T&T: westerbeke help

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I just replaced the pump on my 8 BTD and during my research I found out that 
the old pump, part #33636, has been replaced with part #48080; which is 
essentially the same pump except is has a round cover with an O ring rubber 
gasket and the seals have been upgraded due to a problem with a water leak 
on the 33636. So, If you do not want to go with the rebuild kit, I would at 
a minimum replace all seals in your older pump.


Greg Steckel
M/Y Different Drummer
President 35 Sundeck
Fairlee Creek, MD

www.chesapeakebayboater.com
www.fmyc.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brent Hodges" <vbhodges at gmail.com>
To: "Quince" <vquince at comcast.net>; 
<trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: T&T: westerbeke help


> You have to completely dissasemble the pump to change the seals, so I 
> would
> replace the bearings, cam, etc while I was there. The kit also comes with 
> a
> new shaft, which you probably don't need, so you might be able to buy the
> rest of the parts for a lot less than the kit. (The shaft is probably more
> than half the cost of the kit). Just be sure to look close at the shaft. 
> If
> there's any scoring at all around the seal areas, it does need to be
> replaced.
> All this being said, I had an impeller burn up do to a clogged strainer in
> my 8kw Westerbeke at 1033 hours, and after changing the impeller the seal
> was leaking. (I attribute this to overheating due to low water flow). I 
> did
> the entire rebuild kit. Still going strong at 2900 hours now.
>
> Brent Hodges
> Friendship
> 43 Albin
> Seabrook, Tx