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

[jim brown]

Don't know about the gortex stuff but a straightened fish hook (not barbless) can grab and pull out the old flax stuff pretty effectively. Just jab it in and pull. Jim Brown


--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Joe Barrett <joe at dolphinmortgage.com> wrote:

> From: Joe Barrett <joe at dolphinmortgage.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] I have a hot stuffing box...
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 4:19 PM
> How the heck do you get the old packing out?
> Joe Barrett 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of
> catalina at thehares.com
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 4:17 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] I have a hot stuffing box...
> 
> 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
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