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Replaced the thermostat, dropped the Lone Star El Dorado in the river today and…. it fired up and ran well. Pulled out from the dock and got it up on plane easily. Only issue was that the steering is reversed! Had to dodge a barge and tried to steer left, boat went hard right almost onto the rock lined shores of the shipping channel. Holy crap! I changed the teleflex sytem from a rear steering bracket to a front steering setup by fabbing up a bracket to mount in the splashwell. Didn’t realize that now the steering is reversed.
Pumps water great, planes out nicely and cruises at about 29 mph. Ran about 17 miles on the Cal Sag shipping channel towards downtown Chicago, repeating the mantra "left is right, right is left" and made it back in one piece. Drinks petrol like a drunken sailor- burned about 7 gallons in a little over an hour on water even with throttle pulled back to 3/4. Is this what you guys get?
Anyways, really happy the motor runs, the impeller pumps, boat doesn’t leak after I sealed seams with Gluvit and bucked rivets and plugged the through hull holes from the old marine head. Had a great day.
Really appreciate all the advice. Thanks Frank, Dan and fleetwin!