[C38] stuffing box

[Patrick Harpole]

Mine looked rusty.  I turned it.  now the transmission doesn't work.  That is it won't got into forward or reverse.  It actually feel like a cable problem because the select lever moves easily.  Much easier than it did before.  It got too late but I hope I just dislodged the connector to the transmission.
Does that make any sense?
Patrick
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Larry Malmberg 
  To: 'Catalina 38 Listserve' 
  Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 2:33 PM
  Subject: Re: [C38] stuffing box


  Take two and big ones.






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  From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Harpole
  Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 2:24 PM
  To: Catalina 38 Listserve
  Subject: Re: [C38] stuffing box


  Thanks,
  I am on my way to boat.
  I'll take a pipe wrench.
  Patrick
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Chuck Finn 
    To: Catalina 38 Listserve 
    Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 2:03 PM
    Subject: Re: [C38] stuffing box


    Patrick,
    Yes, there is an inner sanctum of information!  His name is Nigel Calder and he writes excellent books on boat, electrical and engine repair/maintenance.  
    You need two wrenches for to tighten the stuffing box.  When I first got the Mighty Quinn, I needed two pipe wrenches to free the lock nut from the adjusting nut because they had not been moved in quite some time!  I now check and adjust it for drips at least once a year, which is the same time I check transmission fluid.  I wish Don S. had been there for me the first time around!

    Chuck Finn
    Mighty Quinn, #114
    Great Lakes

    On 10/28/2011 8:30 PM, Patrick Harpole wrote: 
      Skippers and Skipperettes:
      I have been a member for some time and should know the answer to this question but don't.
      Question: is there some inner sanctum of information that tells us about our Catalina 38?
      Currently my stuffing box is leaking and needs repair before she rests on the bottom of the bay.
      Patrick
      P.S.  Do I just tighten something?

       

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