Passage 42 bulkhead
- Thread starter Dan Kelly
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You're welcome, Dan. Just the engine hoses or all the other hoses as well? Perhaps another fellow skipper will chime in here. More than one has completely gutted their interior for a below deck renovation. You might search the archives to find out who they are and contact them. It was a year or so ago.
What type are you planning to do? I have replaced fuel injectors and also all the "Raw - e.g. water from the bay" engine parts through the access behind the stairs and from the door along the side.
It is a bit of a pain... I considered removing the wood etc... But this is a good amount of work - plus you likely have electronics (battery engine switch, house battery switches etc.) You also need to disconnect and reconnect these etc. I replaced all the fresh and raw water hoses etc, removed the heat-exchanger, turbo etc all from the side and front access. Used a foam pad for protecting knees. If you do this is small bits of time it's no too painful and a lot less time versus taking wood structure apart. All parts were easily removed and replaced. This is not the same when changing the oil filter.... If only there was starboard side access ... Have sore ribs for a week after squeeing between the engine top and shelf holding generator.
I took a bunch of pictures but not finding them now. If I do locate them I will post them.
Hi Keith. Ditto. Same with repacking the stuffing box. Any suggestions on that one? Would it be easier to disconnect the shaft coupling and slide the shaft back to provide better access to the stuffing box while on the hard? Or would it be easier to remove the lower house bank battery and do the work from there?
Haven't done that. I have a dripless (replacing this year) and I have to replace the shaft. Was looking at that area today as I was wintering. Thinking about pulling out all the batteries to see If I could reach some if not all from the stern (not thrilled about this either.... very heavy and awkward to remove house batteries). going to put a post looking for suggestions. I have just found that taking the wood apart in genera takes a lot of time and to put it back together also takes time. Not that its a bad idea - a balancing act on work vs reward
Dan, I removed the prop shaft and replaced the shaft log hose, packing and skeg bushing while on the hard. You will have much easier access to the shaft log if you remove both battery boxes.
The hardest post of that project was getting the coupler off the shaft. As mentioned by others, allocate lots of short work cycles with recovery time in between (and expect bruised ribs and arms). Once done you're good for another 25 years. Good luck.
The hardest post of that project was getting the coupler off the shaft. As mentioned by others, allocate lots of short work cycles with recovery time in between (and expect bruised ribs and arms). Once done you're good for another 25 years. Good luck.