[C38] Mysterious stuffing box behavior

William Knowles whk1965 at gmail.com
Wed May 18 15:22:15 EDT 2011


On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Marci Brown <mb at seafor.us> wrote:

> A troubling stuffing box situation began last week (and continues): We ran
> the engine reasonably hard for about 4 hours when doing the NYC East River
> trek to Long Island Sound. I was in the galley when Keith raised the sails
> and cut the engine (leaving transmission in neutral). Immediately I heard
> water pouring into the boat from the stuffing box area. I shouted for Keith
> to throw the transmission into reverse. No more water! Whew! Water quickly
> exited the boat via bilge pump - with the exception of 10 gallons sitting
> under the engine that I had to pump out by hand. Diagnostic guesstimate #1:
> New zincs on the prop shaft causing wobble that is stressing the 2-year old
> flax packing gland... right? The cutlass bearing is fine. Other thoughts:
> Folding prop has inherent balance issues, engine/transmission/prop shaft
> alignment fine tuning necessary, packing glands wear out quickly under
> stress?? Would anyone like to tackle this one?
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> *Marci J. Brown*
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> PO Box 520549, Winthrop, MA 02152 USA
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> *Ph:* 757-515-3151 | *Email:* mb at seafor.us
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W H Knowles
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