Re: Anzani Pilot Water Tube

[Tom]

Spiro,

Thank you for the response. We ended up cutting the water tube above the anti-cavitation plate, after trying heat and penetrating oil. Once we got the lower unit off, we realized that there was no way the tube was coming out with twisting, heating, or penetrating oil. I had to use a tube flaring clamp to hold the stub of the tube, and even with that it took heat, oil, and 15 minutes of twisting back and forth a degree or so at a time to get the stub out. To replace the tube, I fluxed some copper tubing, tinned it with solder, and wiped it with a leather glove. This reproduced the original finish quite well. There will be a short piece of hose up inside the leg to join the original tube to the new piece in the foot.

The supply tube was clear, as was the cylinder head. The return tube was filled with grit, and it took a while to clear that one.

The motor fires well, we expect it will be a pretty nice running motor.

Tom