YM 1700 cooling questions and other things

[deepNdirt]

I know its difficult to resist dragging out the old Yanmar when there is 2" to 4" of snow on the ground maybe a little more up your way, But if you don't plan on using it trough-out the cold season ( Winter ) maybe winterizing it either drain half the water and add a full gal of 50/50 or drain it all together leaving nothing to freeze, cover the tractor with a old blanket and tarp, However! you'll have to remember of course to re-fill back come next spring ..........................
Which reminds me of a few years back when Cold winter weather came and I winterized my boat, about 2 weeks later I decided to put it up for sale, There was a young couple came out looked at it and bought it, Iexplainedd to them I had removed the fluids and had it winterized and offer to put back in all the fluids and let them test drive it but it would be a few days before I could have time to do it .... They told me they like the boat and took my word on its running condition, It was cold around the time of the sale and they didn't have me bother with doing the refill or taking the boat out, they just put it in storage and said they would take care of all thatthemselvess, come the first sign of of spring they decided to take the boat out, he filled the engine just as I told him, but he forgot about the lower foot, he calls me and tells me the boat made as noise from underneath and quit pulling and that I ripped him off, I asked him if he filled the lower unit with gear oil? Ooops! he apologized and said this was their first boat and he had forgotten about the part about refilling the lower unit, A very expensive lower foot I might add, he sure messed up a nice boat, at least the engine was still good,:thumbsup: last I heard he couldn't afford to have the lower unit repaired so he put the boat back up for sale, the moral of this story is: study your machine... be sure you know what your doing because it Could become a costly Ooops! I Know, I learned the hard way myself when I destroyed or I should say allowed a friend to destroy the Hydraulic pump on my yanmar after wrongly hooking up the hydraulic pressure lines,

 

[puresol]

Thats what I need to do and will do. Im just trying to check things out now cause come spring I will be counting on the tractor. I figure its better to work out the kinks now rather than trying to do it with 200 vegetable plants ready to plant. I got the reservoir installed tonight. I am waiting on parts, new radiator cap, then I will fire her back up and see what happens. Looking at the radiator cap thats on it its rated for 18lbs. Am I correct in thinking it should be 13lbs. Doesnt matter I have a new one coming form Hoye.

 

[clemsonfor]

25% antifreeze protects down to... 10F. But i would worry too if you get a few nights into the teens in a row, but i think the stuff really gets slushy at that temp and not solid?

 

[clemsonfor]

13 sounds right, Hoye will be right one.


DND i hate to hear about that young couple... They prolly wanted a boat so long and saved for it just to have it tear up on them, now they may never get another one?

But like you said it was his fault, and really if you cant afford to fix stuff or do it your self you dont need it, is what i say. You can buy used ones but i guess those in/out foots are not as common as the outboards i run. But seems like the price of foots has gone up!!

I had mine tear up a few years back on my small CC boat. I looked on C list and ebay. Every one i saw was going to be $300-450 shipped! Went to one local marine repair place in town here. The guy said he had one and it would be $350 (not a bad deal i thought for him to do it?) well i said how much for just the foot... $350, i said no im going to put it on, he said i know, still $350. I said why are you going to charge the same thing wether i do the work or you? His response..." casue i dont want you setting it up wrong and tearing it up and then blaming me for a bad foot, that i know is good and gaurantee it"... I said fair enough (it was his after all) so i just paid it and let him do it and that price included a water pump. I really was hoping to get away with $200 and do it my self but i budged.. and let him do it.. i wanted my boat back and did not feel like searching ebay for weeks or months to save 100 which at current prices did not look like i would anyway.


Sorry for the hijack!