For the first time since I owned our 2007 24ve I was too busy in the fall to winterize boat by myself. Paid the local marina to do it; talked to the guy, put down on the sheet that I had heater AND ballast pumps to winterize. Got there this spring; boat looked great, started right up....ran for a few minutes around the lake to test all systems, then put back on lift and noticed a lot of water. Checked for leaks and found major wetness under the heater core in front locker. The marina says they'll work it out with me: hopefully I can just get a new Core--lots of good posts here on the old Econoline Heater Core.
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Was a bugger to get out: Couldn't get the hoses off the barbs, one of the screws was stripped, had to cut the wires because they were wire-tied all the way to the switch. 15 minute job became a 90 minute job. Hopefully it will be a simple core replacement, re wire, and re-screw in....and rehose. In the meantime, I got a 5/8 to 5/8 brass barb and some fittings and just bypassed the old core.
Impeller Change
I also changed the impeller by myself for the first time. Was easier than I thought, only because I had the Jabsco Impeller Puller. It was like dismantling a bomb; had to reach around from the Starbord side, using the 5/16th nut driver, careful to not drop the screws. I don't know how you would get out the impeller without that tool. It was a hassle to get the new impeller in, even with the lube--but kept working it and finally settled in properly. Old impeller looked good so am keeping it for an emergency spare & keeping the puller on the boat in my tool kit.
The only Ah-Ha learning moment; next time I'll make sure to look at the orientation of the cover when I take it out to make it easy to put back on. the screws have a different pattern. I used the grease to get the gasket to stick on the cover before replacing/re-screwing. I checked after I did and had some water spraying out, so I shut down engine and cranked down on the screws a bit more.... now all good.
Lastly, I'm replacing the gas shocks that hold up the engine cover. Failed a few years ago--i used to just put a vice grip to keep it in UP position. Ordered replacements from Ameritool---maybe could have done cheaper with steel, but I did the stainless steel ones. Heck-I think they'll fail before they rust.
Starting the year with 321 hours on the engine, looking forward to adding many more hours in 2013.
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Was a bugger to get out: Couldn't get the hoses off the barbs, one of the screws was stripped, had to cut the wires because they were wire-tied all the way to the switch. 15 minute job became a 90 minute job. Hopefully it will be a simple core replacement, re wire, and re-screw in....and rehose. In the meantime, I got a 5/8 to 5/8 brass barb and some fittings and just bypassed the old core.
Impeller Change
I also changed the impeller by myself for the first time. Was easier than I thought, only because I had the Jabsco Impeller Puller. It was like dismantling a bomb; had to reach around from the Starbord side, using the 5/16th nut driver, careful to not drop the screws. I don't know how you would get out the impeller without that tool. It was a hassle to get the new impeller in, even with the lube--but kept working it and finally settled in properly. Old impeller looked good so am keeping it for an emergency spare & keeping the puller on the boat in my tool kit.
The only Ah-Ha learning moment; next time I'll make sure to look at the orientation of the cover when I take it out to make it easy to put back on. the screws have a different pattern. I used the grease to get the gasket to stick on the cover before replacing/re-screwing. I checked after I did and had some water spraying out, so I shut down engine and cranked down on the screws a bit more.... now all good.
Lastly, I'm replacing the gas shocks that hold up the engine cover. Failed a few years ago--i used to just put a vice grip to keep it in UP position. Ordered replacements from Ameritool---maybe could have done cheaper with steel, but I did the stainless steel ones. Heck-I think they'll fail before they rust.
Starting the year with 321 hours on the engine, looking forward to adding many more hours in 2013.
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