On my 3QM30, I installed a remote oil filter. It is mounted on a bracket by the v-drive. This also allowed me to install a remote oil pressure gauge using standard SAE hardware. I have a small access plate in the cockpit for adding oil. I also added a coolant overflow bottle in the Lazerette for adding coolant. I also added a system with an electric fuel pump for changing fuel filters without having to bleed the injectors. I can now change the fuel filters in about 10 minutes, oil changes in 20 minutes both from the companion way access hatch. Another addition was to install a push/pull cable for compression release. To be used during starting. this saves wear and tear on the starter and flywheel. The fittings for the cable are already on the front (back) of the engine. I also use this for pumping oil through the engine after an oil change or sitting a long time. The cable comes out by the ignition switch. Now for starting I pull out the cable T-handle, engage the starter wait 10 seconds (for oil to start flowing) then push in the T-handle. starting ease has improved and I don't get the grinding of starter that used to happen sometimes.
Doug S/V Pegasus Shilshole Bay Marina Seattle svpegasu...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Robert Boyer via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > In my opinion its not all that bad. There is a lot of access through the > starboard cockpit locker for changing the solenoid/starter, oil filter, air > filter, and v-belts. The panel between the cockpit locker and the engine > is removable. Getting to the water pump to change the impeller was > difficult so I installed much longer inlet and outlet hoses so that I can > pull the water pump out into the port quarter berth without even > disconnecting the hoses--this was a big improvement for changing the rubber > impellers. > > Putting oil in the crankcase is a challenge since the headroom between the > top of the engine and the lower surface of the cockpit deck is very limited > but adding oil can be done--its usually only done once per year for most of > us. > > I don't have maintenance experience on many boats but my Landfall 38 has > much better engine access than my Sabre 28 had for sure. > > Bob Boyer > S/V Rainy Days / Annapolis MD > 1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230 > email: dainyr...@icloud.com > blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com > > "There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply > messing about in boats." --Kenneth Grahame > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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