Big Muddy
03-30-2016, 10:18 AM
Well, the flood water finally receded enough at the lakehouse for me to get into my enclosed boat shed, where my jon boat and Yamaha motor had gotten trapped by the flood water....when I opened the door, I was shocked....it was BAD !!!....boat and motor were upside down, in 8 feet of water, and had been submerged for nearly two weeks....we lost nearly everything inside the boat house, except all my crappie fishing poles, and I found every one of them, thank goodness.
My helper and I finally winched the boat and motor onto the dock....it was full of water, and a heavy mofo....I removed the Yamaha, and brought it home to my shop to access the damage.
I removed the spark plugs, and set the motor in front of my big shop fan to dry it out, as much as possible....I removed, drained, and cleaned all the fuel lines and filter, as well as the lower unit oil.
Then, I just let it sit in front of the shop fan for about six hours....then, I reassembled everything, and added fresh fuel, with SEA FOAM added to it, of course.
That Yammy was submerged for nearly two weeks, and I could not believe it, but it cranked on the first pull !!!....I swear it runs better than before !!!....this is the second time the Yammy has been submerged....the first time it went under water, it was running and hot, and even survived that ordeal, so I just had to attempt to bring it back to life, one more time.
Even the trolling motor and battery charger are still working just fine....my worst losses, so far, are 2 tackle boxes, new electric fillet knife, tool box, and 2 dozen new yoyos....I suppose all that stuff is on the bottom of the lake.
However, one bright spot is, I recovered someone's brand new Coleman cooler, which floated into my backyard....there's no name on it, so..................;)
My helper and I finally winched the boat and motor onto the dock....it was full of water, and a heavy mofo....I removed the Yamaha, and brought it home to my shop to access the damage.
I removed the spark plugs, and set the motor in front of my big shop fan to dry it out, as much as possible....I removed, drained, and cleaned all the fuel lines and filter, as well as the lower unit oil.
Then, I just let it sit in front of the shop fan for about six hours....then, I reassembled everything, and added fresh fuel, with SEA FOAM added to it, of course.
That Yammy was submerged for nearly two weeks, and I could not believe it, but it cranked on the first pull !!!....I swear it runs better than before !!!....this is the second time the Yammy has been submerged....the first time it went under water, it was running and hot, and even survived that ordeal, so I just had to attempt to bring it back to life, one more time.
Even the trolling motor and battery charger are still working just fine....my worst losses, so far, are 2 tackle boxes, new electric fillet knife, tool box, and 2 dozen new yoyos....I suppose all that stuff is on the bottom of the lake.
However, one bright spot is, I recovered someone's brand new Coleman cooler, which floated into my backyard....there's no name on it, so..................;)