Miss Donna 1965 Century Resorter [Enter your text here.]

After a long winter nap she is here to get a new varnish coat and checkup

5/12/2010 Looking over the boat , we found no serious problems from winter storage. We did find the port manifold spraying water at a previous repair spot. This was noticed when we fired off the motor after replacing the points and condenser. Engine cranked great and ran smooth.  Also replaced distributor cap. Boat received a new maintenance coat of varnish on the top and sides, and numbers removed from bow sides.

aft port caprail newly varnished, maintenance coat port caprail at helm new varnish maintenance coat Stbd bow view newly varnished maintenance coat

stbd caprail newly varnished, maintenance coat port manifold spraying water, better view at previous repair site port exhaust manifold spraying water, this is at the previous repair

stbd aft caprail new varnish coat port caprail at helm new varnish coat another pic port manifold spraying water

Bow view of new varnish coat port bow view of new varnish coat port view of side with new varnish coat

stbd side view aft of new maintenance varnish stbd bow view new maintenance coat of varnish stbd bow caprail new maintenance varnish

port exhaust rear  has water in it View of stbd side looking to aft with new maintenance varnish coat stbd caprail at helm showing new maintenance coat of varnish

port exhaust 3rd from rear has water port exhaust 2nd from rear has water stbd rear plug removed water flows out

stbd rear again another view of stbd rear plug hole stbd rear plug hole shows water

We found that both the manifolds were rusted through due to years of use. Both have been removed on 5/13 and new ones are on the way. Performed a water test on the engine block to see if there were any problems with the water jacket, but none showed up during the test. In process of draining oil and filter so we can run engine when new manifolds are installed and cycle what water is in the engine block and run it out. Hopefully it will only take 3 or 4 cycles to accomplish this. We are trying to maintain minimum hours for the work accomplished. It was looking bad but now we can see the real ending and it is a few days away!!!! 

above is good view of water coming out stbd rear hole

to the side , above and below are pics of the old manifolds. Note the crack in one below

below are pics of the port exhaust ports below is a port exhaust port

below is stbd rear exhaust port below is a look at the oil from the engine, lot of water below are stbd middle exhaust ports

new manifolds  arrived with all gaskets also.They came in with paint on machined areas below is a cup we use to drain oil out of engine with to keep bilge clean student training, Ben, cleaning areas where gaskets go

top end caps installed and painted and torqued side by side for color verification, guess it don't match all new fittings installed and areas painted

After oil draining and cycling engine til water was removed from the block we ran and tuned this motor. Owner arrived and was involved in the final stages of repair and checks. Assisted owner with several small projects. Boat was taken and used several times and owner appears happy with the results. This big boy of a motor purrrrs like a kitten, but roars like a lion when throttling up.