[C320-list] Exhaust elbow/ReplyReply

[P & B Sheerin]

Jerry, Try Torrensen's Marine Elbow mixer $146.69 Peter.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Clayton" <jsea at prodigy.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Exhaust elbow/Reply


> Peter, where was the store in the U.S. with the lower price?
>
> Jerry
> #988
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> ----- 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
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>
>> 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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