It's definately been one of THOSE weekends.
First of all, we we're supposed to go out to river for a 4 day weekend. But, my buddy bailed on us at the last minute so he could put his girlfriend in order. So that sucked. For us, there's no use going if we can't ski or wakeboard. Anyways, it's good thing we didn't go.
Yesterday, we headed out to Elsinore for a shakedown run. Yeah, I shook it down all right. I was real anxious to test out the new pump (Energizer), the inducer, RPM manifold, and Holley carb I got for this season. For a brief moment of glory there was absolute bliss. My boat was running like a raped ape on steroids. Granted, it's only an Olds 350 so no speed records were going to be broken, but damn. The boat was finally plowing OVER the chop instead of THROUGH it. I also learned that Holley's make the weirdest "whistle" when the secondaries start closing. All was good. That is until I decided to start closing the water intake valve in order to get the temp up closer to 160. I had switched to a ball valve from the gate valve that I was using. Well, in my opinion, the ball valve has a bit less range of motion than the gate. I was about 70 degrees closed of the 90 available and the ball must have been shut. I got it up to WOT and the next thing I know the temp jumps up to 210, the oil pressure DUMPS to about 10 psi and the engine stalls out. I start crankin' it over hoping it won't sieze. The starter is barely getting it over. I let it cool down, bumping it over now and then. Finally, I just flagged a fellow hot boater down who was cool enough to get the Elsinore lake cop to pull us in. Big thanks to those guys.
This morning I pull the engine and put it on the stand, start disassembling and everything looks good so far. Then I go to roll the sucker over. Well, it got away from me. The stand goes in to 3 wheel motion and *THUNK*, there's my engine on the ground. :burningm: So, I hoist it back up and inspect for damages. Gonna need a new oil filter dealie, inlet for the fuel pump is bent, and the oil tube (where you pour the oil in) is destroyed.
In the mean time while this going on, I smell gas. Turns out the fuel hose coming from the tanks has slipped and fallen in to the bilge. So now my bilge is FULL of gas. WTF! I give up.
So what do you think? Is that motor toast or what? What do I need to be looking for? (besides the eventual bolt of lightning that will strike me down soon)