[C320-list] noise at 1800

[Jbrown5093]

I got charged for it so I hope so.

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On Sep 2, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Brahmany Kite <brahmanykite at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you realign the engine?
> 
> On 9/3/13, jim brown <jbrown5093 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Had the boat hauled while we were on vacation for a week to have the bottom
>> cleaned and repainted. While it was out I had the two blade prop changed to
>> a three blade (my wife is at the helm and wanted more reverse power-I know
>> it's slower-she doesn't care), the cutlass bearing replaced (10 years on the
>> original) and the stuffing gland redone with Gortex packing. When taking the
>> boat back to our marina we noticed a high pitched screeching sound only at
>> 1800 to 2200 rpm. Go below 1800 and above 2200 and no vibration and quiet.
>> No noise at the dock in neutral throughout the rpm range. Can't really
>> locate the noise except it doesn't seem to be coming from the transmission
>> or the packing gland (and that is cool after half hour of motoring), and it
>> seems a little louder in the aft lazarette.   Any suggestions? Is there an
>> upper bearing in the stuffing box that might need attention?
>> 
>> Jim Brown  Desafinado 973
>> 
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