Mine was from January 1984
I just called j & t and they gave me the info on the initial test runs 35 years later for my boat...how cool is that!
Agreed...water cooling off in the gulf now...I should have no problem until winter when I pull them to get boiled...i know i am marginal currently...
Air side, not the water side ..2 different issues
Well, between the backflush (nothing came out) and filling the system with barnacle buster for a few hours, it works great again...ran at speed...
Fiberglass job held together great...may just sand all the pipes down and put a round of fiberglass and resin on them...why reinvent the wheel?
Get slow? That will never happen...lol
Did some fiberglass/resin wraps with roven woven last night..will sand smooth tonight, make round, put another coat of resin on to fill on the...
Replacing bad...wrapped one up in fiberglass and resin tonight to get me through the summer then replace all in the winter
Thanks for the ideas...will go with wet exhaust hoses and the fiberglass elbows...only need to make 2 custom joints for the fuel coolers as they...
1983 detroit 671 ti...maybe they are bronze...original
Maybe I should have said the pipe has a brass color...I assumed it was brass
As it is very difficult to fine the thin walled brass raw water tubing, anyone ever use reinforced wet exhaust hose for your raw water side of the...
Thanks
On our 46 OY, I was trying to determine my gear ratio to figure out the approx. Pitch my 4 bladed wheels should be at...any ideas where I should...
Bottom cleaner scheduled for next week
Thermostat was good...replaced it anyways...heat exchanger to be pulled and boiled down
Will check if the backflush and acid wash doesn't work
Removed hose and locked at first screen..couple barnacle pieces and some salt residue..cleaned out with coat hanger...took her out saturday..same...
Ok...I will also remove the hose view the 1st cooler screen to make sure no issues...there is good water flow out the tail pipe
