Cooling System Warning Alarm

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BM - is the lower cowl off?

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thoughts?

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Don't know smelly, hows about you put the gasketts on plungers then springs in to the power head.

Then hold the springs back by placing placing something like steel rule from under the peice you took off, the peice of cowl you can't take off should retain the springs and not be in the way until your ready to slide them out from underneath. you may need two steel rules, one each spring.

Give it a couple of dry runs see how you go.

Go and get some beer mate this job requires booze.

By the way nice bloody boat, I was imagining a bit of a junker, but nup very nice rig.

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Does the thermostat housing recess the springs, so they don't drop out.. So then you try holding it all together in the housing cover.

Line the springs up with the holes cause they be that long, and slowly feed the springs in while putting the thermostat cover in to position.

I know you only have two hands, and probably fat fingers but it helps if you have the bolts close by one hand to hold the cover and the other to place the bolts in.

The wife will have smaller more dexterouse fingers, you might have to call in a favour.

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G'day GUTS.

DOne it!

I got the twin brother over and we used all four hands - intertwined - like two(2) surgeons operating on a heart...

We actually inserted the pressure valves onto the springs first then compressed the spings then inserted the housing over top...

Our long thin piano fingers helped out immensly!

Many thanks for help on this one..

Now, NEXT problem...

AS we have dropped the cowling down a little, it's seal has come out and we can't put it back.

This is the seal betwen the cowlong and leg.

Thoughts?

Smelly

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BTW - here is a pici ofmy Haines HUnter 530 SLR..

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That seal has probably had it's day any way.
Does that seal just prevent water comming up the leg and in under the engine compartment.

If it does bugger it, put some silastic on the gap and a small drain hole just to remove water from the engine compartment.

Might be rough but, you can do that later me thinks.

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THe lip of the cowling is caught and we can't push it abck up.

Basically stuck!

ANother roadblock...

What to do....?

[Roughasguts]

Amazing what you can do with hooks and picks like dentist tools.
If you got something like that you could realign that seal.

Tis a nice boat. Is this the brother that fell on his Arse pulling the steering wheel off.

Watch your back.

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THanks Guts.

Yes - it may be pay back time today....thanks for reminding me..

We can't get any where.

As you look at motor from rear, the lip on LHS needs to be lifted back up over th eother lip of the leg.

Not happening.

Plus, all three cowling seals have come out..

Dont knwo how the hell they are going to be put back in as well...

I htought these seals woudl be for vibration loading...what is the purpose of these seals anyway?

Silicon may be the go..but how woudl they get fitted anyway?

THis damm lip is killin gus!

See th lip in pic1 - well the same lip is on other side but protudes out - we cant get it back..

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So that's the top part of the leg right, and that bolts in to the power head
But you never romoved the leg from the power head right.

So that seal only come undone when you removed that small bit of the cowl to get to the thermostat a bit easier, or did it.

So really it's only a weather seal, Im guessing here, not jamming the leg from seating in the power head or anything like that. Not jamming the thermostat housing ?

And it may well of been like that before you even removed the little bit of cowl. It could of popped out a long time ago during a previous Job.

If it's not fowling anything whack it back together, and hide it back behind that little cowl.

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It looks like something you could hit with the old ladies hair dryer to soften it up with heat, then whack it back inside the cowl.