I would clean the bottom ( everything below the waterline) and run it up to wot again before I started trimming the wheels.
I've been happy with Sea Hawk Cukote. It still looks good after 21 months. I was under the boat last weekend and the only growth was on the shafts...
You'll never wash the gas fumes out. Purge it with an inert gas such as argon or nitrogen.
Sounds like a good shakedown cruise to me if you don't wait until it gets cold up north. Gather up some spare parts and tools and head south....
FWIW I have the same engines in a 46' Post and at 20 knots I'm at Just under 2 gallons per NM with the generator running.
This doesn't have to be purchased from J&T. It's just a solonoid.
I'll let you know what I find out . We're in the heavy rigging business and buy lots of chain every year. Our main supplier is working something...
I'm planning to replace mine with 316 stainless this year. Marine Now was one of the vendors I looked at but I'm still waiting on one more quote.
The stop lever on a 671 is on the governor. On mine if you kill the ignition first the fuel shutdown solonoid won't get power when you push the...
We run all our 671's 1/2 gallon low for the same reason. I run my 6v92's almost a gallon low and don't have to add oil between changes.
I would start at the solonoid with a meter and work backward toward the start switch with the switch in the start position.You'll need a helper...
I feel you can jump across the the solonoid and start it , you don't have a battery problem?
