[C320-list] C320 Warranty 50hr first service

[Nigel Price]

  Dealer and staff have gone sailing!
  They have promised to get around to it when they return in two weeks time 
and I leave on Saturday for eight weeks overseas.
  This has not been my best purchasing descision.
  Nigel

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: <bruceheyman at cox.net>
  To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
  Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320 Warranty 50hr first service


  > Nigel,
  > Did the dealer get it fixed?
  > Bruce
  > Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
  >
  > -----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.com>
  > 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
  >
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  >  ----- Original Message ----- 
  >  From: "Allan Field" <Allan.Field at comcast.net>
  >  To: "'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
  >  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.com
  >  [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] 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
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