I can't remember if I mentioned to y'all but when we took the boat out for the first run of the season a few weekends ago, it overheated. Since I wasn't paying attention to the temp gauge, it overheated badly.
Turned out to be a faulty water impeller (the one in the stern drive), but we also discovered the engine thermostat had been removed. The previous owner must've removed it to "solve" a problem and never replaced it. That's not real good. So, over the last few weeks, I've replaced the water pump, installed a new thermostat, and replaced my tach and fuel gauges which were not working. Also installed a new cigarette lighter (power outlet, really) for plugging in phones and stuff. Hoping to go to the lake again on Saturday for "Test Run #2". The Corps web site says the water temp is up to 64 degrees... that's down by the dam where the water is quite deep, I think the rest of the lake is a bit warmer, as 3 weekends ago when I was out there, I waded in up to my shorts and the water felt pretty nice.. had I been wearing a swim suit I would've had no problem swimming. Of course, I grew up on a lake in Michigan, and "summer" starts memorial day weekend and we were lucky if the lake water was 60 degrees by then. -- Rick Root New Brian Vander Ark Album, songs in the music player and cool behind the scenes video at www.myspace.com/brianvanderark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259789 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
