I've got a good friend who is a Betamarine rep. I posed the question (anonymously) to him and he is checking on it. I'll report back...
Paul Esterle Freelance Boating Writer "Capt'n Pauley's Place" The Virtual Boatyard www.thevirtualboatyard.com Philip McConnell wrote: > The elbow on our Perkins 4-236 was aluminum and factory original. It was > in fine condition when removed after 20 years. Only replaced it because > I needed to inject the cooling water into the top of the elbow instead > of the side thereby gaining 1.5" of space for a genny sound shield. > > Philip McConnell > Tayana 52, USSV Gryphon > Richmond, CA > > > Philip & Marilyn wrote: >> I am finally gong to replace the exhaust elbows on my Beta Marine 14 hp >> diesels. They are full of pin holes (and larger some dime sized) and I am >> getting tires of mixing up JB weld to patch them. Beta says they no longer >> sell the Stainless ones as they had "issues" with them, and now offer them >> in cast aluminum at $122. ea. Cast aluminum sounds dodgie to me, what with >> dissimilar metals and such. Any one had any experience with exhaust elbows >> of this material? >> Philip >> >> Philip & Marilyn Lange >> AE4OV & KD4JRC >> ORYOKI >> Witness 35 Catamaran >> There is no reason to have a plan if you are not going to pretend to follow >> it >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardnow.org >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardnow.org >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >> > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardnow.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardnow.org > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardnow.org To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardnow.org The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
