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Thanks for cutlass advice
boat is ashore we can run a hose pipe into the intake for the engine to keep it cool all I want to do is to hear it start water in the rudder - hmmmm think its wood Dylan |
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"dylan winter" wrote in message
ps.com... Thanks for cutlass advice boat is ashore we can run a hose pipe into the intake for the engine to keep it cool all I want to do is to hear it start water in the rudder - hmmmm think its wood Dylan Ah... ok. Sounds like you've got in control then... -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:51:17 -0700, dylan winter
wrote: all I want to do is to hear it start That's a mistake. You really need to see it running under heavy load to assess the cooling system and other potential issues like leakage, vibration, loose engine mounts, etc. |
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don't think bloke will let me launch it to test it under load
will have to take a chance but assume as long as it starts, runs pretty smoothly and does not seem to threaten to shake itself off the engine mounts then that is a good start D |
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On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:56:12 -0700, dylan winter
wrote: don't think bloke will let me launch it to test it under load Then find another bloke and boat, or insist on an escrow account to be used for hidden damage. |
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