06-01-2021 07:24 PM
HI fellow boaters and especially 'vintage Sea Ray (boat) owners'. Sea Ray say they get better with age I'm not really sure about the boat but I know we do!!
So to my first post: Please can someone out there help ?
I have a 1994 Sundancer 370, which is currently in Spain. The boat has a pair of Volvo KAMD 42 Pentas. Both shafts seals are leaking and I am taking on water which fortunately my pumps can handle but, l do need to fix them. The boat was in Mallorca and it had a 10 hour rough run to get it across to the mainland and l think that the not normal type operation disturbed all the crud that wa's kepimg the shafts from leaking badly.
So here is where I need help...
I have been told several different solutions to get to the seals to replace them, such as I need a very small wiry (probably young) mechanic in order to get down to change the seals and then l wax told, no that won't work as you have to pull the gearbox or maybe even the engine/'s in order to get to them. The latter sounds very costly and yes, l know engineers (marine and auto) do ridiculous things when designing boats because they never think about the poor mechanic who has to service them later, but surely to change a couple of hundred dollar seals !
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers.
Sundancer 370.
06-01-2021 10:33 PM