Water outlet

[faqcya]

Could you please post some pics of how you fix that tlandauer. My cars been broke down for the past week and haven't been able to run my boat just got it back today and hopefully I can go run it tomorrow.

[tlandauer]

I won't be able to do it now, battery down in all cameras! Sorry.. I use silicone fuel tube, (larger diameter better) cut 1/2 inch and slip it over the tube that's coming out of the motor collet end. Make sure you force-expand the tube so it wraps over the stuffing box (tube). Ofcourse you do this while the flex cable is pulled from the boat. It was easier to do when the radio box is out of the way. There are four screws inside the radio box , the most imporant thing is to disconnection the rudder linkage before attempting to dismount thre box. Take a good look before you do this, remember every detail before taking them apart, Proboat's manual is very sketchy, you won't find any pictures for references. I will try to put pics tomorrow (today,that is, later) There are pics of this fix in other posts for other boats, you might be able to find them. Now after you are done force the silicone tube onto the stuffing tube you install the cable as nomal but when you see the cable exiting the stuffing tube it will be "wraped" inside the silicone tube and you continue to push untill it is seated correctly in the collet, tighten collet the usually way and you are in bussiness.

[tlandauer]

I hope you are using ProBoat marine grease , it is very thick and will reduce any water coming thru the stuffing box besides proving lubrication.

[tlandauer]

can'tupload, sorry too late, brain is not working. ( Been that way for so long anyways)

[tlandauer]

Ok, the water issue is much better now, only very small amount gets leaked thru the stuffing box. The motor and batteries ran alot hotter, not ESC though. I wonder if the rub from the silicone fuel tube on the flex cable is giving extra work so the motor is drawing more amps. It is a tiny amount of rub, I need to check it out tomorrow, re-adjusted the prop angle, I tilted up slightly more as the boat ran quite low, very wet.

[tlandauer]

Ran dry as bone because I put another fuel tube at the end of the stuffing box where the gap was in between. I also put a 42mm Groupner prop, the speed was better and the motor wasn't hot. I raised the prop last night so I think the drag/friction was less, therefore motor wasn't as hot as yesterday.