So I'm just going to put this out there. Everybody here has given me so much really good advice and ideas, maybe this would also be a good discussion.
So - I bought an old Cherubini Hunter 30, 1977 vintage. It's been sitting on the hard for a long time. Nobody really knows for sure how long. The last sticker on the boat is from 2002, so potentially it may have been sitting where I found it for the past 15 years. So I'm going through the process of restoring this boat. (God only knows why at this stage in my life I decided to take on this project, but that's now a done deal. Well - OK - it really is a beautiful boat...or at least will be...)
The engine is the Yanmar YSB12 and from all external appearances appears to be in decent shape. It spins by hand very easily, has compression, decompression lever works fine, basically appears externally to be in quite decent shape. However, it's been sitting for potentially 15 years without ever being touched.
So what suggestions do folk have to get this engine back into service? I figure I need to clean the fuel tank, flush the fuel lines, change fuel filters, change engine and transmission oils. Then see if it starts. Are there any other suggestions? Cautions? Other things that should be done? I'd like to hear what folk have to say.
Thanks,
dj
So - I bought an old Cherubini Hunter 30, 1977 vintage. It's been sitting on the hard for a long time. Nobody really knows for sure how long. The last sticker on the boat is from 2002, so potentially it may have been sitting where I found it for the past 15 years. So I'm going through the process of restoring this boat. (God only knows why at this stage in my life I decided to take on this project, but that's now a done deal. Well - OK - it really is a beautiful boat...or at least will be...)
The engine is the Yanmar YSB12 and from all external appearances appears to be in decent shape. It spins by hand very easily, has compression, decompression lever works fine, basically appears externally to be in quite decent shape. However, it's been sitting for potentially 15 years without ever being touched.
So what suggestions do folk have to get this engine back into service? I figure I need to clean the fuel tank, flush the fuel lines, change fuel filters, change engine and transmission oils. Then see if it starts. Are there any other suggestions? Cautions? Other things that should be done? I'd like to hear what folk have to say.
Thanks,
dj