boatman37
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- Jun 6, 2015
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- Boat Info
- 2006 Crownline 250CR. 5.7 Merc BIII
Previous: 1986 Sea Ray 250 Sundancer. 260 Merc Alpha 1 Gen 1
- Engines
- 5.7 Merc BIII
pulled my 1986 sundancer 250 yesterday. brought it home and drained everything (260 merc alpha 1 gen 1).
i pulled both lower block drain plugs and both manifold drain plugs. also pulled the large hose on the water pump starboard side and both hoses off the bottom of the manifolds. also pulled the hose off the p/s cooler. this was all referenced in the original factory manual for my boat. i have not done anything to the outdrive yet but will be working on it today. for now my only plan is to lower the drive to make sure it is drained then next weekend change the drive oil but i still need to buy the oil and the pump. the engine oil was recently changed and only about 7 hours on it so i was planning to leave it alone.
drained my fresh water tank too. i have not blown out any lines anywhere yet and still need to get the bilge drained. my driveway is uphill so having trouble getting the front of the boat high enough. may just shop vac it out for now if i have to.
i also plan to bring the batteries in the garage and keep them on a maintenance charger
am i missing anything? anything i should do different or add to the list. i have read lots of horror stories of cracked engines that were improperly winterized. this seems to easy to screw up so far? i thought it was a huge deal and had planned to have it done professionally but we were supposed to hit about 30* here last night so decided to at least do what i could myself first then take it to the shop later but if this is all there is to it then i'll save the $$$ and do it myself from now on
FWIW-i spoke to the PO last night (he bought the boat new) and always winterized it himself. i told him what i had done and he said thats all he ever did and that i should be good. just want to be safe. a cracked block would not be a good way to start our second year boating
i pulled both lower block drain plugs and both manifold drain plugs. also pulled the large hose on the water pump starboard side and both hoses off the bottom of the manifolds. also pulled the hose off the p/s cooler. this was all referenced in the original factory manual for my boat. i have not done anything to the outdrive yet but will be working on it today. for now my only plan is to lower the drive to make sure it is drained then next weekend change the drive oil but i still need to buy the oil and the pump. the engine oil was recently changed and only about 7 hours on it so i was planning to leave it alone.
drained my fresh water tank too. i have not blown out any lines anywhere yet and still need to get the bilge drained. my driveway is uphill so having trouble getting the front of the boat high enough. may just shop vac it out for now if i have to.
i also plan to bring the batteries in the garage and keep them on a maintenance charger
am i missing anything? anything i should do different or add to the list. i have read lots of horror stories of cracked engines that were improperly winterized. this seems to easy to screw up so far? i thought it was a huge deal and had planned to have it done professionally but we were supposed to hit about 30* here last night so decided to at least do what i could myself first then take it to the shop later but if this is all there is to it then i'll save the $$$ and do it myself from now on
FWIW-i spoke to the PO last night (he bought the boat new) and always winterized it himself. i told him what i had done and he said thats all he ever did and that i should be good. just want to be safe. a cracked block would not be a good way to start our second year boating