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baby_huey

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"Any help on this would be app

"Any help on this would be appreciated. Bought the boat last fall replaced coil, condenser, distributor cap, points, plugs, wires, and it ran great this year til last week. Engine died after 1hr. @ 3500rpm run in calm lake with good load of people and luggage. Could not restart, thought it was empty tank, switched tanks, would not start. Returned next week, found two dead batteries learned they were 4 yrs old, replaced both, still no start turns nicely, but no go, used starter fluid in carb, still no go. When my co-owner was trying to get it started I noticed on the aft part of the engine block, toward's the bottom a black rubber stopper that had water oozing out of and more the engine turned, more water poured out. This rubber stopper easily pulls out and looks like it is designed with an opening in the bottom to allowing this seepage. It is just above the metal plate with the engine info. Educate this newbie, what is it, should water be pouring out? We noticed an abundance of old and spare condensers on the boat and figured we would install a electronic ignition module hoping this would solve the starting issues. I know we should check spark plugs for fire, etc, but the gushing water is worrisome. HELP!"
 
"Peter, did you notice anythin

"Peter, did you notice anything temp-wise while you were running? And the water was leaking from the block itself, or from an engine part near the block? Is it fresh water or does it have coolant in it? You'd want to isolate the source of the water, its either from the lake or your cooler. There are block off plates in the manifold, you may have rusted through one. It could also be a completely different issue from your engine not starting. Meanwhile, You should still go ahead and check for spark, make sure your coil is making contact too."
 
"Thanks emac, I learned the le

"Thanks emac, I learned the leak was from the timing view cap, after the batteries died excess water in the bilge was being caught up by the flywheel. Temp was good for the whole ride. My engine is fwc, and we found that the condenser lead wire was severed. Any idea how this happens, it must happen often, we found three spares in the glove box. Engine started right up and no more leaks once the bilge was cleared. Still trying to find an electronic ignition module for our distributor. There is a Mallory distributor, but we're told no marine Mallory's and therefore, no electronic ignition module. Any thoughts?"
 
"P.s. emac, nice boat! We have

"P.s. emac, nice boat! We have the '84 Penn Yan 26' open fisherman with brown stripe. Yours looked exactly like ours."
 
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