I took the adjuster to a local shop today. They wanted $125 just to fix the leak.
I talked to Lew Townsend in Seattle. He quotes about $400 to go through the entire unit and change all the seals, etc. The seal kit is a bit over $100. I think that since this is a fairly important piece of equipment sending it to Lew is the best decision. He has such a good reputation I have a high comfort level with him. It's not a place to cheap it! Unfortunately, Lew is going sailing until mid-July. I intend to rig a temporary fix until I get the unit back from Lew. I left the toggle on the transom tang. I'll put a snatch block on the toggle. I'll put a shackle in the head fitting on the lower end of the backstay (it's rod), run a line from the bottom of the backstay through the snatch block to a second snatch block on a padeye on the cockpit coaming then to a secondary winch. The Admiral and I don't have any races or hard sailing scheduled so we should be fine. We want to go see the Blue Angels perform over Pensacola Beach in a couple weeks and perhaps watch a Blue Wahoos baseball game but that's it. Time to do some needed maintenance. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
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