high water bilge pump switch replacement

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Ludovic Francois
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On the way back from Catalina, it’s time to clean the boat after 4 days to the island. I check the bilge and realize a bit of water is there, pull up the switch to run the pump and nothing happen!

 

 

Corroded wires, after some troubleshooting and wiring the pump to by pass the switch, I was sure the issue was the switch.

 

Quick run to West Marine and I found the pump, of course $20 more expensive than what you can get on amazon, it was for me the first chance to try their new deal to match online price. And it works great!

Few minutes later the new switch was plugged! It’s pretty well done and you can keep the same base, so it’s really plug and play.

Engine high temperature water alarm issue

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Ludovic Francois
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After the over heating issue we had last month, the water temperature alarm stopped to work. No sound anymore at the start of the engine.

After some troubleshooting it seems it was just a ground issue at the engine block level.

The wire with a resistor broke at one point and it seems to be the culprit for this issue

Ordered some 1K Ohm 1/2W Flameproof resistors:

  • https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AYIQRA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Rebuilt it and it works great now!

Boom outhaul replacement

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Ludovic Francois
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It was not possible to take advantage of the outhaul with the sail becoming a bit older, it was a missing feature. So after a bit of fighting with the boom, I was able to tear it down and see how it looked.

One of the challenge was to remove the end caps, I guess they haven’t been removed for a very long time, maybe never?

Hardware

On each end caps, I replaced the screws with 8 x ¼-20 x 1/2” SS Hex Head Bolts

The new system is composed of two ball-bearing Harken bullet blocks:

This has been a huge improvement on the sail control! You can see some pictures and references below.

Photos

References

https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/1139/boom-end-casting-c-28-c-30-c-34–c-36.cfm

Boom end: https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/1139/boom-end-casting-c-28-c-30-c-34–c-36.cfm

Ball bearing for boom ends: https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/11/masthead-sheave-ball-bearing-c-25-c-27-c-28-outhaul-c-28-c-30-c-34-c-36.cfm

Catalina 34 outhaul post: https://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,6301.msg40823.html#msg40823

Julandra reference: https://julandra.shutterfly.com/274#277

v-berth insert fix

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Ludovic Francois
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The Catalina 36 V berth is laid out with one large V shaped cushion and a separate insert to fill in the Vee area attached to an upholstered board that fits/rests perfectly onto the trim of the berth. Invariably, just as we become fast asleep, the insert falls to the cabin sole. Since our plan is to sleep on the v-berth to enjoy the nice custom mattress who came with the boat, it’s time to fix it!

The solution was to put some velcro tape:

I had to staple the velcro tape against the insert (update: so far after 5 months it still hold perfectly to the v-berth).

   

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Seakamp 200420 zinc replacement

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Ludovic Francois
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Any idea what is the zinc matching the Seakamp 200420 heat exchanger?

Seakamp just replied to me ​”¼  npt thread zinc is 1.7 inch”

Checking on the catalina36.org association, I got recommended size E0 from this site.

They also have a page for the kind you screw into the brass cap – but you may have to cut that to length.

Anyway I had to cut to the length even the E0, as soon as it was inserted the water was not able to go through anymore.

 

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