F225TXRC Water Tube

[rpambrun]

I have been busy cleaning up a mess on my Yamaha lately. Last trip out with the Grady before I trailered the boat up here to North Carolina was a lot of fun, but I did hit a few shallow spots before getting backs to my dock. I ran the hose for a good thirty minutes and everything seemed to be clear, but after getting the boat and motor here and letting it sit in the storage yard for 5 months before I could put it in my new back yard, it must have had some sand left over because it would sound the alarm when I started it up. The telltale would not pee so I cleared the hose for it and hooked a garden hose up to the water tube and flushed until I got a good stream from the telltale. I also flushed the T stats, When I attempted to pull the hose off of the tube, about 4 inches of the corroded tube came off with it.

Now please some one tell me I don't have to have the power head pulled to replace It. The old tube appears to be brass and I've read that the newer tubes are now stainless.

Thanks

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[boscoe99]

You do not have to have the power head pulled to replace the water pump tube.

[rpambrun]

Thanks Boscoe99. I've got the service manual, but maybe you could give me a kick start on the side. I can just about do anything here but remove the head and that's a big relief.

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[fairdeal]

I am interested also.
when I did the midsection, I'm sure that I assembled the water tube along with the muffler and "plate".
Don't have a clear recollection,
so I may just be imagining that the top had a rolled ferrule,
that had to be passed through the muffler "from above"

[boscoe99]

"Now please some one tell me I don't have to have the power head pulled to replace It."

I am just stating what you said you wanted to be stated. It made you feel good for a while didn't it?

[rpambrun]

It did, but I knew it wouldn't be my luck to have it easy. I don't have the facilities to unhook the head and lift it off, so I guess I'll have to trailer it over to the neighborhood marina and have them sting me.

[TownsendsFJR1300]

"Now please some one tell me I don't have to have the power head pulled to replace It."

I am just stating what you said you wanted to be stated. It made you feel good for a while didn't it?

I KNEW that was coming.... Shame, shame Boscoe…

Might get that exhaust looked at while there, I think that's the one with corrosion issues.. Now'd be the time to do it..

[rodbolt17]

what part of NC?

[rpambrun]

Wilmington. It's not quite like I had it in Cape Coral, Florida, where I had a deep water canal and a lift right behind my house, but I hope to make the best of it. There is a Launching area 6 miles away from here with 6 ramps. At least the wife is happy with it and it's a lot easier to work on the Grady while on the trailer in the back yard than it was on a lift where I had to do a balancing act on a floating dock and hope I didn't lose any tools to the briny deep. And here, I can maneuver a rented lift behind the boat and lift the power head to replace a $40 part. That will be a PIA. #@!@%$@$$

[99yam40]

close enough to get it to Rodbolt I think

[TownsendsFJR1300]

If you have an open rafter in the garage, you could re-enforce it and back up the boat with a come-a-long.

I've pulled small block Chevy engines with transmissions that way.


Re dropping tools (couldn't pull my power head on the lift either), but with this set up, I can even pull the LU while on the lift..
I did have davits(and could pull that powerhead on land), but they (and the sea wall) "went away" with hurricane Irma

[rpambrun]

If you have an open rafter in the garage, you could re-enforce it and back up the boat with a come-a-long.

I've pulled small block Chevy engines with transmissions that way.


Re dropping tools (couldn't pull my power head on the lift either), but with this set up, I can even pull the LU while on the lift..
I did have davits(and could pull that powerhead on land), but they (and the sea wall) "went away" with hurricane Irma

I remember the pictures you posted after Irma. I live in a HOA community and even though I have a large back yard behind a 6 foot fence, I have to be careful as to what I do back there or be fined. Sorry state of affairs I know, but I found a rental that has a portable winch that should do the job. While preparing the back yard for the Grady, I had a concrete pad poured and she sits nicely on it so working around on it isn't a big chore. And I will definitely look at the mid section. The guy that sold me the Yamaha lied more than a politician and even though he said the mid section was done in the fall of 2016, I now seriously doubt it. The exhaust is pretty much coated with carbon right now and I can't see much, but I intend to clean it up some before I start on this unscheduled project. I t6hink if the mid section had been done as I was told, they would have replaced the water tube as well. I think it is part of the replacements Yamaha sells if I am not mistaken. I just need to find out where I can get the replacements in the event I need to replace them.

[pstephens46]

close enough to get it to Rodbolt I think

4 hours in a car versus towing. Shtty roads. There are plenty of shops around Wilm. Maybe Rod can recommend one?

[rpambrun]

I was out today prepping for removing the power head and cleaned out the exhaust of most of the carbon and got a good flashlight and looked up. There is noticeable pitting at the lower end up to around 3 inches. That's about all I could see. The picture is not very good. I was holding the flashlight in my mouth and trying to take the picture. I'll get a better idea once the head is removed.

[pstephens46]

I was out today prepping for removing the power head and cleaned out the exhaust of most of the carbon and got a good flashlight and looked up. There is noticeable pitting at the lower end up to around 3 inches. That's about all I could see. The picture is not very good. I was holding the flashlight in my mouth and trying to take the picture. I'll get a better idea once the head is removed.

Buy one of those super duper headlamps. Amazing what you can do in the dark.