I seem to have a problem with water not draining from bilge under packing gland to main bilge in cabin in my 82 H33.Is there a chanel under engine pan?? Has anyone had this problem?Any suggestions?
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Plugged?
Humm, never thought about how that water gets to the bildge. It sounds like the tunnel, tube, or whatever is between the two areas is plugged. I wonder if you could use a small plumbing snake to check for whatever is stopping the flow. You might even try attacking from the other end, and insert the snake at the bildge. Let us know what you find out. Ken Palmer, S/V Liberty 1981 H33
Humm, never thought about how that water gets to the bildge. It sounds like the tunnel, tube, or whatever is between the two areas is plugged. I wonder if you could use a small plumbing snake to check for whatever is stopping the flow. You might even try attacking from the other end, and insert the snake at the bildge. Let us know what you find out. Ken Palmer, S/V Liberty 1981 H33
I have been wondering the same.....
thing bill, the water that accumulates from both packings on my H33 makes it down to the keel bilge albeit very slowly. there is no visible tube or outlet that is there, it is my assumption that either cracks or pinholes in the bottom are letting it get there, but that being said, I have been curious as to what condition that area below/between the two areas is in. I posted a question about drilling a hole and running a tube to the keel bilge from their and everyone went shit house about oil being pumped overboard, but since I have been in the water a month not an ounce of oil/deisel has been in that area so I think I will do it over the winter.
thing bill, the water that accumulates from both packings on my H33 makes it down to the keel bilge albeit very slowly. there is no visible tube or outlet that is there, it is my assumption that either cracks or pinholes in the bottom are letting it get there, but that being said, I have been curious as to what condition that area below/between the two areas is in. I posted a question about drilling a hole and running a tube to the keel bilge from their and everyone went shit house about oil being pumped overboard, but since I have been in the water a month not an ounce of oil/deisel has been in that area so I think I will do it over the winter.
Hull drainage to bilge
Ken Palmer has the right idea on clearing this drainage. Any drainage from the aft part of the H33 is designed to flow without obstruction straight to the bilge along the channel formed by the centerline of the hull, entering the bilge at its aft end. Note that this is the path not only for the normally small propeller packing leakage but also for any other leakage from any source aft of the keel. The space between the aft edge of the engine sump and the hull should be open all the way down to the bilge. If not, its stopped up with trash of some sort. Should be able to rod it out with a fish tape betwen the bilge and the open hull area just aft of the engine sump. The engine sump should have no access to the bilge until any fuel or oil leakage into this sump overflows at the aft end of the engine sump and down into the drainage space leading to the bilge described above.
Ken Palmer has the right idea on clearing this drainage. Any drainage from the aft part of the H33 is designed to flow without obstruction straight to the bilge along the channel formed by the centerline of the hull, entering the bilge at its aft end. Note that this is the path not only for the normally small propeller packing leakage but also for any other leakage from any source aft of the keel. The space between the aft edge of the engine sump and the hull should be open all the way down to the bilge. If not, its stopped up with trash of some sort. Should be able to rod it out with a fish tape betwen the bilge and the open hull area just aft of the engine sump. The engine sump should have no access to the bilge until any fuel or oil leakage into this sump overflows at the aft end of the engine sump and down into the drainage space leading to the bilge described above.
so it is behind (aft) the engine.....
where is it in relation to the stuffing box terry? and what is the diameter? I guess I never found mine cause I figured it would be more forward but it makes more sense being aft.
where is it in relation to the stuffing box terry? and what is the diameter? I guess I never found mine cause I figured it would be more forward but it makes more sense being aft.
More on H33 aft drainage
Greg and Bill: Too rainy for me to paint non skid this afternoon so I took a couple of photos of the area. The drainage slot between the engine sump-pan and the hull is very small, probably not over 1/4"-3/8" high and perhaps 4"-5" wide so wouldn't be any trouble to get plugged with crud in which case you would have an aft bilge with water standing under stuffing box and into the engine sump. It's supposed to run under the sump in the space shown. make a hook in a coat hanger and rake the crud out of there, It'll drain right right to the real bilge.
Greg and Bill: Too rainy for me to paint non skid this afternoon so I took a couple of photos of the area. The drainage slot between the engine sump-pan and the hull is very small, probably not over 1/4"-3/8" high and perhaps 4"-5" wide so wouldn't be any trouble to get plugged with crud in which case you would have an aft bilge with water standing under stuffing box and into the engine sump. It's supposed to run under the sump in the space shown. make a hook in a coat hanger and rake the crud out of there, It'll drain right right to the real bilge.
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H33 drainage view
Photo here is from aft end of bilge looking aft. I believe that you can see the space between hull and lower liner. I have a manual bilge hose 1 1/4" which exits up through the liner underneath the ladder when the space between hull and liner gets smaller than the hose diameter. The space is continuous though and you should be able to feed a wire from the bilge all the way up and out the drainage slot aft of the engine.
Photo here is from aft end of bilge looking aft. I believe that you can see the space between hull and lower liner. I have a manual bilge hose 1 1/4" which exits up through the liner underneath the ladder when the space between hull and liner gets smaller than the hose diameter. The space is continuous though and you should be able to feed a wire from the bilge all the way up and out the drainage slot aft of the engine.
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