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Old 04-24-2013, 07:10 AM
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After changing plugs and wires in mine I look like I got into a fight with a racoon..and lost..be prepared for scrapes and bruises..Ive named my boat repeatedly while working on her but nothing the Coast Guard would find appropriate! I have TRS drives so my engines are shoved forward even more than my buddy with his Bravo drives..I have to lay my chest on hard fiberglass back seat upside down to work on em whereas he has a diamond plate platform he can stand on ..spent last season with a permanent bruise across it..and no..towels dont help much..as far as raw water pumps..I didnt find them that difficult..just pull the rear housing and replace the whole unit..IMO should be done every season since winter is brutal on the rubber impeller..dry out easily! The formula is..10 hours of work for every one hour of pleasure but to me part of the fun is doing the work and getting the reward rather than paying someone else..plus I know its done right!
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Old 04-24-2013, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by POWERPLAY J
Depends on the boat. I can stand in my bilge and work on mine. I can sit or lay on the step plates and get under them too.
X2 I have no problems reaching any of that stuff...
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Old 04-24-2013, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by DYVMASTER
After changing plugs and wires in mine I look like I got into a fight with a racoon..and lost..be prepared for scrapes and bruises..Ive named my boat repeatedly while working on her but nothing the Coast Guard would find appropriate! I have TRS drives so my engines are shoved forward even more than my buddy with his Bravo drives..I have to lay my chest on hard fiberglass back seat upside down to work on em whereas he has a diamond plate platform he can stand on ..spent last season with a permanent bruise across it..and no..towels dont help much..as far as raw water pumps..I didnt find them that difficult..just pull the rear housing and replace the whole unit..IMO should be done every season since winter is brutal on the rubber impeller..dry out easily! The formula is..10 hours of work for every one hour of pleasure but to me part of the fun is doing the work and getting the reward rather than paying someone else..plus I know its done right!
Yup, you hit it on the head about the impeller! Hence why I'm ranting this week---changed it last Spring and started the boat last weekend and no water flowing thru! This was after laying across the engine and snaking my grease gun down to the coupler grease fittings. And squirting grease everywhere cause I couldn't get it locked on the fitting!! So after throwing things and cursing a lot, I took it to my mechanic for the impeller! Just didn't feel like dealing with it this year! But normally I enjoy doing my own work. Kind of therapeutic and like you said, I know it's done and done right!
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Old 04-25-2013, 06:55 AM
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Cold beer to soothe the scrapes and a shot of Jack Daniels to ease the pain! Battle Scars!



Originally Posted by easyrider1340
it is worse - much worse!

Lots of scrapes and scratches to hands, wrists, forearms, and biceps.
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Touche.

A cold beer is never far out of reach!

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Cold beer to soothe the scrapes and a shot of Jack Daniels to ease the pain! Battle Scars!
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Originally Posted by ICDEDPPL
X2 I have no problems reaching any of that stuff...
I just got your handle, while stairing at ur avitar LMAO

nice by the way
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Invest in a GOOD set of workgloves.
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Invest in a GOOD set of workgloves.
Yes, much cheaper than two engines!
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