john hennessy
Cadet
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- Oct 23, 2013
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Re: overheating
Chris,
i refer you back to my post #12,
it explains that the word circulating was the clue as you have stated above.
the three diagrams explain the options available to me and again in #12 i had made the descision to use the Barr thermostat housing and plumb it as per your diagram, but your diagram makes it clear how the water will flow through the engine in each option should this question arrise again which it almost certainly will due to the diminished supply of mercruiser parts for this engine and people turning to the aftermarket for alternatives.
here in the states there are many of these pre-alpha drives, especially in the south west, my particular engine/drive/boat originally started life in the U.K., i was inflicted with this boat in 1993, with the engine in poor state and the drive in even poorer shape.
i was moving to the U.S.A. Texas in fact and used it to transport, on a trailer all of my tools from England, i then moved to San Diego California a year later, i did not do anything with it apart from storage.
i returned to england at the end of 93 but left it in storage, it wasn't until 2000 that i re-captured it when i returned to the states in Arizona, but alas, i moved again to Florida, it carried out the same transport duties for that trip and the return to Arizona five years later.
this year is the 40th. aniversary of it's production and the 20th. aniversary of me owning it, so i thought it was time to get stuck in to it.
when i have completed the modifications i will post some pictures of same for reference.
i have still to paint the upper hull and do the interior before i can move on to my next project, since i have been in Arizona, 7 years, i have built a 1700 sq.ft. workshop, then a 1350 sq.ft. house, a sports car of my own design and the boat, all without the help of others, you can view my car on Locostusa.com.
i guess it's summertime in W.A. now, is it good boating weather or like summer here, TOO DARN HOT.
regards, John
Chris,
i refer you back to my post #12,
it explains that the word circulating was the clue as you have stated above.
the three diagrams explain the options available to me and again in #12 i had made the descision to use the Barr thermostat housing and plumb it as per your diagram, but your diagram makes it clear how the water will flow through the engine in each option should this question arrise again which it almost certainly will due to the diminished supply of mercruiser parts for this engine and people turning to the aftermarket for alternatives.
here in the states there are many of these pre-alpha drives, especially in the south west, my particular engine/drive/boat originally started life in the U.K., i was inflicted with this boat in 1993, with the engine in poor state and the drive in even poorer shape.
i was moving to the U.S.A. Texas in fact and used it to transport, on a trailer all of my tools from England, i then moved to San Diego California a year later, i did not do anything with it apart from storage.
i returned to england at the end of 93 but left it in storage, it wasn't until 2000 that i re-captured it when i returned to the states in Arizona, but alas, i moved again to Florida, it carried out the same transport duties for that trip and the return to Arizona five years later.
this year is the 40th. aniversary of it's production and the 20th. aniversary of me owning it, so i thought it was time to get stuck in to it.
when i have completed the modifications i will post some pictures of same for reference.
i have still to paint the upper hull and do the interior before i can move on to my next project, since i have been in Arizona, 7 years, i have built a 1700 sq.ft. workshop, then a 1350 sq.ft. house, a sports car of my own design and the boat, all without the help of others, you can view my car on Locostusa.com.
i guess it's summertime in W.A. now, is it good boating weather or like summer here, TOO DARN HOT.
regards, John
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It just means longer in the water 