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james

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    stanstead abbotts
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    renovating old boats !!
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    gas fitter
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    smugglers ride
  • Boat Location
    lee and stort cruising club

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  1. Hi, I had another engineer at the boat today from my local marina. To those who are interested in the solution to this problem, it was the the stuffing box not quite central round the shaft on closer inspection the pusher was rubbing on the shaft. so we released the clip and manovered, twisted and manipulated the whole lot, and got it as central as we could. we ran it for an hour it was warm !!!!! He suggested that we could have achieved more central by moving the engine sideways just a touch but was reluctant, because he wants to be sure that its central in the stern tube so when the boat comes of the water we will check it all. for the moment im happy that its not overheating. thanks for every ones input and to the guy that suggested the rubber tube was new and stiff and out of line, you was right after all . ?
  2. Yes like I said I totally agree the position is different, but The grease is pouring out the front , so I know it’s getting there ! any way I’ll leave to the experts , what do I know I’m a gas engineer Thanks all for your input hopefully I’ll get to the bottom of it, something is not right . I just wanted to know how serious. Thanks again
  3. Yes like I said I totally agree the position is different, but The grease is pouring out the front , so I know it’s getting there ! any way I’ll leave to the experts , what do I know I’m a gas engineer
  4. Like I said I think I need to get another engineer to look alighnment to make 100% sure. And if I have to go for a swim we have weather for it ! Thanks. For your help
  5. Thanks for your input tony, obviously with you huge amount of knowledge about all this ......what should I do ? I’m pulling my hair out ,?
  6. The gland was repacked, because the hose was very old and showing signs of wear I had it all dismantled checked for wear and replaced the hose with correct type , the greaser cup is small and I was going to fit a remote one but if the grease is being delivered does it really matter how? It just means I have to fill the cup more often . I totally agree on the position though it looks like the whole of the hose needs to be greased ??? very weird but like I says it’s ozing out the front??
  7. The hose is not a bit of cooling hose, 5 ply stern gland hose from t Norris . The boat is a sea master 813 and 40 years old this I’m assuming is the original equipment , far from being a right lash up !! , the grease is oozing from. The front of the gland and when i inspected the packing all wet and greasy. I don’t know what else to say other than thanks for all your input and I’m going to get some one to recheck the alighnment for me to make 100% . I just don’t know why both manufactures used the hot cup of tea theory and told me not to worrry, they make and supply these world wide . Why would they give me false info.
  8. No oil used , honestly it’s just the camera angle. Phoned another leading sterngland manufacturer they agreed if everything has been checked and there’s no smell or steam, it’s well greased and it’s drip rate is 3 or 4 times a min for it to be hot is not unusual ! . The problems arise when it’s tight and people try to make it run dry or of corse it badly misaligned. As far a temp goes (which was my original question) bronze can withstand a massive temp and be turning blue before my eyes so I have nothing to worry about . That all being said relies on everything else being ok . The shaft could be bent but even then wouldn’t I have other tell tale signs. For now I think I will enjoy the boating season , and have it all apart when it’s on the hard ?
  9. The engineer packed it with 3 rings of Packing and they are reputable engineering firm. I checked the pusher and it’s not tight at all only just touching the packing to be honest. The whole thing is a mystery ? I measured gap exactly 17mm each side
  10. Hi , I tried adjusting the flexi hose as suggested but it hasn’t made a difference. Does anyone know if damage only occurs when things get scolding hot , if so I’m gonna stop worrying about it because I think I might be chasing a red herring at the moment I can hold my hand on it and count to 2 and there is no smell or steam and there is 5 drips a min underway I don’t feel. Confident removing a ring of packing although I’m glad it worked for you mate !
  11. ok that sounds interesting i will give it ago, if i slacken it ...will it leak quite a lot? i would be afraid it could pop off then i would panic big time lol. I might try removing one of rings if all else fails. thanks for the info
  12. Thanks for your reply, the shaft is easy to turn by hand. Yes your right the it is underneath the boat , the engineer first checked the cutlass when on the hard a month ago. so i wouldnt know about it being in line now its back in the water.
  13. Hi im new to this and this is my first post. sorry for lots of detail , i hope someone could help me with this problem, i have a 27ft cruiser with a 1.8 bmc on shaft with conventional stuffing gland. recently i have had an engineer replace the flexi hose because it was showing signs of breaking down. he repacked the gland, checked for wear to gland, shaft and cutlass all ok. we refloated the boat. whilst running the engine in gear for 20mins i noticed the gland was very hot too touch and no matter how i slackened the packing gland i was not getting a drip at all. convinced it had been packed to tight , he came back repacked it checked shaft alignment. it was still getting hot so we rang a well known manufacturing company of these stuffing boxes and he said if i could hold onto it comfortably for 5 seconds it was ok and explained about a hot cup of tea and how you proberbly wouldnt be able to hold that at all , he did however tell me to keep an eye on it. I used the boat for 1.5hours today at about 1200 revs adjusted so i was getting a steady drip (bit more than id like but im obviously trying keep it cool) i stopped added some grease nearly stopped the drip, good i thought!. When i check the temp it was even hotter!!, say two seconds and then i had to let go . there is no smell or steam and i dont know if this was getting hot before because i never checked it. Now my question is....... am i worrying over nothing , does any one know what sort of temp it needs to reach before stainless steel and bronze starts to suffer !!! i am the sort of person that likes things just so and it just dosent seem right !!! any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. fantastic forum by the way i have solved many problems and learnt so much just by reading other posts. (Its the bronze type with two studs with nuts on them) thanks in advance james
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