Fresh water wash
bill payne (bilpayne@gte.net)
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 15:27:51 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Geoff!
Sorry, I dumped your new address.
Anyway, you asked about salt water in your engine. In Japan we do not
clean our engines - of course, the boat is moored in salt water...
However, here I'm rinsing my motor. I bought a second plastic garbage can
(30 Gal?) and put a 5 gal plastic paint can inside it. (When the motor is
running it has a tendancy to bounce about in the can, so I put it in the 5
gallon can inside the bigger can to protect the bigger can.) Fill both
cans over the lip of the 5 gallon can, put the motor in and run it as long
as you like. After our last venture, I removed the prop and this cut the
water action considerably. Eventually I'll build some sort of stand on
which to rest the motor. At present I just stand there and hold it.
There are heavy duty plastic bags that fit under the motor and strap over
it (like a feed bag for a horse). I've seen them at boat shows.
Bill
Pilgrim