[C320-list] Exhaust elbow/Reply
Jerry Clayton
jsea at prodigy.net
Tue Mar 15 08:27:36 PDT 2011
Peter, where was the store in the U.S. with the lower price?
Jerry
#988
----- Original Message -----
From: "P & B Sheerin" <sheerinp at bigpond.net.au>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Exhaust elbow/Reply
> Hi Bruce, Thanks for your comments. I have now removed mine and guess
> what. the aperture in the elbow would be less than 3mm. No wonder the donk
> was puffing out black smoke. Have ordered another from Yanmar about $245
> Aus. Found another place in US for about half the price, but needed it
> urgently. Don't know about stainless have been told very vulnerable to
> cracking. Anyway let you know how we go. By the way does the large
> connector need a sealing compound?
> Peter.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Stanley" <brucestanley36 at gmail.com>
> To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Exhaust elbow
>
>
>> Hi Peter
>> i replaced our 3ym30 at 400 hours/4 years old.
>> I question the mechanic about this being necessary. Was it a fault with
>> Yanmar?
>> He pulled 2 others off the shelf and showed me it was not just Yanmar ...
>> think the others were Nani and ... maybe Volvo.
>> I choose to do it myself. my costs were $400 (approx). My mates was
>> double
>> because they did not remove/install it themselves.
>> I had to remove the elbow and its attachment to the engine. (The
>> connection
>> cannot be done on site because it needs a vice ... so you take the elbow
>> off
>> at the workshop while it is still attached to its immediate base part.)
>>
>> STAINLESS STEEL
>> i have since learnt that a competent marine work shop can individually
>> make
>> them for around $350 ... ???
>> suggest you phone around before you take it off.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Bruce S/Sydney
>
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