1911tex
Sustaining Member
Trying find the easiest way to get to the stuffing box for drip adjustment.
The canister label is at a difficult angle...think it says "Marine wet exhaust muffler"? Did not know our Ericson had a muffler....after all this time solving more important boat problems I can now see some light at the end of the tunnel..so I decided to explore a little...while having to reduce stuffing box 1 drip every 6 seconds to 1 a minute...engine off.
PO replaced stuffing in '18 and never readjusted the stuffing box nut..I have put 12 or so engine hours getting in/out of marina over time in order to sail, so stuffing should be well broken in. The resulting stuffing box water in the bilge along with mast rain runoff accumulates maybe a gallon +/- a week with no rain. Maybe the bilge pump pulls some out.
Will make the bilge crawl to the stuffing box this weekend. My brawny son will be available to pull me out in reverse if I get stuck. Curious about this black canister....?
The canister label is at a difficult angle...think it says "Marine wet exhaust muffler"? Did not know our Ericson had a muffler....after all this time solving more important boat problems I can now see some light at the end of the tunnel..so I decided to explore a little...while having to reduce stuffing box 1 drip every 6 seconds to 1 a minute...engine off.
PO replaced stuffing in '18 and never readjusted the stuffing box nut..I have put 12 or so engine hours getting in/out of marina over time in order to sail, so stuffing should be well broken in. The resulting stuffing box water in the bilge along with mast rain runoff accumulates maybe a gallon +/- a week with no rain. Maybe the bilge pump pulls some out.
Will make the bilge crawl to the stuffing box this weekend. My brawny son will be available to pull me out in reverse if I get stuck. Curious about this black canister....?