[C320-list] Stuffing Box GFO size

[Bruce Stanley]

thanks Chris
I will go for the 1/4"

cheers
from
Sydney
Bruce Stanley #1084
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On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Both will work on the older boats and both have been recommended in various
> versions of the manual. It has been asserted that Catalina used different
> stuffing boxes at various times, but interestingly enough, when you do the
> math on mine, it calls for 7/32" which is not a manufactured size. I
> suspect
> that for various reasons they decided the optimum size is the larger or
> smaller at different points in the run.
>
> It is easy to put in three rings of 3/16", but it compresses on down. To
> put
> in three of 1/4"most find it easier to put in two rings, compress the
> packning and then put in the third. Some only put in two.
>
> It all seems to work. I have three rings of 1/4", a bone dry bilge and a
> cool stuffing box.
>
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Bruce Stanley <brucestanley36 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Help
> > I know the size has been on the List ... but .. I seem to have lost it
> :o(
> >
> > Manual says 1/4 inch,
> > however,
> > was 3/16th ever recommended????????
> >
> > thanks
> > Bruce Stanley
> > Sydney Australia C320 #1084
> >
>
>
>
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> Chris Burti Farmville, NC
>