On Jul 15, 8:38*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:39:05 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Jul 15, 7:31*pm, "mmc" wrote:
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On Jul 15, 10:26 am, "Harold" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

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On Jul 15, 9:11 am, "Harold" wrote:

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OK, so while I have the boat out in the sunlight and have the back
panel off to look for anything that myight need repairs, I noticed
that the previous owner muust have left water in the left exhaust
manifold and it froze and cracked. They have generous globs of JB Weld
over them and it held well, However I noticed that there is a bottom
crack where it seems the JB weld has cracked loose and I can see a bit
of rust.

Due to aftermarke, the price of a lot of these items has really come
down to being reasonable. I probably ought to change out the manifold
but it's a real bugger to take of where it sits. So, I'm going to chip
away at the repair to see how sound it is.

this isn't a presurized system so there's not any steam build up.. And
the repair looks like it's held for quite a while, but is starting to
fail.

Does anyone know of a better smear on product to seal the crack? Or
should I jsut bite it and buy a new manifold?

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Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Running around a lake where you don't
have far to go to shore is one thing, being out on the Ohio River is
totally another.

Bit still. It wouldn't hurt to have a tube of 'something' on board to
try to make a quick fix if necessary.

It wouldn't hurt to carry some JB Weld and Marine Tex in your on board
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Those are on the check list...
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Maybe a couple of oversized hose clamps and a hunk of gasket material?

I ahve an old car innertube folded up and tied. It fits in a small
space. Yes, either a person could use it for a float device (air
compressor on board) or with a box knife it can make some temporary
but ready gaskets.

A beer box makes a pretty good gasket

True, but it doesn't wrap low pressure hoses very well, or at least I
dont' think they do.

Hmm, that reminds me

Duct Tape!