Swamped Engines after mooring break

[Ronnie]

@TheGriz ,

Great work/drive to get the boat back in shape. I met a person that bought a used yamaha whose cleanout plugs were epoxied in place by the previous / first owner. I assume they were concerned about having a plug blow out. Ironically, i met the new/current owner on a boat ramp only because they sucked up a tow rope and had to pull the boat out of the water to clear it.

Im Curious, why wouldn't the starboard engine fire up? How did you do to fix it?

 

[0627Devildog]

View attachment 63852 The previous owner caulked them in and they were seized up.

What an idiot. . . . Why would anyone do that? Glad you got em out.

 

[TheGriz]

Starboard engine had sand and water in the throttle bodies. Funny how engines don't like you substituting air/fuel with sand/water.

After removing the clean-out plugs, I completely disassembled them, scrubbing the insides and wire brushing all the metal parts and moving parts. I used plenty of lube on all the pivots and got everything moving smoothly. I bought rebuild kits for the plugs, replacing the lower half and seal.

The access tubes in the boat were pretty crusty too. I had to sand the sidewalls of the tubes and smooth them up to get the rebuilt plugs to slide in and out nicely. I should have taken more pictures, but it wasn't too tough. I kept one assembled for reference while working on the other.

 

[Betik]

I assume no real damage to hull from getting beached ......

 

[TheGriz]

@TheGriz ,

Great work/drive to get the boat back in shape. I met a person that bought a used yamaha whose cleanout plugs were epoxied in place by the previous / first owner. I assume they were concerned about having a plug blow out. Ironically, i met the new/current owner on a boat ramp only because they sucked up a tow rope and had to pull the boat out of the water to clear it.

Im Curious, why wouldn't the starboard engine fire up? How did you do to fix it?

You can access and remove the throttle body/fuel injection system under the airbox cover, removing it and cleaning out the sand.

 

[TheGriz]

I assume no real damage to hull from getting beached ......

Gelcoat was cracked below the drain plug, but no structural damage to the fiberglass layer. I haven't taken a picture after sanding it all smooth and polishing it. But I have one from in-progress. While at it, I went ahead and re-gelcoated about 5 feel of the keel that appears to have seen a few hundred beaches.

 

[Betik]

@TheGriz this makes me feel better about my boat.

Was it difficult to reapply the gelcoat ?

 

[swatski]

@TheGriz I'm late to the party! Very impressed how you sorted it all out. Pretty awesome.

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[TheGriz]

@TheGriz this makes me feel better about my boat.

Was it difficult to reapply the gelcoat ?

Nope. I sanded the hard edges where the gelcoat had chipped off, tapering the edge of the gelcoat back a couple inches. Then it is a matter of mixing the gelcoat paste with the hardener and painting it on in multiple layers. Sanding it all smooth with progressively finer paper.