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| Revitalizing a P-60 after immersion |
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David Blakey
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Username: catboater
Post Number: 17
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 09:17 am: | 
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My boat sank (!)in the recent nor'easter we had here a week ago. She's back afloat now; my concern is in getting my P-60 going again after having been immersed in brackish water for three days.
To date I have removed the water/oil mix from the oil sump and replaced with fresh oil, turning the motor over several times by hand to lube the internal working parts. Oil filter was replaced. The oil in the reduction gearbox has been replaced with fresh. I know I will need to purge/clean the entire fuel system -tank, hoses, filters, etc. I plan to take the carb apart to get all the water out of it.
What about the electrical accessories? I would assume they are all toast and need to be replaced, but does anyone know differently? I've removed the starter and alternator and plan to take them to a rebuild shop. What about the voltage regulator? Electric fuel pump? Ignition coil? The plugs, points, and condenser were due for replacement, which I'll do as part of this process.
Anything else I'm missing that needs to be done? As always, thanks for your help. |
Sid Smith, SMithcorp Marine Service
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| | Posted on Monday, December 28, 2009 - 10:35 pm: |
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Sounds like you have covered all the bases there.
Fuel Pump and coil will probably be ok....you need to look closely at ALL electrical connections.....Voltage regulator is probably toast. |
David Blakey
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Username: catboater
Post Number: 21
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 01:01 pm: |
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To close the loop on this post, now that I have the engine running again, I thought I'd post a summary in case anybody else has to go through this.
As it turns out, the main issues related to the sinking were with the electrical accessories and the carburetor. I had the alternator and starter rebuilt. The alternator rebuild included a new voltage regulator. I disassembled the carb and cleaned it out-lots of powdery residue in the bowl. I replaced the fuel pump, although in retrospect I think the pump may have been faulty before the sinking. The ignition coil still works fine. The rotating parts in the distributor were frozen up and required attention. The flyweights in particular were difficult to get freed up, but persistence paid off there. As per the original post, I emptied and cleaned the whole fuel system - tank, lines and filter.
This engine has never run exactly right for me and still doesn't run perfectly, but she's no worse than before the sinking. She starts easily and runs mostly OK. I appear to have escaped without any damage to the main bearings. She doesn't make full power, but I'm trouble-shooting the common causes for that and expect to eventually get it resolved. She's at least useable and makes sufficient power to get my sailboat in and out of the slip, which is all I really need.
The big lesson for me in all this was that, once I got past the initial "Oh @%^*" moment, it didn't really take that much work or money to get the engine going again. I spent maybe $275, most of which were for the starter and alternfator rebuilds. That didn't include the cost of the oil change, basic tune-up parts, and the fuel filter, which are routine maintenance items and needed replacing anyway. |
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