any idea what this is?

Status
Not open for further replies.
N

njl

.
May 30, 2011
64
Westsail 32 NYC
I found a bunch of metal disks in the lazarette of my Westsail32. They look like they could be parts to an engine possibly or related to a drive shaft. (I have a Volvo Penta MD2B.)

The guy I bought the boat from doesn't know what they are, so it must be something the previous owner hung onto for some reason. Any ideas what they might be?
 

Attachments

R

Rob19574

.
Feb 4, 2005
524
Catalina C-30 Mattituck, NY
I don't know but the minute you throw them away, you will discover what they were and where they would have gone...happens to me all the time :)
 
kloudie1

kloudie1

.
Nov 6, 2006
9,927
Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
I believe they are parts of a flexible element coupling .. the flex part appears to be missing.. The PO may have failed the flex part and put in a temporary standard coupling?? Just a guess
 
caguy

caguy

.
Sep 22, 2006
4,004
Catalina, Luger C-27, Adventure 30 Marina del Rey
I don't know what they are intended to be used for, but I found a bunch of them at Minney's Yacht Surplus and I used them to hold the leg to my perch seats in place.
 

Attachments

Bill Roosa

Bill Roosa

.
Jun 6, 2006
6,990
currently boatless wishing Harrington Harbor North, MD
Perhaps rudder stock parts? The center hole looks kinda big for a prop shaft.
 
B

Benny17441

.
May 24, 2004
7,134
CC 30 South Florida
If the PO don't know what they are and never needed them and you don't seem to need them either throw the darn things away. Clutter in a boat is much more annoying than at a home.
 
woodster

woodster

.
Sep 15, 2009
6,243
S2 9.2a Fairhope Al
they look like ss flanges to weld on pipe at this piont they are just fancy weights for what ever you may want to tie them to.....

regards

woody
 
Manureva

Manureva

.
Jan 14, 2011
243
tanzer tanzer 28 bathurst nb
woodster said:
they look like ss flanges to weld on pipe at this piont they are just fancy weights for what ever you may want to tie them to.....

regards

woody
Click to expand
bingo ! you hit the nail on the head! they are weld on pipe flange, the po probably saved them to do some sort of conversion, perhaps a fresh water cooler onthe engine, or some other sort of plumbing, water cooled air exchanger , the possibility are limitless!
 
D

dkdoyle

.
Nov 24, 2010
91
Seafarer 26 Ruskin
Exhaust flange? Is it 3 to 4 inches in diameter and is it pipe threaded. If so could be exhaust flange. Otherwise throw it in the garage for spare parts
 
Kermit

Kermit

.
Jul 31, 2010
5,657
AquaCat 12.5 17342 Wateree Lake, SC
Y'all missed some other metal disks. I see lots of washers, too.

Do I get extra credit?

Kermit

p.s. I also see nuts and bolts. But they aren't disks.
k
 
Don12364

Don12364

.
Dec 2, 2003
1,637
Hunter 376 Warsash, England --
Check the distances between the four holes in the plate against the holes in the gearbox/propshaft coupling. They may be a tool or set of tools to assist in removing the prop shaft coupling by inserting a spacer between the loose flange and the coupling and then tightening the bolts.
Just a thought.
 
Warren Milberg

Warren Milberg

.
Dec 1, 1999
2,391
Hunter 28.5 Chesapeake Bay
caguy said:
I don't know what they are intended to be used for, but I found a bunch of them at Minney's Yacht Surplus and I used them to hold the leg to my perch seats in place.
Click to expand
Sell them to Minney's and buy something you can use....
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Top Bottom