Viper wrote:Source of the post No filter for the oil cooler. I'm reffering to the filter inside the Walter. It is behind one of the oil lines when you remove them off the back of the Walter. I just can't remember which line. I believe I posted a diagram or link in one of your threads before that shows the filter location. Let me know if you can't find that link.
I haven't been able to locate the link that shows the filter/screen location for the Walter gear box, please repost it here if you come across it. I have the return coolant line off the gearbox, but don't see anything there. I can try pulling the supply line, but it would be easier if I had a diagram or idea where it might be.
I did notice something troubling, the port motor has a perko style strainer, but there's no damn straining basket in the strainer. The pickup for the gearbox and motor is one in the same. The flow diagram would start with the hull pickup, go to the strainer, then directly to the gearbox, then out of the gearbox to the fresh water pump on the motor. That is the motor that overheated, and now that it's near the end of the season, there is a bunch of seaweed growing under the boat. I'm guessing that either the filter on the Walter gearbox, or the freshwater pump, or both are clogged with seaweed. I'm going to take the freshwater pump apart to check for a seaweed clog and to check the impeller, back flow the whole system and pick up a new basket for the strainer.
Pro tip for getting those plugs out of the gearbox. 12 point socket, 11/16th is too big, 17 mm fits the best that I have found in a standard size. I bought an attachment to put a 3/8 drive socket on my 1/4 Dewalt impact, and it came right out, no hassle. Came out nice and slow, allowed me time to get it to a point where I could turn it with my hand, worked great!