"Just came home from a very su
"Just came home from a very successful session of manifold removal. I removed the manifolds, risers and collectors on two 270hp crusaders. The manifolds are raw water cooled and have been on the engines for 9 years. Believe it or not they came off with very little effort, almost like they were put on just last week. Goes to show just how important it is to use a good anti seize. I know the company that did the work 9 years ago so I was certain that they had done it right, and it turns out they did. I also took both heat exchangers off as well, to do some clean up on them. The removal took me 5 hrs, now I have a couple of days of clean up to get the engines and engine compartment cleaned up. I don’t know how old the water pumps are on the engines, but if they are not too expensive I might change those as well while there is plenty of room to work. Just wanted to share my good fortune with the group, I hope the rest of the project goes as smooth."
"Just came home from a very successful session of manifold removal. I removed the manifolds, risers and collectors on two 270hp crusaders. The manifolds are raw water cooled and have been on the engines for 9 years. Believe it or not they came off with very little effort, almost like they were put on just last week. Goes to show just how important it is to use a good anti seize. I know the company that did the work 9 years ago so I was certain that they had done it right, and it turns out they did. I also took both heat exchangers off as well, to do some clean up on them. The removal took me 5 hrs, now I have a couple of days of clean up to get the engines and engine compartment cleaned up. I don’t know how old the water pumps are on the engines, but if they are not too expensive I might change those as well while there is plenty of room to work. Just wanted to share my good fortune with the group, I hope the rest of the project goes as smooth."
