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On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:39:47 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 9, 6:42 pm, "mmc" wrote:
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On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:50:35 -0400, "mmc" wrote:

Anchored off to the side of the canal leading out to the Banana River
and
immediately a young couple offered a tow.

I would have left you there. :)

Ha! thanks..



So, my new plan is to flush EVERY DAMN TIME I use the motor in salt
water
like I know I'm supposed to and do a periodic vinagar rinse.

Well that's unique - vinegar huh? Makes sense, but I've never heard
about that trick.

I'll be honest and admit I read online about using vinager or phosphoric
acid. I opted for the vinager since I know it's a real mild acid and
didn't
have to wory about anything too strong. Online advice seems to come
without
any warrentees.



Nice trouble shooting job, although if it had been me, I'd probably
have replaced the parts anyway and bought some new spares. In
particular where it obviously had sucked sand at some point.

But that's me. A fiscal New England conservative I ain't when it
comes to boats.

The metal parts looked fine after I cleaned them up. How often does a
thermostat like these go bad? By the time I need to do this again, I'll
probably have lost my "spares" or forgot about them anyway. I like to
pretend I'm saving money with stuff like this.

You can test your thermostat with a pan of water. Heat the water on
the stove until it reaches the operating temp of the thermostat and
see if it opens.


The failures I have seen were more of the broken part variety. The
part with the thin metal bail breaks (corrodes away) and the
thermostat can't open.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Bad%20therrmostat.jpg

I have never seen a pellet stop working unless the whole mechanism was
a ball of crud. Even then, if you cleaned it, the pellet was still
working.

The thermostat for this little motor is a handfull of parts
(http://www.crowleymarine.com/brp_par...rams/20442.cfm (good site for
IPBs on a lot of motors)). I guess the "vernatherm assembly" could go bad,
but with the exception of the rubber diaphram the rest is pretty solid. I
know springs can lose tension over time but I'll hold onto the rest as
spares. The old springs looked to be the same length as the new.