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Tim Haibach
Hello,After a couple hours motoring for the first time since I bought the boat in Dec, I noticed my stuffing box is dripping excessively- 20 drops/min with the engine OFF! I've learned that according to the CG, you are taking on water anything over 10 drops/min regardless of in gear or not. Luckily, I'm at a dock until this weekend, but I will be on a mooring ball once I finish moving the boat to its new home. Has anyone had experience with changing the packing with the boat in the water? I read that some people have done this and there is a way to slow the water ingress with taping a plastic bag over the shaft. What are the best tools to use for the job? What tools are used to pick out the old stuffing? I'm praying that once I am able to break the retaining nut loose, I should be able to tighten the packing down a little and hopefully it will stop.I've read online that you pull the wrenches toward each other to loosen so I'm assuming that the threading turns clockwise as you are facing the stern. So should I turn the packing nut to the left and the lock nut to the right facing the stern? I may have been trying to loosen them the wrong way last weekend. Any advice/ suggestions would be greatly welcome. Changing the stuffing doesn't seem like rocket science, but this will be my first time if I can't tighten it any further and I would need to do it with the boat in the water. Thanks.
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