[C320-list] Changing Racor Filter

[Pat Moriarty]

Just attach the valve to the Racor and you still have the rubber 
insulator but the valve is rigid now. Has worked for over a year for me.

Pat
#130

At 06:39 AM 9/1/2006, you wrote:
>Jon;
>Why not cut the hose at a convenient spot and insert a shut off 
>valve. Since it would be only touching the rubber you would not have 
>a problem with dissimilar metals.
>BARRY --... ...--
>TRANSIT C-320 # 126
>----- Original Message ----- From: <jonvez at comcast.net>
>To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:29 AM
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Changing Racor Filter
>
>
>>One additional note on the fuel shut off. You may not have a handle 
>>(petcock) depending on the hull number to shut the fuel off at the 
>>tank. When I purchased and installed my new tank, it came with an 
>>anti siphon barb in place of the petcock that my '99 had. I prefer 
>>the petcock, but because it is bronze and the new tank did not come 
>>with a stainless sleeve to keep it from the aluminum tank, I will 
>>have to stick with the anti-siphon.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Jon Vez
>>
>>-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Warren 
>>Updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>
>>
>>>Opinions on changing filters are like the nose: everyone has one.
>>>
>>>I had to re-read Herb's part about the fuel cutoff valve a couple 
>>>of times to
>>>realize that as a "cutoff valve" he turns it on to stop the fuel. 
>>>In my mind, I
>>>turn the valve off to stop the fuel. Either way, you don't want 
>>>fuel to flow in
>>>the line when opening the Racor unit.
>>>
>>>I don't concern myself with the screw-on bottom until I get the 
>>>filter off. To
>>>do that, I first loosen the filter slightly but not enough to leak. Then, I
>>>place a small plastic tub under the filter, unscrew it and drop it 
>>>into the tub.
>>>Dump the rest of the fuel, top and bottom, and remove the bottom 
>>>part. Be sure
>>>to clean well the bottom part. Take the black "O" ring out from the bottom
>>>part, wet it well with fuel, replace it and screw onto the new filter hand
>>>tight. Be sure you can remove the bottom by hand at this point. Wet out the
>>>new seal with fuel, fill the new cartridge nearly to the top with 
>>>fuel and screw
>>>it into place, also hand tight. Open the fuel line shutoff. (Filling the new
>>>cartridge with fuel means that much less fuel to pump from the 
>>>tank, and much
>>>less fuel to dispose of.)
>>>
>>>My engine is a Perkins M30 so the bleeding procedure may be 
>>>different; but, if
>>>you have the hand pump on the Racor, I can bleed the entire line to the
>>>secondary filter from the Racor. As Herb described, loosen the 
>>>bleed screw on
>>>the secondary (on Perkins it is a hex bolt; you can tell if this 
>>>is the right
>>>one because a couple of threads down there is a hole through the screw. When
>>>you can see the hole, it's unscrewed enough.) Of course, use 
>>>plenty of rags or
>>>absorbant towels. Pump the Racor pump until only solid stream of fuel comes
>>>from the bleed screw, and close it. I have never had to bleed the 
>>>HP pump using
>>>this procedure, and I've never bothered with the lift pump as it 
>>>has it's own
>>>set of issues.
>>>
>>>Warren & Pattie Updike
>>>C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
>>>Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
>>>Chesapeake Bay
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