JDubya
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- Joined
- Sep 30, 2022
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- Fluid Motion Model
- R-23 (Sterndrive)
- Hull Identification Number
- FML30C07J021
- Vessel Name
- Couples Therapy
- MMSI Number
- 368277690
I've been researching my first attempt at a raw water impeller inspection and change out. It seems like I should just put in a new one if I go so far as to get that close to it. I've owned the boat for about 18 months and it's at 188 hours (bought it used, with ~70 hrs) so it seems like it's time, and I'd like to think I could do this on my own.
What I'm not 100% sure of, is whether I'll need to pull the serpentine drive belt off the sea water pump as part of the impeller replacement. The D6 Owner's Manual says yes (page 114, step 4) ... but a workshop manual that Pacific Power Group sent me is silent on the matter.
I don't have any experience with the belt, and at my current level of DIY maintenance skills removing and reinstalling it seems like a pretty daunting task given that you'd essentially have to do it all by feel on the C-30, with maybe a tad bit of help from an inspection mirror.
Any discussion and advice from someone that's changed out the impeller on this engine a few times would be greatly appreciated! YouTube has lots of videos, but I can't find anything that's specific to the D6-435 or that addresses the belt question.
What I'm not 100% sure of, is whether I'll need to pull the serpentine drive belt off the sea water pump as part of the impeller replacement. The D6 Owner's Manual says yes (page 114, step 4) ... but a workshop manual that Pacific Power Group sent me is silent on the matter.
I don't have any experience with the belt, and at my current level of DIY maintenance skills removing and reinstalling it seems like a pretty daunting task given that you'd essentially have to do it all by feel on the C-30, with maybe a tad bit of help from an inspection mirror.
Any discussion and advice from someone that's changed out the impeller on this engine a few times would be greatly appreciated! YouTube has lots of videos, but I can't find anything that's specific to the D6-435 or that addresses the belt question.