Combi grease, clean thermostat and prop disassembly

[kenpreston46]

When I bought Lyra, who incidentally has now been officially and
ceremoniously renamed Katia Sofia after two kids in Mexico. . .when I
bought her, as I was saying, I found the grease gun for the combi
under the stbd cockpit seat. I could identify it as the right
grease, not just by the the fact it was handy, but the little gob of
grease on the engine room floor was the same as in the gun. Don't
know what that is, so that's first question. . .what's the right
grease for when I run out? Second question is, since less than 800
miles of motoring later. . .I have another little gob of grease on
the engine room floor right under the Combi output. . .is that OK?
Oh, to define "little gob" say. . .good sized hens egg. And the
corollary question. . .how much should I pump in each time and how
long between offering it to her? Is there somewhere it "vents" so I
can see I've filled up whatever I should be filling up?

Change subject. I took out, cleaned and lubed the thermostat which
seemed intact and healthy but with a little black crud all over and
the engine now runs at a very steady 75 degrees with almost no
variation once warmed up. I will try to find a 60 degree
thermostat. Sources??

One last question. Can you change the cutlass bearing witout pulling
the shaft(s) out of the combi? Do you disassemble the prop?

Boy. I'm getting my money's worth this time. Thanks everybody!
Ken Preston, Seattle area.

 

[stevebirch2002]

Hi Ken

After 800 mile sof motoring that blob of grease is OK. Easy to put a little
bit
of grease in the combi than a complete strip-down. If the glob of grease
changes to a thick black oil then again complete strip-down as back engine
lipseal persihed.

Grease to use is Shell Avina or any good quality waterproof grease.

Do not overfill the combi otherwise you will cause it to hydrolic when you
move
the lever, this will force the lipseals to pop and again it will mean a
complete strip-down.

The prop should be fully pumped with the same grease. There is a little grease
point on the hub of the prop. Fill untill the grease starts to come out of the
bottom of the blaeds then move the lever a bit then fill again. The grease in
the prop stops any seawter running up the tube to the combi.

Cant help on the thermostat but if mine run at 70 degrees then I would be
morew
than happy. You are counting on that little 30 year old meter being accurate!!

Cutlass bearing/stern bearing can be changed if you dry out and remove the
propeller boss and blades. Neeed allen key for the prop boss and spanner for
nut on the end of the shaft. Be acreful that you do not lose the woodruff key
from the shaft when you remove the prop boss. Look carefully at the diagrams
before you start, available on the downloads page.

Remember the combi is not rocket science, a shitty job but once you have done
it the first time you will wonder what all the fuss is about. The control tube
is held on to the rack with a lefthand thread (important).

Hope this helps

Kind Regards

Steve Birch
At 00:03 15/07/03 +0000, you wrote:

 

[jimmyvusa]

Ken:

Recently I was cleaning out my Vega box trying to reorganize everything. I found an old issue of Sid Rosen's Vega newsletter with a note to Sid from one Gary Pickard dated 01/07/2000 who states he owned Lyra for 20 years and was moving up to a Jason 35, a double-ended cutter. Mr.Pickard lived at that time at 215 N. 29th St in Yakima 98902. He states in his letter that "the new owners [of Lyra] live on their larger boat in Olympia and are keeping 'Lyra' in Mexico where they are currently cruising - having sailed down there with a fun-cruising fleet (see enclosure)..."

This may already be known to you. However I figured the least I could do was pass this on to you for your own files.

Every best wish............Jim 3228 Discovery

kenpreston46 kenpreston46@... wrote:
When I bought Lyra, who incidentally has now been officially and
ceremoniously renamed Katia Sofia after two kids in Mexico. . .when I
bought her, as I was saying, I found the grease gun for the combi
under the stbd cockpit seat. I could identify it as the right
grease, not just by the the fact it was handy, but the little gob of
grease on the engine room floor was the same as in the gun. Don't
know what that is, so that's first question. . .what's the right
grease for when I run out? Second question is, since less than 800
miles of motoring later. . .I have another little gob of grease on
the engine room floor right under the Combi output. . .is that OK?
Oh, to define "little gob" say. . .good sized hens egg. And the
corollary question. . .how much should I pump in each time and how
long between offering it to her? Is there somewhere it "vents" so I
can see I've filled up whatever I should be filling up?

Change subject. I took out, cleaned and lubed the thermostat which
seemed intact and healthy but with a little black crud all over and
the engine now runs at a very steady 75 degrees with almost no
variation once warmed up. I will try to find a 60 degree
thermostat. Sources??

One last question. Can you change the cutlass bearing witout pulling
the shaft(s) out of the combi? Do you disassemble the prop?

Boy. I'm getting my money's worth this time. Thanks everybody!
Ken Preston, Seattle area.
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