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Gil, did you make it okay. How was the rest of the trip?
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Has anyone had to pull the washer/dryer to get to the hot water tank? Any tips if so?
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Has anyone had to pull the washer/dryer to get to the hot water tank? Any tips if so?
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Great, thanks! Will give that a go to get to the tank. It appears I have a bad pressure relief and every time I turn on the hot water tank I can kiss my water supply good bye! I may try the "reach over top" method first to prevent having to pull the washer dryer if I can avoid. Seems like there should be a better set up for access for by passing and winterizing your tank! Also, I will try to take pictures...I always seem to forget that and remember after I am done!
Rob
I did the pressure relief valve by hanging over the washer/dryer without any issue. It's right up to and pretty easy to get to if you fit.
Word of warning, don't disturb the garden hose like plumbing fittings. They use a tapered conical washer and love to leak. I've replaced many of the fittings with brass ones.
Hi all, my wife and I are buying a 2005 390 with Cummins 480 CE engines. The boat is located on Long Island. The hull and engine survey was a week ago, but the starboard engine's impeller failed during the sea trial. We had to suspend the engine survey. The boat's owner pledged to have the local Cummins shop replace impellers and service the seawater-cooled stuff (heat exchangers, aftercoolers, trans coolers, etc) on both engines, as this stuff was apparently not done the last three years. Then we're going to repeat the engine survey, hopefully this week. The boat is in really nice shape, with just a few issues found by the hull surveyor. The Cummins engines have 820 hours and the Onan genset has 1,020. I'm actually glad the impeller failed when it did, since the seller is probably spending about $7k for all that maintenance from the Cummins shop. Assuming the engine survey goes well and we close on this boat, the first thing on the agenda is to fly up there and bring the boat to Chesapeake Bay.
Thanks for the warning..I will be sure not to mess with any of them. When you replaced your pressure relief valve, were you experiencing the same symptoms as I am? Losing a tank full of water when the hot water tank was on? Did you drain the tank prior to changing? The tank has been shut off, but assume still full of water. Assume no problem laying on the washer dryer from a weight perspective?
Rob
Update to this boat purchase:
The Cummins engine techs were supposed to finish their work today, but the aftercoolers on both engines failed leak testing. Now the owner is going to replace both aftercoolers.
How concerned should I be about the boat being run with leaky aftercoolers? How likely is it that the engines ingested seawater due to the bad aftercoolers? Apparently the Cummins guys did not draw oil samples yet for lab analysis. My broker is asking them to do that ASAP so we don't have to needlessly wait for the results.
Mine was the source of a very slow leak into that forward bildge.
Manifold is just aft of the washer, try turning off the hot water feed and see if you still have an issue? Can you see water flowing out the thru-hull (port side, halfway down the hull).
The washer supported me with zero concerns, I'm only 145 though, but it felt solid.