natrlister
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"I feal sick..... I hope you c
"I feal sick..... I hope you can help me. Yesterday my 14.5 ft aluminum v-hull with 40 hp mercury sunk at the dock. The transom is beefed up and supported in the corners to handle the motor, and it has a center console so my weight was not in the very back. I had about .25 of the boat up on the trailer, when a 2-3 ft wave came over the transom and pulled her back into the water. In 5 seconds boat motor and all sunk to the bottom. The last thing I did before the electric went out was raise the motor up about a third of the way. I think the motor was running until the water choked it out although I had the quick shut off line attached to my belt loop and that may have shut it off before it went under. I hooked up the trailer strap and pulled the boat out, scrapping the bottom, then bailed the water out and pushed it back in and floated it.I hand cranked it onto the trailer. There is no damage to the boat from dragging it on the concrete ramp. But the motor was under for about 30 minutes. What do I do to salvage the motor? So far I rinsed the outside down with fresh water, removed the spark plugs but couldn't tell if there was water in the cylinders. I turned the engine over a few times to try and remove any water if there was some, lightly sprayed WD40 on the electrical connections, and have the cowling off to help it dry out. I'm affraid to try to start it with everything being wet and not knowing what to do.
Thanks,
Natrlister"
"I feal sick..... I hope you can help me. Yesterday my 14.5 ft aluminum v-hull with 40 hp mercury sunk at the dock. The transom is beefed up and supported in the corners to handle the motor, and it has a center console so my weight was not in the very back. I had about .25 of the boat up on the trailer, when a 2-3 ft wave came over the transom and pulled her back into the water. In 5 seconds boat motor and all sunk to the bottom. The last thing I did before the electric went out was raise the motor up about a third of the way. I think the motor was running until the water choked it out although I had the quick shut off line attached to my belt loop and that may have shut it off before it went under. I hooked up the trailer strap and pulled the boat out, scrapping the bottom, then bailed the water out and pushed it back in and floated it.I hand cranked it onto the trailer. There is no damage to the boat from dragging it on the concrete ramp. But the motor was under for about 30 minutes. What do I do to salvage the motor? So far I rinsed the outside down with fresh water, removed the spark plugs but couldn't tell if there was water in the cylinders. I turned the engine over a few times to try and remove any water if there was some, lightly sprayed WD40 on the electrical connections, and have the cowling off to help it dry out. I'm affraid to try to start it with everything being wet and not knowing what to do.
Thanks,
Natrlister"