There should be a special place in Hell where design engineers have to live with their work.
Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL N30 07.68 W081 38.47 > Until 2004, these had only 2 lip seals and the slinger was an O ring on the > shaft. If the pump started dry, it would overheat (It burned the paint off > my cover) and destroy the impellor and seal. Also, any seal leak causes the > bearings to fail as it quickly corrodes the cage that holds the balls in > place. Once the bearings go bad, there is a fast flow of water sprayed > parallel to the shaft that enters the oil system at the pump drive gear. A > very unreliable pump! After 2004 there is a different pump with a ceramic > seal. > Lee Haefele _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveabo...@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
