Best way to Clean a PQ bilge!
02-26-2002 | 10:17 PM
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From: Bellville,Oh
Just Kidding around guys! It is so nice having all that room in there to move around and get to all the areas that are impossible to reach when they are in place.
Yes I pull my own. A great friend of mine has a marine service business. I do all the prep work (about two hours) then take the boat to his shop we hook up a chain on a tow motor fork and there out in about a hour(would be sooner but have to remove the stuff I miss).
Yes I pull my own. A great friend of mine has a marine service business. I do all the prep work (about two hours) then take the boat to his shop we hook up a chain on a tow motor fork and there out in about a hour(would be sooner but have to remove the stuff I miss).
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02-27-2002 | 08:58 AM
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Ray,
The motivation came from you! No way was I going to stare at your transom!
Now the real reason: I have to change my valve springs the springs I have now have and are causing lifter failure. Sooo I thought I'd better go through both of the top ends. Since I'm doing this I thought I'd send the heads out for port and polish plus a slight compression increase. With the change in the head flow this will also allow me to go to a different cam. Looking for a practical 30 to 40 HP a motor. Hoping for 50 to 60. So I guess I'll still be behind you
I can just barely sqeeze 80mph out of it right now. With above changes I think it will make it a lot easier to hit that number and increase my cruising range.
The other reason for this is to get rid of the junk motor mounts that I have now. They are the rubber mounted adjustable Merc mounts that have no business in my bilge (have replaced three times). One time I was going on plane and had a motor fall over onto the Alt bracket.
I will also install a extra bilge pump near the drain plug (the factory pumps are huge and effective but too far forward). The final item on my list is Hydraulic steering to the helm. I have wanted to do this since the day I bought the boat but knew it would be best to wait till the motors were out.
Sooo my minor valve spring change has become a expensive deal but should end up a nice turn key convienence for me.
The motivation came from you! No way was I going to stare at your transom!
Now the real reason: I have to change my valve springs the springs I have now have and are causing lifter failure. Sooo I thought I'd better go through both of the top ends. Since I'm doing this I thought I'd send the heads out for port and polish plus a slight compression increase. With the change in the head flow this will also allow me to go to a different cam. Looking for a practical 30 to 40 HP a motor. Hoping for 50 to 60. So I guess I'll still be behind you
I can just barely sqeeze 80mph out of it right now. With above changes I think it will make it a lot easier to hit that number and increase my cruising range.The other reason for this is to get rid of the junk motor mounts that I have now. They are the rubber mounted adjustable Merc mounts that have no business in my bilge (have replaced three times). One time I was going on plane and had a motor fall over onto the Alt bracket.
I will also install a extra bilge pump near the drain plug (the factory pumps are huge and effective but too far forward). The final item on my list is Hydraulic steering to the helm. I have wanted to do this since the day I bought the boat but knew it would be best to wait till the motors were out.Sooo my minor valve spring change has become a expensive deal but should end up a nice turn key convienence for me.
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