat 10 years ago. At that time I bought a farm tractor, kept the 30 ton axles and built the cradle with 8 pads to take the boat. The whole operation to haul took about 15 minutes.
In the next few days I'll winterize with automobile antifreeze mixed 50/50 until green comes out the exhaust tube; then remove carb and place a coffee cup under the outlet where the carb sat. Then the plugs come out and I pour some motor oil in each plug hole. Then I turn it over on the starter until excess oil is actually forced into the paper coffee cup placed where the carb sat. At this point the engine is winterized without fail.
I also drain all water tanks, lube throttle and gearbox cables, lube and loosen turnbuckles on stays; 50/50 in the toilet. That's enough to get her to be A-1 in spring.
In the next few days I'll winterize with automobile antifreeze mixed 50/50 until green comes out the exhaust tube; then remove carb and place a coffee cup under the outlet where the carb sat. Then the plugs come out and I pour some motor oil in each plug hole. Then I turn it over on the starter until excess oil is actually forced into the paper coffee cup placed where the carb sat. At this point the engine is winterized without fail.
I also drain all water tanks, lube throttle and gearbox cables, lube and loosen turnbuckles on stays; 50/50 in the toilet. That's enough to get her to be A-1 in spring.
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