[C320-list] Aqua Lift Muffler - Leak Location

[Warren Updike]

Allan, I seem to remember a similar report a while ago on this list.  The author described adding a layer of glass around the base and over the screw holes, then redrilling the holes.  A rather simple repair considering the effort to get the damn thing off and back on again.

Warren & Pattie Updike
C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
Chesapeake Bay

-----Original Message-----
From: "Allan Field" <Allan.Field at comcast.net>

Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:44:49 
To:"'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Aqua Lift Muffler - Leak Location


I found where the leak from the Aqua Lift muffler is coming from.  The box
is molded into a base that has 4 pre-drilled screw holes drilled into the
corners.  The box is screwed onto a base mounted to the hull.  The leak is
coming from the bottom of the box right next to one of the holes for a
screw.  It appears that when the box was fabricated and fiber glassed,
someone got a little careless at the corner and did not fare in very well
the glass.  The area around the leak is pitted and not smooth.