[C38] Yanmar

[Don Strong]

  Im with Chuck! Not electric but bulb pump on our Yanmar 3GM pushes 
fuel through the system and makes changing fuel filters easy pie.

On 3/26/21 12:01 PM, Charles Finn wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> I cut a round access hatch into the wall of the port quarter berth.   
> It is one of those circular 6 or 7 inch access hatches that costs less 
> than $20.  Easy to make the cut with a scroll saw or moto tool.   
> Still is a lousy job changing the filter and then bleeding the lines, 
> but we are lucky to have an electric fuel pump in line.  On the Yanmar 
> engine I replaced the Universal 5424 with, you have to reach way 
> inside and manually prime the fuel line which was one of the worst 
> jobs I had to do!   I ended up installing an electric fuel pump 
> in-line just for priming.
>
> Best,
> Chuck Finn
> Mighty Quinn #114
> Lake Superior
>
>
> On 3/26/2021 1:40 PM, S Orton wrote:
>> All,
>> Changing the universal fuel filter is by far the hardest item to do. 
>> Enter from the front, my arm needs to be a foot longer.  Enter from 
>> the stb'd quarter birth opening, I can barely get my chest through 
>> opening and can only use one arm, which I was able to remove the 
>> filter, but I can't get the new filter to catch a tread, because I 
>> can't see what I'm doing.  It is by feel only.  Next I'll try to 
>> enter from the port locker.  This is probably the last time I changed 
>> this filter was 2008- I relied on keeping the suction filter clean.  
>> Next time I'll have the yard do this- maybe they have a 4 1/2 foot 
>> mechanic.
>> Cheers, Steve
>>
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Donald R. Strong
Professor,
Department of Evolution and Ecology
and
The Bodega Marine Laboratory,
University of California, Davis,
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