Well..good point- I believe I already threw them away but i will check. That sure would have given piece of mind. When I pulled out the impeller and shaft most fell into the bilge which I retrieved. The A4 would be so easy to work on if you could only get to it.
--- In [email protected], Sonshingle <sonshin...@...> wrote: > > Doug, did you find all the missing vanes? > Â > Dick Schmidt > Greenville, NC > > --- On Wed, 6/23/10, Doug <dj2...@...> wrote: > > > From: Doug <dj2...@...> > Subject: [IC27A] A4 fun stuff > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 9:56 AM > > > Â > > > > I'm sure this has been discussed in the pass but new to me. I've had a series > of little problems with my Atomic 4 that I'm happy to say it is running > again, for now. > > The first was the engine not turning over which I thought was the battery not > being charged. Turns out the starter solenoid was the culprit. Fixed by (i > believe) rotating the battery connection at the solenoid. Eventually I will > replace it with the new spare. > > The second was engine quitting while trying to return to slip. The electric > fuel pump just kept running indicating no fuel. When I finally got back to > the slip I disconnected every thing and thinking the pump was bad took it off > too. Did I mention I don't like gas? Managed to get gas on me and the boat. I > took out the fill tube, valve out of the tank to see if that was clogged. > Contacting Moyer Marine for a fuel pump purchase I was told that the pump was > probably good and that there was a siphon break so place. The only thing I > found was the check valve (anti-siphon valve) might have been stuck. > Everything went back together and it worked great. > > The third thing was looking over the stern and realizing no water coming out > of the exhaust. So off came the water pump back plate. Sure enough there were > no vanes left on the impeller. Lucky for me the previous owner had a spare > new Barco. Looks a little different but seams to work. > > This all happened with in a week. It has been so hot in the afternoons I've > had to go down at first light to do the work and then hightail it back to my > job. Hopefully this will be all for awhile because as you all know working on > an inboard on the C27 is a bear. >
