[C320-list] I have a hot stuffing box...

[catalina at thehares.com]

Hi Chris,

   I've seen the same thing on #809 when I first installed it.  I simply
backed it off so that it was loose, then just "finger tip" tight.  Then
tighten the lock nut against it (although I suggest a little anti-sieze
grease between the faces of the nut and lock nut so that it's easy to
re-adjust later.

It ran cool after that.  I also noticed a couple drops of black goop when
it was running hot but nothing harmful after I loosened it up.

Then keep an eye on it over the next dozen hours of motoring time and you
should be good to go.

-Jeff H.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Chris
> Willems
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 9:11 AM
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] I have a hot stuffing box...
>
>
> ... this is perhaps the lamest pick up line, ever...
>
> Lisa and I purchased  #828 at the end of last year,
> and among 1,000 other "little" jobs, I repacked the
> stuffing box with 3 rings of 1/4" GFO packing.
>
> I could barely get the stuffing nut back on due to the
> bulk of the stuffing, so I snugged it up a bit (with a
> wrench - I know,  a NO NO!)  to be sure it was on.  It
> appears I overtightened as in the two times I've run
> her (about an hour each, low rpms) the stuffing box
> gets hot, almost too hot to touch.  Each time I've
> eased back on the locknut and stuffing nut.
>
> A bit of black goo has come out at the end of the
> stuffing box around the shaft.
>
> Have I toasted the GFO packing?
>
> Advice welcomed.  Admonishments accepted... I feel so
> novice... a 32' boat is so much bigger than a 25'
> boat!  I'm learning, and stubborn.  We love her and
> "this too shall pass".  Like a gallstone perhaps, but
> it will.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris Willems
> "Chrysalis" #828
> ---
> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude/F-Prot Virus]
>
>
>
> ---
> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude/F-Prot Virus]
>
>