T&T: Advise on Packing

[Jim Gano]

About a year ago, I repacked both stuffing boxes on my
42 GB (twin 120 Lehmans).  I used Teflon packing and
the West Marine-purchased "green" dripless, moldable"
material.  

The dripless, moldable was rather pricey so I bought
one container.  I split the container between the two
stuffing boxes.  It seemed like I had enough for both
but......

A year later and about 150 hours on the boat, after
each use of the boat, the boxes either drip once every
5 to 10 seconds or sometimes pour a steady stream...I
have to tighten the stuffing boxes after every use of
the boat.

Any idea what could be wrong?  Do I need more green
stuff?  Can I buy one more container and just add to
what I have? or do I need to start over? 




<Bob,
<The green solid and goop are dripless packing
<material. My recollection
<is to install one round of the regular packing (may
<want to switch to
<Gore)then a couple of rounds of green solid (role
<into a rope) coated
<with green goo and then one more regular packing. The
<idea is that the
<green stuff (Teflon based I think) does not heat up
<excessively and can
<be tightened down enough to eliminate the need for
<the drip which is
< for
<cooling with conventional packing. I used it on my
<sailboat and it
<worked as advertised. 

Jim Gano
Seminole 42 GB


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