This Spring I am hoping to replace the timing cover gasket and crank seal on my 5424 which is leaking oil someplace in the front. To make sure its fixed I'd like to run the engine for about 30 minutes (on the hard). The usual winterizing technique of sucking water/antifreeze out of a bucket means topping off the bucket constantly for that long and I want to be able to look for leaks under/around the engine instead.
Is there some kind of device/adapter I can stick in the thru-hull from the outside that will provide water at the right rate/pressure? I know it's not proper to provide tap-water pressure to the raw intake side. The only thought I had was to to clamp a toilet-tank fill valve inside a homer-bucket and adapt its fill hose to a garden hose, and connect another loose hose from bucket to the raw intake hose pulled off the thru-hull with a barb fitting.
Any ideas appreciated.
Also, another project is replacing the head. It seems Sean Engle here had posted how to do this on his 35-3 but I can't seem to find that article? It was in the "owner's projects" area which I can't seem to find now. Help here appreciated as well. Thanks!
Is there some kind of device/adapter I can stick in the thru-hull from the outside that will provide water at the right rate/pressure? I know it's not proper to provide tap-water pressure to the raw intake side. The only thought I had was to to clamp a toilet-tank fill valve inside a homer-bucket and adapt its fill hose to a garden hose, and connect another loose hose from bucket to the raw intake hose pulled off the thru-hull with a barb fitting.
Any ideas appreciated.
Also, another project is replacing the head. It seems Sean Engle here had posted how to do this on his 35-3 but I can't seem to find that article? It was in the "owner's projects" area which I can't seem to find now. Help here appreciated as well. Thanks!