Recommendation to anyone who needs hydraulic work done. Contact Lew
Townsend in Seattle.(206) 498-7282. email address lewtowns...@comcast.net.
Several people on the list have used him with excellent results.
Alan Bergen
35 Mk III Thirsty
Rose City YC
Portland, OR
On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 1:21 PM
Hey guys,
Just wanted to confess something that went wrong and I'm still learning. Had a
major "fail" today trying to rebuild a hydraulic ram for my backstay. Moral of
the story: take it to a qualified service company.
Background:
My local hydraulic repair shop that rebuilt my ram fifteen years
I think a lot of them just do have silencers. They expect low contamination
and I think that's all I've ever had like through the years. I think my
Yanmar just has a screen over the turbo. Niel's point, about 15 years ago,
I bought a Kubota four-cylinder diesel for the boat, and a Kubota 3
cylinder
I just removed a shitload of that crap. Some kind of white fabric
perforated nagahide with acoustic holes, and completely disintegrated black
foam. It makes me worried that it may have lead in it, I've heard sounddown
had lead or something for sound deadening. I replaced it with those foam
egg crat
Rob,
Happened to me too. All of the sound deadening material fell apart. The old
material came out pretty easily though it's a dirty job. Covered the engine
with plastic sheet and ripped off all the old foam. Wet vac with bag collected
all the gritty grime and I'm planning on a more thorough
To Josh's point:
https://youtu.be/sJ3L-E-ufYo
The particle test starts at about 9:00.
I have used K&N air filters in my vehicles for years. Hmmm. Rethinking
that.
Also, I worked for the company that made Fram products for decades. I
don't use Fram products.
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Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Man
Josh,
You are absolutely correct about sound deadening material disintegrating
all over the engine roomthat is the case on my boat...the stuff on
my boat is now so old it should be removedthe black dust particles
are quite apparent in the engine compartment.
Actually thinking about m
