Hi, I did not see the answer to your question on changing your Antifreeze. Here is one suggestion to save you a few hundred dollars if they did not mention it to you. If you have engine block heaters, you have to make sure they are turned OFF. It takes about 3 seconds for them to burn out with no coolant on the element$$$$. The boat yard or where you bought your antifreeze should be able to take your old antifreeze. Capt Perry
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob S Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:42 PM To: UnifliteWorld Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Maintenance Schedules? Thanks. I will give it a try. Where can you dispose of the old antifreeze? I may be able to at our local recycling station I guess. I'll look into it. I also live in Seattle and winterizing is actually not that bad. You just have to protect from the occasional below freezing period with some space heaters. Last year we had a bunch of snow which was unusual. I also use a dehumidifier and only heat when the temps reach 30 degrees or lower. Saves power. I keep my boat in fresh water and travel through locks to travel in the Puget Sound which is salt water. Nice thing about fresh is that salt corrosion is at a minimum and zincs do not have to be changed as often. Having boated both here and in SoCal you need to move up. Much more to do. If you come to the NW some of us will be happy to show you around. On Nov 20, 12:20 pm, David Oates <[email protected]> wrote: > Kerry, > I don't know why the formating is going wrong, but here is another try. > > I keep my boat informattingfornia delta where the water temperature doesn't get > very cold. So, I don't have much of a winterizing routine. In fact, > it was my intention to eventually move to the Northwest along with my boat and > I am not happy about the idea of having to winterize things such as the water > system. > > > > My annual list is: > > Oil/filters > > Coolant > > Zincs > > Trans oil > > Raw water impellers. > > This year, knowing the impellers had not been changed I several years, and not > knowing what the previous owner, had done, finding the pumps in pretty bad > shape was not much of a surprise. I finally identified the ITT Jabsco pump used on my engines (they just say Detroit Dieselspan> on the cover plate). I am > replacing one and rebuilding the other. The other old pump will be > rebuilt and carried as a spare. The problem is the pulley. My DD > parts supplier says DD wants $822 for a new pump, but it included the > pulley! Well, that pulley can't be worth $590. That's about the > difference between the one I have ordered elsewhere. I have been thinking > about how I can make a pulley and now I have found what appears to be a DD part > number on the old one. I am going to see if the pulley is available and > if so, how much! It would be nice to have a complete pump/pulley assembly > available as my spare. Changing the pulley on board would be difficult. > > DavidO > > --- On Fri, 11/20/09, Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Maintenance Schedules? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 5:16 AM > > Good list. Thank you David. How often do you tackle > each of those items in the list? Also, any winterizing routine? We > will be using our boat through the winter too so I am still trying to decide > what to do about things like the water system. > > > > Thanks, > > Kerry > > > > From: > [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of David Oates > > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:17 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Maintenance Schedules? > > > > Kerry, > > I also have an aft cabin '42, but its an '84, listings call them > "DCMY", and the orginal documents state she is an SE II. Mine > runs the 8.2L Detroit Diesels. My list looks like this: > > Replace pencil zincs in the engines and Onan genset. > > Replace coolant in STB engine. > > Replace raw water pump on STB engine. > > Refurbish raw water pump on Port engine. > > Replace coolant hoses on STB engine (circulating pump to right exh. manifold > and circulating pump to oil cooler). > > Change engine oil and filters. > > Change transmission oil and clean/check internal screens. > > Re-route pressure house water at water heater (to eliminate some 90* > turns). > > Install a pressure regulator on the house water system. > > Replace the shower heads in both heads. > > The list seems to grow as I go! > > DavidO > > --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > From: Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> > > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Maintenance Schedules? > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 5:24 PM > > OK guys, as we go into that time of the year where we roll > up our sleeves and dig into the projects we avoided all season, here is my > winter "project" list: > > > > Here is my project list so far: > > Rewire the flybridge > Replace my fresh water tanks > Rebuild the starters > Install diesel primer pump > Replace my rear head and all hoses > > What about the routine maintenance? I have a 42 > Aft Cabin with 671's. Anyone have a copy of their maintenance schedule > they would be willing to share? I want to know everything from engine > maintenance, to bottom paint to zincs, props, etc. I plan on having > this boat for many many years. Our family loves it. I want to > make sure our baby gets taken care of properly. On a side note...what > winter projects do you guys have going on this winter? > > Thanks, > > Kerry > > </table > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
