As noted in earlier, LITHA had been having an annoying habit of overheating everytime she came into (or left) port at near idle speed. Once up on jacks, a cooling system inspection was in order.
How else would anyone prefer to spend their 2018 Christmas to New Years holiday break anyway?
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First
up, let's change out the impellor as they are always suspect..
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Came out easily enough. Shame it doesn't look
any more worn,
but it's best to
put a new one in I hear...
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Boy, the new ones are a real fight to get
in, even with the lube provided! |
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| Finally! Doesn't that look better $!$ |
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| Found a perfect spot to benchtest the flow with a garden hose after wrestling this guy out from behind the engine. Even had a sunny day! |
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Looks pretty clean to me, but I'll run a wire through each available tube and confirm it comes out clean given taking the end cap off after all these years appears impossible....
Oh well, nothing like performing a labor intensive inspection only to conclude that you really did not find anything terribly suspect.
Let's put it all back together and go for the $thermostats$ next given Bassam mentioned they went bad on his HR a year ago and their changeout brought all his temperatures back to normal.
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| Uh oh, gotta keep the old & new parts straight! |
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| There, I think that's how they fit back together |
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| My, don't they look good! Can't wait til spring to try them out! |
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