[C320-list] Stuffing Box GFO size

[Peter & Barbara Sheerin]

Hello Bruce, Bruce did you replace all rings in stuffing box or just add 
another 1/4" one. Is the process of fitting a new ring fairly straight 
forward. Thanks for the info. Peter Sheerin Jaraman 1096
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Stanley" <brucestanley36 at gmail.com>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stuffing Box GFO size


> thanks Chris
> I will go for the 1/4"
>
> cheers
> from
> Sydney
> Bruce Stanley #1084
> ============================
> 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
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris Burti Farmville, NC
>>