Cracked mixer elbow

[FlyWright]

I bet you slept well!

 

[DHeckrotte]

Well done!

 

[cardude01]

That La Crema is a pretty darn good bottle of Pinot IMO !

 

[Pack Mule]

Just ordered the Westerbeke parts I needed , mixer elbow, switch, gaskets and zinc. I ordered them through Diesel Specialist in Baton Rouge. Nice guys very helpful and they worked with me on pricing. Just thought I would pass this along .

 

[Pack Mule]

Forgot to add that because of space constraints it took two of us on a sawzall to get this cut out . One above deck and through a hatch ( Joy ) to pull the trigger and me below deck to control the cut. This takes a lot of communication and trust , you know like don't pull that trigger yet !

 

[cardude01]

Joy sounds like a trooper!

Will the new part be hard to install?

 

[Pack Mule]

Joy sounds like a trooper!

Will the new part be hard to install?

Yes she is . Always ready to help and I'm too cheap to pay anybody.
It 's always harder to put back together than you think, but if I have the room I'm going to add a union between the exhaust pipe and water injection elbow.I don't have room to rotate the new elbow. I broke apart the cracked elbow and took it out in pieces.

 

[Pack Mule]

Starting putting this back together yesterday after work. Worked on it again today after work. Man this has been a real PITA. All that's left to do is install the muffler hose , the hose from heat exchanger to elbow and add coolent . The older I get the tougher this stuff is to do. When I can't do the work anymore I'll have to sell it .

 

[Pack Mule]

Finally finished this up today .New water injection elbow , new exhaust piping to the elbow , new 2" wet exhaust hose from injection elbow to muffler, new 7/8" wet exhaust hose from heat exchanger to elbow , all new clamps and temperature switch. Total for parts plus odds and ends $425

 

[Larry M]

What helps the pain is when you think about what a project like this would have cost if it was hired out.

 

[FlyWright]

WTG, Marty. Mission accomplished at a great savings...and you learned a few skills along the way.