Help with beginning boater.

[properchopper]

any suggestions on how to get water pressure through the cooling? and i can use a temp gun for the temperature of my esc and motor. i have one. ill look into the warranty of the blackjack if there is one at all, just so i dont get screwed haha. will there be a section of the owners manual with the blackjack for prop-shaft greasing? seen allot of unboxing but still havent seen the owners manual. i know i should do a run around every time i go out with my boat. is there something i should watch out in particular for? i have heard that sometimes the steering servo wont go back into neutral so ill definitely have to check that. Is there anything when on the water that i should watch for that could mean bad news?

a simple gadget you can make to leak-test cooling lines : ( best to do this every so often ; a leaking cooling line can fill up a boat while underway and demonstrate archimedes principle )

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In use : (wearing protective raingear while performing this test may be indicated)

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[tlandauer]

That is a great set up!
Looks good too, reminds me that I am aging......

[TheJCcarvalho]

That actually is such an easy way to do it i never even thought about using a syringe. is there a fix for a leaky cooling jacket? ive seen a few different cooling setups. if i were to ave a leaky cooling jacket, is there a way to take it off and leave the motor exposed, and just wrap the cooling tubes around the motor? if i were to run into complication like this?

[tlandauer]

Ha ha , don't just assume that you will have a leaky jacket.
To answer your question, you can't/shouldn't run the motor without the jacket. The silicone tubes can't be wrapped around the motor, you might have see cooling coils ------aluminum tubes wrapped around the motor, those were mainly for brushed motor of yesteryear.
There are a couple of reasons why a jacket would leak: if it is a new boat, the factory didn't slide the jacket onto the motor correctly, there are two "O" rings that seat in a groove on both ends of the jacket. They can jump and thus not seat well in the groove during the installation process. If the "O" rings are not damaged ( they are delicate and can be cut or severely deformed/damaged while being put on), all you need to do is slide the jacket down and re-seat the "O" rings back to their grooves. Unfortunately this is not usually the case.
Reason number two: if you have an old boat or motor/jacket, the exposure to temperature, water and aging would slowly degrade the "O" ring.
What I have done, when i see leakage aroung the jacket, I head for my local hardware store and buy a tube of bathroom silicone sealant and put it around the gap between the jacket and the motor can.
See this guy who is selling his motor. The first picture shows what I am talking about.http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...r-Sale-used***

I like this method and I can do it well enough that it would not look messy at all. Those silicone sealant s are very durable and get the ones that can be used in high temp, high humidity environment.

[TheJCcarvalho]

perfect. thank you for the advice. It is a little daunting at first but not so much after a little research!