[C320-list] Source of Leak

[Allan S. Field]

About 3 times per year, I clean the rubber gaskets thoroughly with Armor
All.  The theory is that the Armor All prevents the gaskets from contracting
plus keeps dirt and grime to a minimum.  In 6 years of doing this, no leaks.
The idea came from this list sometime ago - Joe Revak I believe.

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - #808
Columbia, MD

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack Fitzgibbon
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:01 PM
To: C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Source of Leak

We had the same problem when we first bought our boat.  You may need to
replace the gaskets seals around .  Overtime, the gaskets become compressed
and are no longer effective.  We replaced all of our main cabin, and one in
the aft cabin, opening port light gaskets and that solved the leak problem.
We avoid over tightening the cam type latches and just tighten  enough to
make the seal.

Jack
#441

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Dave Anderer
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:47 PM
To: C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Source of Leak


Hmm.  Three of the four opening ports in the main cabin have small
leaks I haven't been able to locate.  (Drench them with a hose for 20
minutes - nothing.  But given some rain...)

I wonder if it is worth trying this stuff before pulling and re-
bedding them?  Any thoughts?

Dave
#642


On Jan 15, 2008, at 6:26 PM, CMKIT1 at cs.com wrote:

> Randy
> I had a similar leak. Use cpt tolleys creeping crack filler from
> West Marine
> on the chain plates and any other suspects. It does the job.
> Kit Carson #223