Hi Dwight- On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:13 PM, dwight veinot <dwight...@gmail.com> wrote:
> David > > I can't remember if your engine is raw water cooled or not. If it is raw > water cooled you have to get it hot enough for the thermostat to open in > order to get the antifreeze mix around the block. It is fresh water cooled. > > In either case, your muffler should be protected and not require draining and > if your pump impellor is surrouned by the antifreeze mixture I think the > ethylene glycol is just as good as vegetable oil: I use that same mixture to > winterize my electric marine toilet too. I was not too worried but have always wondered how you drain a muffler. > > It's about an hour of frustrating work to remove the impellor from my > Sherwood pump, that's another reason why I have not changed it in the last 5 > years. I took mine apart last weekend and spent a few minutes trying to get the impeller off and gave up for lack of time. A number of the blades were somewhat bent so I thought it was worth replacing. So how do you get it off? Dave > > > > Dwight Veinot > Alianna > C&C 35 MKII > Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:19 PM, David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wanted to report back on my winterizing efforts last weekend. I went ahead > with my plan and purchased 15’ of 5/8” tygon tubing and a funnel. I pushed > that into the intake port on the outside of the hull and then ran it up to > the deck. There I prefilled the tubuing iwth the funnel and then put the end > into a bucket with 2 gallons of antifreeze. I then started up the engine and > watched as it sucked the antifeeze through the engine. It leaked a bit > around the intake port, but not enough to matter. I am very happy with this > procedure since I can do it myself and I am on deck throughout the entire > process watching the engine temp and fluid levels and does not require me to > add a T to the intake port. > My only concern now is that some info I read indicated the muffler should be > drained. I have no idea how to do that. I presume the muffler is the large > black cylinder behind the engine. I can see no drain port on any visible > side. Dave > . > > > David Knecht > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > <pastedGraphic.tiff> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com David Knecht, Ph.D. Professor and Head of Microscopy Facility Department of Molecular and Cell Biology U-3125 91 N. Eagleville Rd. University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 860-486-2200 860-486-4331 (fax)
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