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Linus,
Unless you really want to change your system for other reasons, my advice would be the same as Rich’s. I converted my system to R-134A about five years ago. In fact, it was not necessary to remove the old oil from the system. Auto parts stores have conversion kits that include a quantity of conversion oil that makes the old oil compatible with the new refrigerant.
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My experience with Petit Zinc Coat was not good. Results seem to be heavily dependant on location. I tried it after a friend had reported good results but it sure did not work for me. My boat resides on a mooring in a shallow pond that tends to get quite warm and stuff grows.
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Ditto for me. I found Kato to be a very good company to deal with and I have been pleased with the product since I installed the davits nearly 10 years ago. See the P-424 Photo Gallery for reinforcement I added to reduce load on the rail.
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Bill,
While you have the strainer out for cleaning open the seacock to be sure you have good flow up to that point. If not, ou should be able to clean out the inlet to the seacock from inside the boat with a screwdriver. If you have an elbow at the seacock ou will have to remove that first.
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Bill,
Would you have a second screw. I lost one this past week-end.
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Connectors, as you mention, are certainly a good idea. Wish I had thought of that after all these years of disconnecting and re-connecting each of the light and wind instrument wires. My termoinal strips, however, are not corroded.
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Those of us who winter store our boats with the spars out are very familiar with the terminals you describe.
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Thank you Linus, Chuck and Rich.
After a rather uncomfortable nights sleep I convinced myself that it had to be a bleeding problem. It had been some time since I had to bleed the high pressure side and I had forgotten how stuburn the red monster could be. So, this morning I recruited my wife to do the cranking for me and after several tries at bleeding, start happened.
Thanks again
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You may now have to bleed the high pressure pump and injectors. This also
happened to me once when I tried to start the engine without completely
getting the air out of the low pressure side. I don’t have the bleeding
procedures here at home but will be glad to send them the next time I get to
the boat in the coming week if you wish.
Phil Fontaine
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Remove the filter and check to be sure that the large seal is properly
installed in the top of the filter housing. I spent a day (including
replacing the low pressure pump) only to discover that the seal was laying
on top of the replaceable element and the fuel was being bypassed back to
the tank
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The white part on my boat is about 1.5. It is so close to the water that it
is very difficult to keep it clean. I am considering eliminating it
altogether by raising the bottom paint to the bottom of the boot-top.
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