[C320-list] Impeller Replacement

[Irving Grunes]

Warren,
Don't you have to shut off the thru-hull first?
That would not give you time to go up to throw your cookies.
Irv Grunes #851

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Murphy's First Law on Impellers: "When an engine overheats whilst underway,
> it is always in a rolling sea sufficient to knot your stomach in two
> minutes
> or less sitting in front of the pump."
>
> Note, it takes at least 5 min. to:
> 1--decide it might be the impeller (always first place to check;)
> 2--get out the tools;
> 3--find the spare impeller;
> 4--remove the screws (at this point your stomach feels about the size of a
> tennis ball and about as hard;)
> 5--remove the old impeller (while wondering where the missing vane might
> be;)
> 6--install the new impeller (while wondering if you can get the cover on
> before you toss cookies;)
> 7--replace the cover (wondering where that last screw went;)
> 8--go topsides and toss your cookies.
>
> Bought a new impeller this spring. Found the price had nearly doubled.
>
> I always lube the new impeller with dish detergent. It doesn't harm the
> impeller, works as a lube, and gives a nice tell-tail sign in the water
> that
> the impeller is working.
>
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amirault Family - S&B [mailto:amiraults at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 5:29 PM
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Impeller Replacement
>
> All:
>
> Bear will be starting her 4th year of service with me on May 01. When
> acquired in 2007 one of the many things done to her to benchmark engine
> maintenance was replacement of the impeller. I do not remove the impeller
> in
> the fall. I put 20-25 hours on the engine each year. Can the current
> impeller continue in service or are there time/deterioration issues that
> demand the impeller be replaced more frequently despite the low usage?
>
> Brian Amirault
> 2001 Waltzing Bear, too
>
>
>