mrsrobinson
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All great suggestions and thank you. The marina absolutely will not let anybody on the dock unless they check in with them first, and show them insurance and a contractor's license. And they have to check in every day they're on the boat, if it's consecutive days. I shared that my girlfriend's brother-in-law who used to be a caterpillar mechanic helped me and they were annoyed with that.
There's no Marina around here who's going to let me move the boat temporarily there and have a mechanic work on it, good suggestion though. If you're suggesting taking the boat to a marina that has a diesel service shop to let them work on it, good idea, but there's only two in this area. Both said they will not work on my boat unless I'm a slip holder.
I'm also not comfortable moving the boat at this point, at least anything above idle speed, and then who knows what could happen once out on the water with the overheating.
My strategy to date has been to chase and clean things in order from the seacock to the raw water pump to the exhaust. Do one, take the boat out to test, if still overheating move on to the next one. I appreciate those who would tear everything off and clean them, I don't have time for that right now, plus I'm still learning all of this, but it may ultimately be that in the end.
Nothing would make me happier at this point then to write a check to have this work done, so I can start using the boat on the weekends.
There's no Marina around here who's going to let me move the boat temporarily there and have a mechanic work on it, good suggestion though. If you're suggesting taking the boat to a marina that has a diesel service shop to let them work on it, good idea, but there's only two in this area. Both said they will not work on my boat unless I'm a slip holder.
I'm also not comfortable moving the boat at this point, at least anything above idle speed, and then who knows what could happen once out on the water with the overheating.
My strategy to date has been to chase and clean things in order from the seacock to the raw water pump to the exhaust. Do one, take the boat out to test, if still overheating move on to the next one. I appreciate those who would tear everything off and clean them, I don't have time for that right now, plus I'm still learning all of this, but it may ultimately be that in the end.
Nothing would make me happier at this point then to write a check to have this work done, so I can start using the boat on the weekends.
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