Pamlico-
It sounds like you airlocked the raw water side of your cooling system. One thing I have for just such a situation is a four gallon plastic bladder with a hose fitting on it. This way you can fill the bladder with anti-freeze and mount it high enough that the antifreeze will flow down into the engine's raw water side and "prime" the raw water pump. They sell these at WM... which is where I got mine.
Be careful not to run it for very long since you can damage the raw water impeller. Globe supposedly makes some impellers that don't get as easily damaged by being run dry, but I've heard contradictory reports on their quality. Also, not having water in the raw water side is bad for the cooling system.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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