1963 36' Sea Voyager overheating starboard engine
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:47 pm
So I took my new Voyager on its maiden voyage yesterday and the engine alarm went off on the starboard engine immediately. I shut it down and continued up river a few miles anyway...probably not the best move... and made it back OK. No fun entering the marina w one screw to tie up. Made it with no unwanted contacts. You basically lose all rudder control once you slow down, and the boat wants to turn to starboard in forward gear with only the port engine working. Fortunately reverse is sort of the opposite. Of course I had all left hand turns going in... Whew! I went looking for the problem and determined there was no water coming out the starboard wet exhaust. Took the cover off the crank mounted exhaust/raw water impeller and found the problem. It had NO vanes left on it! I'd like to replace them on both engines and buy some spares but the cheapest I found at the local boat shop is $47 apiece coming out of Montana. I'm not even sure they ordered the right one....all I told him was that they were 80's era 350 Crusaders with V-belt not serpentine and were driven off the front of the crank. I'll find out tomorrow.
Anybody know of a good inexpensive source of 350 crusader parts? I'd like to order up at least a couple more impellers, and who knows what will break next. He just let the boat sit for the last eight years...…
Next is figuring out how to seal up the hull above the water line. The port side of the boat faced south for 8 years and I can see daylight between most of the planks! The North side not as bad but still needs sealing up also.
Grant Hatch
Anybody know of a good inexpensive source of 350 crusader parts? I'd like to order up at least a couple more impellers, and who knows what will break next. He just let the boat sit for the last eight years...…
Next is figuring out how to seal up the hull above the water line. The port side of the boat faced south for 8 years and I can see daylight between most of the planks! The North side not as bad but still needs sealing up also.
Grant Hatch