Glad you got it fixed!
Sorry you had to deal with that mess.
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| Author: | ridepate [ Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
We ran around today, boat ran awesome, this was only trip #2 in the boat, after many, many hours of work. I had a belt problem first time out, smoked the alternator belt down to a shoe-string..........The pulleys felt like 60-grit. Got that fixed last week, pulled all the pulleys, cleaned and painted, no belt issues today at all................Stopped today to let the boys swim, thought "I'll look in the bilge"..........It was covered in red-fluid........pulled the P/S dip-stick-nothing-empty!!!!!! There is a cooler on the back of the motor where the low-pressure-lines circulate the fluid. It has some cheap what I call Pinch clamps, plastic, on the lines.........one was pouring..........3.00's worth of real screw-clamps later, fixed!!!!!!!! Whew............. |
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| Author: | jvthundercat [ Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
Glad you got it fixed! Sorry you had to deal with that mess.
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| Author: | ridepate [ Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
jvthundercat wrote: Glad you got it fixed! Sorry you had to deal with that mess. The mess ain't clean yet......  I'm going to go tomorrow and get a gallon of minerial-spirits and a pump-sprayer and Get-Er-Dun...................
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| Author: | ridepate [ Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
The culprit.......... While I was diving and standing on my head with a 5/16 socket ,I checked other screw-clamps.........Do yourself a favor. Go around in the compartment and check all your clamps. Most I checked needed at least three-turns, some up to five....Don't over-tighten, just snug-em-up. 
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| Author: | LouC [ Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
I saw something on another site about the difference in screw clamps, some had the slits through the band and some have the indentations in the band, the one with the indentations last longer....and check to see what they're made of, I have to use good quality stainless or else they just don't last here in salt water. BTW, I have found the clamps and fittings on my old OMC pretty high quality, I have not had to replace any clamps or even hoses, although I bought a spare set of cooling hoses since these items eventually get discontinued..... |
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| Author: | ridepate [ Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
LouC wrote: I saw something on another site about the difference in screw clamps, some had the slits through the band and some have the indentations in the band, the one with the indentations last longer....and check to see what they're made of, I have to use good quality stainless or else they just don't last here in salt water. BTW, I have found the clamps and fittings on my old OMC pretty high quality, I have not had to replace any clamps or even hoses, although I bought a spare set of cooling hoses since these items eventually get discontinued..... Good info Lou. Everything on mine are slit-bands. These plastic-clamps are on all low-pressure or vacuum-lines, on mine anyways. I'm now on a "Anti-Plastic-Clamp" campaign.....
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| Author: | Cap'n Morgan [ Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
Since you "stole" the boat, a little clean up and a couple of clamps is a small price to pay. |
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| Author: | PDACPA [ Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
How did you clean your pulley's? I was looking at mine and noticed a little corrosion from sitting since last Dec. |
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| Author: | ridepate [ Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
PDACPA wrote: How did you clean your pulley's? I was looking at mine and noticed a little corrosion from sitting since last Dec. PD, I pulled the W/P and the crank-pulleys. I did not, for obvious reasons, pull the alt or P/S pulleys. I used a angle die grinder with small 2-inch "Roloc" sanding pads. I used mostly 80 grit and then finished with a 2-inch Roloc Scotch-brite pads. Bought the kit at Harbor-Freight. Painted them with some Rustoleum black, let them dry overnight. |
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| Author: | PDACPA [ Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: P/S pump emptied it's contents into the bilge today......... |
Sounds easy enough. Wish I read this post last night when I had the belts off replacing the raw water pump. I put it all back together as we are planning on taking it out. Next time in, I will clean mine up. |
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