- Joined
- Apr 15, 2008
- Messages
- 13,731
- Location
- California Delta
- Vessel Name
- FlyWright
- Vessel Make
- 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
I assume the engine does not have a small screw plug for the water chamber below the water pump as a Yamaha does, thus making it impossible to use a screw-in hose adapter?
Al, they used to make a 'Backflusher' which actually connected to the pee hole and you back flushed the motor with just water pressure. You could not run the motor when doing this so not sure how effective it was. I seem to remember them saying the pressure overcame the spring on the thermostat so did flush top end down. I will Google and see what I can find later today.
No, I have no fitting on the motor to accept a flush hose. That would be an improvement. I'll keep looking for a suitable alternative. Maybe I can fashion some sort of bracket to allow me to position the cup on the intake and clamp over the aft portion of the anti-cav plate.
Maybe I should remove the whale tail and test the dink performance. Those are usually used when the dink is underpowered to help with planing. My 9.5 ft dink is anything but underpowered. If it's not needed, I could use a standard flush accessory.