[C320-list] Warning re 3YM30 Yanmar Engine

[Annie Bennett]

Len, I'm 99% sure it was made in CA.  No I didn't get the 4000+MkII.  I
wanted a below deck autopilot and it sounded as though the Raymarine one
might not fit.  The B&G one was very expensive but the Coursemaster one is
local and reasonably priced.

Annie
#1073
 


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Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 5:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Warning re 3YM30 Yanmar Engine


Annie----was your #1073 made in CA, or in FL?  Do you have 4000+MkII
autopilot?  (Had problems with my 320-List mail, so don't know if you
received my prior about replacing  4000+MkII that stopped working with
Raymarine's new S1 autopilot).

Len
Aqua5  #1070




On 7/20/06, Annie Bennett <annie at sydneyprivatesailing.com.au> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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