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O.k., I did that. I removed the pin from the cable inside wire, however the cable jacket is still attached to the pedestal inside somewhere down there (about 12-15 inches), where I can’t get to it. Is there a trick to reaching that connection?
Walter: thanks for the number. This matches (with the zero) what the lady at TransAtlantic Diesel thought it was.
When I talk to these diesel shops, they ask me to look at the tag on the injector pump and give them the DPA number. I have looked everywhere and there is no tag, and to my understanding, no DPA number. Does anyone with a W60 have such a number on a tag on their injector pump?
One shop (Trans Atlantic Diesel) thinks that it is DPA#3342F110, but I cant verify that. Just wondering if anyone has seen what I am talking about.
Thanks,
CharlieThanks, Pete. I have decided to bring in a diesel mechanic to just fix it. I am way over my head with things like heart surgery and injector pumps.
cO.k, I just did a search on the forum and saw all of the great responses you guys gave me last year (Feb 2012) when I was in Marathon. Wish I had done something with all that good information then. NOW, I have to.
BTW, here’s how it goes. I had just successfully installed the GXM 51 satellite weather system into my Garmin 740s and it was working wonderfully. I was so proud and thought how ready I was for the upcoming trip south next month. Then I went below and smelled diesel fuel in the bilge. Crap!
Tor:
I am at the boat now and am ready to send the lights to you. I need your address. You can call me at 770-313-5115. My email is sailoneeighty@gmail.comHere is what I am sending: three cabin top lights, three swivel reading lights, two bow light fixtures, one stern light (original). I have gone to all LED’s and have run out of room to store stuff. If you don’t need all of these, you can be the keeper and re-distribute them if someone else does.
Hope this helps.
CharlieTor:
I am at the boat now and am ready to send the lights to you. I need your address. You can call me at 770-313-5115. My email is sailoneeighty@gmail.comHere is what I am sending: three cabin top lights, three swivel reading lights, two bow light fixtures, one stern light (original). I have gone to all LED’s and have run out of room to store stuff. If you don’t need all of these, you can be the keeper and re-distribute them if someone else does.
Hope this helps.
CharlieThe Silpruf is good stuff. I’ve started thinking that if anything I do lasts just half as long as the original, I’ll be dead by the time it needs replacing. That’s an advantage of being old.
Tor,
I have replaced the acrylic and rebedded the Bomar hatches on two boats, the P323 and the P424 (the first about 4 years ago) and I used BoatLife LifeSeal. It comes in black. Here is what Jamestown says about it:
BoatLIFE LifeSeal Polyurethane/Silicone Sealant is a one part, fast curing, low odor, high adhesion, non-sag compound. LifeSeal is excellent for sealing decks to hulls, underwater thru hull fittings, vinyl ports, windshield setting glaze and the bedding of marine hardware. It retains excellent adhesion and elasticity under all weather conditions.I called and talked to the president of Boatlife in Charleston SC and asked specifically which product she would use to seal acrylic to aluminum and that is what she emphatically recommended. It is a polysulfide compound called BoatSeal. The only mistake I made was that the first time I applied it, I went too skimpy, and it started to leak. I went back and put enough the second time to make it squeeze out all sides and never had another problem. If you put in new acrylic, blue tape the top before you apply the seal, and it cleans up much better.
I had a local plastics company cut out 1/4″ smoked acrylic from the original. It is a little thicker than the original, but it works great and I like the idea of having it a little stronger.
I personally think the rebuilt old Bomar cast aluminum with 1/4 acrylic is better/stronger than anything on the market today.What a timely thread. I recently had to access that area to reseat the stanchion and lost a wrench in the black hole. I had heard about someone putting in a hatch so I was about to ask for suggestions. I didn’t realize that I was the only one who hasn’t made the cut yet.
A question I still have is if there is any issue or trick in fitting a flat hatch onto a slightly curved wall?I have several that are yours for the postage. There are about three or four round brass fixtures, one may have a broken lens. Nice lights looking for a home. I have gone all LED. My New Years resolution is not to save all my old stuff in case a meteorite takes out all my new stuff. Do you need a EZ7 Loran C or a used head flapper valve?
Tor: Great article. If I were a magazine I would publish it. It sure struck a nerve with me and maybe lots of old school sailors. It reminded me of my purest days when I would sail in and out of the marina and dock just for fun… and then I quit doing it. It would also be a good wake-up call for many new, young high tech sailors who have never had the “opportunity” to sail with no engine, much less no GPS and Chartplotter. As great as all these new gadgets are (engines, AIS, windmeters, GPS, Chartplotters, 4G weather, etc) the prudent sailor should know and practice how to get along without them. You proved that case in your article.
CharlieThanks. I second Dan’s comment about how nice it is to have this forum for our 30 year old boats. This is better than a manufacturer’s advice on a new boat. Theirs is theory, this is experience.
Is there any reason to believe I wouldn’t have this same air-lock problem inherent in the W60? I need to refresh my antifreeze but don’t want to invent any problems that I don’t already have.
Charlie
Tor:
Beautiful story of a beautiful place. I was especially impressed with the warm reception from the officials. That’s the part that would have worried me the most. I really want to do that trip so I have a hundred questions. We are planning the Exumas about February and that seems to be a reasonable launch to Hispaniola, though I don’t see that leg happening next year.
I was glad to see you “just did it!”,
Charlie
Sv/ OneEighty
