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Pat
Are you doing the vee berth as well? I pulled on the grab-drip rail to turn around to get out of bed and it made the panel slip down. I can push it back up but don’t know how to secure it in place. It just moved about an inch in the forward end.
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Pete
Rather than try to fit a pan under the new engine I built a dam between the stringers on the forward end of the compartment. It is high enough to trap an oil spill but not high enough to wet the engine if it fills with water. I have to sponge it out when I have a leak at the back of the boat. I haven’t had to do that in a while. The leak that I had a time figuring out was the hinges on the sail lockers. All of them were leaking a little and I would have to sponge it out after a rain. The great thing about a new engine is all that is in there is water. The pan is coated with pigmented epoxy so it can be cleaned easily.
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That job was done at Deaton’s in Oriental and I believe that they installed two smaller tanks so they could be installed through the sail locker. I don’t know who fabricated the tanks for them.
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Pete
Did you truck the boat home or are you in Oriental?
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Tor
Will the mattress be hinged or in two pieces? It seems a mattress that size
would be very hard to get in the cabin.Linus
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I try to choose and odd color so if I drink too much and fall over board I can look up and see which boat to swim to. Current economic situation has changed that, now I choose what’s on sale. I got Micron Extra for 159.00 of Ebay so blue it is.
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Robert
The voltage sense wire is used to sense charging voltage so that the compressor will pull the cold plates down with the full fury of the system. Once the plates are frozen or they begin to melt the unit runs for short periods so not to drain the batteries. Or that is the best that I can figure from the provided information.
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Rich
My unit is a 12 volt Grunart that has an charging sensor like Pete makes and has been great. It only runs hard when plugged in or running the engine. There is a huge compressor in the port sail locker which is where the kink in the tubing is. I have quite a few friends that have helped me out with refrigeration issues in the restaurant. I think for a few beers and wings I can try the 134 before biting the big one for the new unit.
Thanks I’ll let you know how it goes.
I do have one more question for the group. The unit has a 120 volt AC sensing wire that was hooked up to the old Raritan converter. Now that I have installed an inverter it is a different hook up. My guess it should go to the charger out somewhere, but that is obviously 12 volt and the panel is labeled 120 volt sense. Does anyone have a similar unit?Linus
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OK maybe I was looking at the deal that I thought I could get on a new system. I was told that the few units that the yard had switched to 134 had only lasted one year and then seized. I thought that at this point I didn’t want to spend any money on a unit that I would have to replace soon. I spent a couple of boat units on repairs on the engine just before I replaced it. I sure could have used that money for the repower.
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I have to replace one copper line. I was told by the yard that all the fittings on the evaporator and the expansion valve would have to be replaced if I changes to R134. Also the unit is 27 years old and water cooled. A pretty good life span I would say. I plan to go back with a water cooled unit.
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I think that I still need a picture.
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Alan
There should be a pad on both sides of the rotor. The one that supplies the pressure has a stainless backing plate where the pins push that looks like a fifty cents piece. The caliper floats on the pin where it is secured at the top. There should be two nuts there one is a locking nut. You should be able to adjust it out to fit the pad in place. You may need to move the lever at the top to see how the cam works.
Linus
The metal disc is a backing plate for the pins to press against. The space is ajustable, you have to tighten as the pad wears. The pad on the other side of the rotor is the smaller one and has a screw to hold it in place on mine. I had to drill and counter sink the head when I got the replacement puck but the material worked easily.
Linus
