[C320-list] Warning re 3YM30 Yanmar Engine

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Had the same problem on my 320 #769 solved the problem with a 1 1/5 long 
piece of pvc pipe about 3/4 " dia slit down the middle to allow you to slip 
the pvc pipe over the rubber hose reclamp to the engine, no more wear.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len" <aqua5len at gmail.com>
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Warning re 3YM30 Yanmar Engine


> Hi Annie,
>
> Thanks for the heads up---will check my boat with Catalina and have them
> correst if have same setup as you.
>
> Len
> Aqua5   #1070
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> On 7/20/06, Annie Bennett <annie at sydneyprivatesailing.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Finally taken delivery of Hull No 1073 (ordered at the beginning of May
>> last
>> year) and took it for it's first sail last weekend.  She should be pretty
>> strong after all the extra fibreglassing that had to be done to get her
>> through NSW Maritime Survey so I can do charters and lessons on her.  She
>> looks great but in preparation for my first charter on her this weekend,
>> my
>> surveyor friend checked out the engine yesterday and he found the
>> following
>> (easily solvable) problem everyone with this engine should be aware of.
>>
>> The salt water cooling line that supplies the mechanical seal and exhaust
>> injection is cable tied to the lifting lug on the top of the engine. 
>> Due
>> to engine vibration the hose is already wearing (after only 6 engine
>> hours).
>> He has advised me to sheave the existing hose with a small sacrificial
>> hose
>> and reattach it with a cable tie to the lifting lug.  He said that if I
>> don't do this he thinks I've got about 3 months before there'll be salt
>> water all over the engine.  He was fairly unimpressed with this set up. 
>> I
>> assume it's a yanmar issue rather than a Catalina issue.
>>
>> It's interesting how the boat is subtly different from Hull No 812.  The
>> galley drawers are smaller from front to back.  I can just fit my cutlery
>> tray in the second drawer but can no longer fit the bottle opener and
>> champagne stop there as well.  The shipwright said this is because the 
>> new
>> pull out tap takes up more room at the back.
>>
>> Also, the cleaning caddy for washing up liquid etc that I used to store
>> next
>> to the bin in the cupboard under the sink won't fit and my plates won't
>> fit
>> in the top left cupboard above the stove where I always kept them on
>> Topcat
>> 2.  It's just that tiny bit smaller from front to back.
>>
>> Annie Bennett
>> Topcat 3
>> #1073
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