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Whats the deal with the little blown mouse :confused: I saw that you washed a cylinder or something. That sucks, at least I don't have to pull my motor to fix my little problem, just get off four grand :( So much for that 120 mph run at the Parade of Lights.
Craig
Yea Craig, thats what I am guessing. I had a stuck float and dumped about a quart or so of gas down the motor. I figure it washed the cylinders cause the oil pan is about a quart + too full and smells like 105 racing gas :mad: It laid down on me agian right after I got the float unstuck and ran it up on plane. I figured it was stuck again and just put it on the trailer. Didn't find it until I was winterizing 2 weeks ago. Compression is all over the map
#1=120psi, #2=150psi, #3=110psi, #4=120psi, #5=20psi(no thats not a typo Twenty) #6=60psi, #7=110psi, #8=120psi.
Pulling it out this weekend. :( See what I am up against. I am getting it down to about an hour from full running to on the engine stand. :confused:
Anybody know of a STOCK 500HP EFI complete for sale?
Bummer Tee, I feel for ya. Mine's on the stand right now too, but apparently no damage. I will throw the heads and pan back on this weekend, add a pressure relief valve in the cooling system, put it all back together and try again. Keeping my fingers crossed for no more water in the oil... I hope yours is just a simple freshen up rings/bearings deal, i.e. no big parts broken.
-brian
craig/brian, how are you guys getting the motors out of your cats? i could take mine to work and pull it with a forklift but it would still be a mother getting it down from my truck.... :mad: i would realy hate to have my marbles hang any lower from lifting that weight, so let me know what ya do... sean
[ November 18, 2002, 05:00 PM: Message edited by: pleasantcat ]
Pleasantcat,
I have a 2" pipe up in the rafters of my garage that spans 6 of them. Then a comealong centered up there is all I use to get it out and on an engine stand. Been doing that way for years. (7 of them) and it's never been a problem.
Hope that helps. --------- T
I used to use a cherry picker with the Cheetah. The Magic is too tall so I unbolted everything and took it down to Magic and paid them 65 bucks to pull it out and drop it in the back of my truck for me. I still use the cherry picker to get the heavy stuff in/out of the truck and move it around the garage. I'm about ready to drop it back in the boat so there goes another 65 bucks! I really need to come up with something like Troy is talking about but it will involve cutting a big hole in the ceiling... Something tells me that won't go over well with my better half! I would probably use a chain fall instead of the come along though.
-brian
[ November 18, 2002, 10:01 PM: Message edited by: DogHouse ]
Sean, you could get yours out with a cherry picker. I have one if you need to borrow it. We've pulled the motor from Tonys 27' Baja "a couple of times" like this. Brian are you sure a picker wouldn't work on yours? How tall is your transom form top to the ground? Granted Tonys only cleared by an inch or two, but it cleared :D
Craig
Damn Craig, you get up too early!
The top of the transom is about 66 inches from the ground. If I put the picker on blocks it might be tall enough, but I also have the swim step to worry about so length becomes an issue as well as height. I'll do a little more measuring before I give up.
-brian
Yeah, that clocks about an hour off though, it really wasn't THAT early :D I have to leave the house at 5 AM. I'll see what Tony's boat measures. He also has a pretty good swim platform on his boat.