Looks Great PJ! Can't wait to see pics of it in the water.

Riddle me this tho, I want to see how you fill the hydraulic pump reservoir, lol. I been eyeballing mine, and I think it's getting nervous, but since the cylinder is leaking a bit, I know I'm gonna hafta sooner or later.

Ray

makes it easier that way. You can pull the heads and pistons at the same time.

Ray

Very cool stuff. We'll talk about the 2 flatties when it comes to it Terry,  For the time being, gonna have a blast running with you at Mead on Father's day!

And if Chromey gets off his ass and figures out what he needs to get his float running......................

Ray

Just one word

WOW!

That is a piece of art!

Ray

Sand and dirt have a way of following gravity, to my thinking, you could have the block sorta plugged up on the lower side with sand and grit. Would not necessarily affect flow through the o/b dump. What you're gonna have in that situation is less water spending less time absorbing heat in the engine, and maybe not in the right places. Think physics.

The engine is still producing the same amount of heat, no matter what, but because maybe sand or whatever has settled in the bottom of the water passages, also heating up with the block, that same heat is being applied to a subsantially less volume of water. Temp goes up. I'd be worried, because water temp is just an indicator that something is wrong, meaning if something like this is happening, something else in the engine is getter FAR hotter than it should.

I'd do the hose thing, while on the trailer, just to make sure there's flow and not a simple problem. Then yeah, as Glenn said, pop  out a plug or two and see what comes out or what it looks like in there (I'd do the rearmost ones, the hardest ones to get to). A byatch, yes, but much cheaper than a new engine.

I'd also probably at home hook a hose to the outlet side (Vise grip the header hose), unhook the inlet side and sorta backflush it to see what comes out.

Just another .02 observation.

For future reference, I dunno if everyone, or anyone, does this, but I do. I pull the block drain plugs out right after I trailer the boat(s) home (hafta pull the starter on the bitch side). I don't use pet cocks, just thread tape the plugs again and put them back in. Petcocks will act as a sort of filter, but maybe I'm being anal about it, then I'll run the hose hookup through the motor with them uncorked for a few minutes. Just me.

Ray

Not gonna look silly when it's all under water, but I get it. And you'll have a blast with the diverter! The boat might only do 50 but gets thumbs up for the roost! Plus it can putter around a lot better trimmed down a bit I've found (Mines a 21 footer also, well, the one with the diverter).

Waiting on the verdict on my tax situation before I order one for the Moo boat, but it's getting one! 

Ray

When you go, you can just leave the flattie with me. I'll take care of her.

 

Ray

RJ LOVES that machine.

OMG is that funny, lol

Ray

Key board error....(CORRECTED)

76 nordic...Cool dog, bring him over so my dog can eat him

Lol what are you running over there? a Michael Vick Dog Obedience center? 

Ray

OK, here's what I have







The engine sides of the front mounts are still on the block, but there. (This is the block that I may have to have machined up for Chromey, enginedoctor, you in for this?)

Again, let me know. Lol, Apparently It's between Ralph and I as to who gets new threads in their boat, so I may need to start generating inflow to go with my outflow,  ,

Ray

Let me sober up a bit and take some pics for you. Got no clue what they're worth, so you tell me what they're worth to you. Just tryin to help a brother out.

Ray

What exactly are you looking for in trade? Might have me interested now. What's the bore size? Std?

Ray