ssmike
Boatless
NorCal
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Posted: June 16 2003,11:19 pm |
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Well,
I had my boat at the lake last week for a little tune and test....After running pretty hard, I was floating in and noticed that the water exit was blowing steam......
Here is the water pump set up:
Uh oh, likely culprit is the impeller in the water pump.
Got home and pulled the pump cover.  Of 8 vanes, 3 were still attached and 2 fell on the floor.....Crap...3 in the pump or stuck in the lines.
After taking apart the whole thing I found 1...OK, time to get serious.
Hook up the garden hose and force feed the SOB....Finally, after about 5 minutes, I can feel and hear something rattling around!!!
There they are:
And the new impeller:
Having a race boat is cool, except when you have to pull one of the seats just to access the pump...
Total project time: 2 hours, 20 mins.
Total beers consumed: only 3 (it was hot)
Edited by ssmike on June 16 2003,11:21 pm
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