Well we are Catalina 36 owners-still waiting form the satisfaction of ship's mortgage for the sellers loan and then we document with the USCG.
The original Universal 25 XP had a bad cylinder and the water pump was leaking into the engine block. When we removed this engine we also discovered that there was a significant hole in the exhaust elbow which could not be found by the surveyor; the prior owners was pumping CO2 into the aft stateroom and did not know it
We are re-powering with a new Beta Marine 25 HP diesel-we are waiting for the engine to be shipped from England
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Charles E. Lapp, III & JoAnne Lapp
Class Sea "M"
1990 C36 MK1.5
Sail # 1053
Great South Bay, Long Island
Peconic Bay, Gardiners Bay
Eastern end of Long Island
Welcome to the group!
---- Howard & Linda Matwick ----
--- S/V "Silhouette" - Nanaimo, BC ----
--- 1999 C36 MkII #1776 M35BC ---
[quote=c111angels]When we removed this engine we also discovered that there was a significant hole in the exhaust elbow which could not be found by the surveyor; the prior owners was pumping CO2 into the aft stateroom and did not know it. We are re-powering with a new Beta Marine 25 HP diesel-we are waiting for the engine to be shipped from England[/quote]
And probably pumping CO as well into the cabin (a rather more toxic threat!)
If you are replacing the engine, I'd take a guess that there is a significant likelihood that the old exhaust riser dimensions would not have worked anyway with the new engine. There are, however, quite a number of prior threads on this site with details of how to fabricate a replacement (or get one made up for you) -- its one of those repair things that seems to invariably come along (usually at the worst time -- don't ask how I know!).
Good luck and welcome to the C36IA
Matthew Chachère
s/v ¡Que Chévere!
(Formerly 1985 C36 MKI #466 tall rig fin keel M25)
2006 Catalina Morgan 440 #30.
Homeported in eastern Long Island, NY
Welcome - if you are a paid member - there is a great writeup of someone swapping a Beta into their 36 located in the Members technical section.
Les
Les & Trish Troyer
Mahalo
Everett, WA
1983 C-36 Hull #0094
C-36 MK 1 Technical Editor.
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