[C38] Pressure Cap Specs?

Max Soto maxsoto at gmail.com
Fri Jul 1 10:18:21 EDT 2011


The manual says that we should use a 7lbs, but my engine has a 13lbs cap, so this one might work!
Regards, max

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On Jul 1, 2011, at 6:39, fleet2001 at aol.com wrote:

> This link will be helpful I think. The pressure cap for a Universal 5424 is no longer available but has change to a westerbeke http://shop.torresen.com/ships_store/?p=details&mfc=Westerbeke&sku=24306&sectionid=5171
>  
> Category:Repair & Maintainence > Plumbing > Water Pressure Systems
> Manufacturer: Westerbeke
> Part Number: 24306
> Description:
> Pressure Cap, 14psi
> Our price: $8.30 - each
>  
>  
> Rich Grassia
> Merriconeag #138
> Staten Island, NY
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: david at dlrfilms.com
> To: tdtron at earthlink.net; Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 6:41 pm
> Subject: Re: [C38] Pressure Cap Specs?
> 
> Well no one at Westerbeke or any of Westerbeke's dealers knows either, so
> I got a 7 lb cap and we'll see how that goes.
> 
> While I was at NAPA I also got a bottle of Bar's Leak Head Gasket Repair.
> Apparently what my wife and I did Friday, in a driving rain storm was
> Bar's Leak Radiator Repair. Well hopefully the flush of the system helped,
> and the radiator repair didn't hurt anything.
> 
> Lovely sail last night. Five paying customers and a cool dry wind out of
> the NW. Folks looked like they were in heaven. I know I was!
> 
> 
> > I would expect any modern 2-way cap would work just fine if it fits right.
> > I would be surprised if the pressure rating would make much difference.
> >
> > That's my guess.
> >
> > Tom Troncalli
> 
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