Bored this morning....

[MedDreamer]

...cos I'm not at boat. Questions keep coming to mind so heres another.

How do I flush my Alpha 1 drive?. I have raw water cooling and on Windermere its not a problem but if (when) I go in saltwater it will become neccessary.

How do I do it?


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[hlb]

Get a thingy from the chandlers that look like ear phones. Stick them on the leg over water intake. Add hose pipe. You can guess the rest.

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Haydn

 

[lanason]

Most people call them mufflers - only a few quid - easy to fit.

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[hlb]

They fall off reasonably easy as well.../forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[BarryH]

Anodes. If your on freshwater and want to move to salt. Its worth checking what anodes you've got fitted. Cos if they are the wrong ones, yer drive's gonna disolve init!

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[lanason]

Mine don't. In fact they are a really tight fit on the outdrive

But they are huge on the the Merc 4hp !!

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[lanason]

whoch way round is it - never can remember

Zinc = fresh ??
Mag = sea ??

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[BarryH]

Sounds about right. Worth checking though, Duncans drive has been dissolving all season. Think he's had summink like 2 or 3 sets this year!

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[gonfishing]

Hi Adrian
I think you will find everthing will dissolve if you use the anodes that way round!!!!!

it is ZINC for the sea and Magnesium for fresh

julian

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[lanason]

My boat spends most of its time on the Trailer so not a big issue !!

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[MedDreamer]

Thanks Barry

If I do it I will make sure I check.

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[Alistairr]

When i bought my new boat this year, it was put straight into Loch Lomond, I don't know what type of anodes it has on it/forums/images/icons/shocked.gif.
Does it really make a difference? And is there a visual difference between the 2?

I don't want my shiney new bravo 3 rotting away to nothing....



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[gonfishing]

hi
yes it does, and you should have magnesium ones fitted, afraid I don't know how to tell the dfference though, but i gues someone will know

julian

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[martynwhiteley]

Which for me then?

I moor in a fresh water river, but lock out to enter the salty sandy Humber on every trip.

Do I have to change the anodes for each trip, or is there a mag/alloy composite that suits, or do you fit half and half?



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[Wiggo]

Nah, t'other way. Magnesium on fresh water, zinc in salt. We're in brackish water, so we use magnesium. Either works, it's just a question of how fast they dissolve - magnesium will disappear while you watch in salt water, and zinc will last forever in fresh (but unfortunately your outdrives won't...)

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