[C320-list] C320 Warranty 50hr first service

[bruceheyman at cox.net]

Nigel,
Did the dealer get it fixed?
Bruce
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Nigel Price" <nigel.price at bigpond.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:45:13 
To:<Allan.Field at comcast.net>,"C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.org>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320 Warranty 50hr first service

  Thanks Guys,
  Appreciate your advice.
  I got it wrong about the bilge pump. It's the bearing attached to the 
bellows shaft that has come adrift.
  Nigel
  Epiphany #1061



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Allan Field" <Allan.Field at comcast.net>
  To: "'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.org>
  Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:00 AM
  Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320 Warranty 50hr first service


  Nigel - For the 50-hour service, I had a Yanmar dealer do the service.  At
  the same time, he did a seminar for me to teach me what to do the next 
time.
  The engine now has 460+ hours and all work since 50 hours has been done by
  me.  The money spent then was money well spent.

  Following is what he did that day: change oil and filter, change
  transmission oil, adjusted valves, changed primary and secondary fuel
  filters, bled the air out of they system, checked shaft alignment with a
  feeler gauge, adjusted the packing gland, and repaired a tiny coolant leak
  in the temp sender unit.  He also showed me how to change the impellor and
  coolant.

  The manual that came with the boat (and is on my boat currently) has a
  section on engine maintenance intervals.  You may want to take a look at
  that also.

  For standing rigging, I had a rigger that I have known and trusted for 
many
  years come down and tune the rig.  I think he charged about $50.  Again,
  money well spent.

  Hope this helps!

  Allan S. Field
  Sea Shadow - #808
  Columbia, MD

  -----Original Message-----
  From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.org
  [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.org] On Behalf Of Nigel Price
  Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 2:28 AM
  To: C320-List
  Subject: [C320-list] C320 Warranty 50hr first service

  Does anyone know just what the first 50hr warranty service is supposed to
  cover.
  When I bought the boat, I was told to return to the dealer at 50 engine
  hours for an engine service and tensioning of the standing rigging plus 
any
  warranty repairs.
  Despite my requests before and after the service, the dealer has been very
  coy about the matter and not given me any idea of what should have been 
done
  or what was done. In fact, if it wasn't for a quantity of diesel in the
  bilge, there was no evidence that anything was done.
  Cheers,
  Nigel
  Epiphany #1061