Need some help from the smart guys!
If you remember, I picked up a C&C 30 project boat in November. The engine was in pieces and I got it running in the garage over the winter. Long story short, I got the boat together enough to splash her today. I've tested everything out on the hard, but this was our first shot in the water.
First off, no reverse, but I think it is just a cable adjustment. I crawled under the cockpit to adjust the cable and noticed that my Pig blankets (oil absorbent mats) under the engine were covered in oil. I started looking and found the output shaft is leaking like a sieve, so I guess the seals I thought were new, need to be replaced.
I was already limited on range of movement on the stuffing box and being in the water now, I'd like to stay away from that anyway. So as I see it, I have two real choices:
1) pull the engine mount bolts and slide the engine forward a few inches to get the coupling off --or--
2) sink the boat and take up another hobby
Anybody have any other ideas that I might try? I'm really not looking forward to disconnecting everything again.
Thanks,
Steve
If you remember, I picked up a C&C 30 project boat in November. The engine was in pieces and I got it running in the garage over the winter. Long story short, I got the boat together enough to splash her today. I've tested everything out on the hard, but this was our first shot in the water.
First off, no reverse, but I think it is just a cable adjustment. I crawled under the cockpit to adjust the cable and noticed that my Pig blankets (oil absorbent mats) under the engine were covered in oil. I started looking and found the output shaft is leaking like a sieve, so I guess the seals I thought were new, need to be replaced.
I was already limited on range of movement on the stuffing box and being in the water now, I'd like to stay away from that anyway. So as I see it, I have two real choices:
1) pull the engine mount bolts and slide the engine forward a few inches to get the coupling off --or--
2) sink the boat and take up another hobby
Anybody have any other ideas that I might try? I'm really not looking forward to disconnecting everything again.
Thanks,
Steve
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