Yamaha - Clean out ports <handles missing>

[Liftr]

Ouch.
I think you are going to have use a drill to put as many perforations as you can, and use a chisel to chip out the edges.

 

[djetok]

Everyone - Thank you for your input so far. Attached please find photos of both the Left and Right Ports. I have my fingers crossed that you will be able to help me with a "game plan" to get me ready for the season.

scoring around the plug and then knock it out. Then lots of sanding
I would be looking for the tubes as well, that might be a big job though. There might be someone here that buys boats off of co part that has a spare.

 

[Scottintexas]

W0W !!!

Does your boat run ok as is? if so if you know your not going to be somewhere with a bad debris problem I would probably keep using the boat but just be extra cautious of ropes/debris in the water,
just spit balling some ideas,

What does the bottom of the plug look like, a view from underneath?

I think you may be better off removing your cleanout hatch cover and exposing the rubber tubes the plugs sit in to see if they are damaged also and it will give you more room work, you may be able to hit them from the side to break them free,

The tubes are glued onto the metal pumps very securely so removing them probably means getting a new rubber tube,


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[SA Abbott]

The boat runs well but my issue is sea weed and I really would like to clean out instead of jumping in the water. It looks like that I would have to remove and replace 2-6-7 and 10. Should not be too difficult. Thank you for the detail and any further comments are greatly appreciated.

 

[djetok]

The boat runs well but my issue is sea weed and I really would like to clean out instead of jumping in the water. It looks like that I would have to remove and replace 2-6-7 and 10. Should not be too difficult. Thank you for the detail and any further comments are greatly appreciated.

I would replace as well. @Scottintexas could post the link to the diagram that would help.

 

[Evil Sports]

Not religious at all but Im praying for you on this one.

 

[SA Abbott]

Not religious at all but Im praying for you on this one.

Do you not think is is wise to replace?

 

[Julian]

As others have said, this is a total mess! I've never seen anything like this. I would leave it alone unless you are DEAD SET on getting them back into working order! (would love to meet the idiot that did this to this poor boat!).

Here is the full description of how to clear your intakes without getting in the water.

https://jetboaters.net/threads/easy-way-to-clean-debris-out-of-your-jet-pump-without-pulling-plugs-or-going-in-the-water.16/

This works pretty well, but isn't totally successful with the lovely Florida Sargassum weed that his all over the place down there. Can you take some photos of what the intakes look like where the plugs are viewable from underneath. This is not the same pump as yours...but similar....I'm curious how flush that plug is inside the intake....I fear is will be as big a mess underneath as above...but hopefully not!

 

[SA Abbott]

I take some photos later this week. Thank you for all your help.

 

[MidnightRider]

The boat runs well but my issue is sea weed and I really would like to clean out instead of jumping in the water. It looks like that I would have to remove and replace 2-6-7 and 10. Should not be too difficult. Thank you for the detail and any further comments are greatly appreciated.

No, 2-6-7 are just the rubber tubes going down to the pump tunnel that the plugs are stuck in. As someone mentioned removing 2-6-7 (and 4) will likely give you better access to get down there but what you need to work on/fix/replace is below those parts. I haven't seen the tunnel as something you can purchase and replacing it is going to be a huge evolved job I'm afraid. You are better off trying to cut them out and then sand the casings down or something along those lines. At least that would be my first attack if you can't live with them always in.

 

[Evil Sports]

Im not the most handy guy so thats not a project I would attempt without one of the jet masters of this site at my side.

 

[Julian]

I take some photos later this week. Thank you for all your help.

My biggest concern about getting these out is how much of the boat you'll end up having to replace to make this happen! The plugs seat into a cast aluminum base that is sealed to the bottom of the boat in the intake tunnel. I can't even find this part in the parts catalog and have never seen or heard of anyone replacing one! My fear is the idiot that did this melted the intake tunnel so even if you did end up carving the plug out, a new plug ($215 each) would not fit into what would remain. If it isn't melted but glued, the same issue will apply....can you get enough of the glue out to allow a new set of plugs to seat properly and not leak air through. These have to seal well, otherwise you end up with air being pulled into the intake and this causes cavitation. (this is likely what the original person was trying to solve, and rather than buy the rebuild kit for the bottom half of the plugs, they went ape shit on them in some crazy cheap nutso fashion).

 

[Scottintexas]

Sadly I don't have much experience with torches @Cobra Jet Steering LLC , if these were melted with a torch do you think that would have damaged the metal housing/plug latch points (is it aluminum?)

I would have thought to be hot enough to damage the housing it would have disintegrated the plastic plugs/rubber tubes

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[the MfM]

If I was going to remove those I’d take a 4” hole saw and try to cut down through them. I don’t think it would be too hard to get through them. And then carefully chisel them out

But once you do that the boat is unusable till you fix everything that you find. I’d probably leave them alone.

 

[Ancient canoe]

I'd reach out to the original owner and see what he did. Maybe it looks worse than it is, but if he did go as medieval as it looks he probably damaged beyond repair.

 

[tabbibus]

I'd reach out to the original owner and see what he did. Maybe it looks worse than it is, but if he did go as medieval as it looks he probably damaged beyond repair.

best answer so far. Try to find out exactly what was done!

 

[Beachbummer]

This looks like a good winter project. This is too close to the season to risk, in my opinion.

I'm concerned some of the foaming looks like a glue. With time I'm sure the plastic comes off with a big round drill bit, and the remainder with a metal brush on a power drill.

The mechanism of the plug may also be engaged, so that has to get released before the plug comes off.

 

[Dean P]

This looks like a good winter project. This is too close to the season to risk, in my opinion.

No such thing in Florida.

 

[the MfM]

No such thing in Florida.

*red tide project.

 

[Beachbummer]

Sorry, my mistake. I forgot most of Florida is that close to the tropics!!! Wow, quite risky then.I think the aluminum piece around the plug ought to be OK.. worst case, glue back a similar contraption and end up no worse than it is now. Still might be better to lose a weekend in January than one in May.