[Public-list] Backstay replacement...Lee,

[sousa, stephen (ENG)]

Lee

The diesel work is a something I have been doing for years as a hobby.
Actually they are easier to build than gas except for the tolerences. 

Lee, you bought yourself a great motor, if your yard did not install a water
separator with the 3GM30 on your boat I would look into a Racor
filter/separator. Yanmar generally installs a filter not a water separator
before the injection pump unless they have changed Water is the major cause
of diesel problems it ruins the pump and injectors.    

The stem head will be built by the same folks who built the mast heads for
the group purchase. We are in the design phase, it will be on the drafting
board in a few weeks. I have a vision of what I would like to have, not sure
of the design or cost at this time. 

If you have any questions, send me a note or give me a call. 

Regards,
Stephen

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Hello my A30 friends,
 
Stephen-'Building a new VW diesel......'  How do you do that? Sounds  like 
your bow roller/ chock stem head assembly is going to be some fitting. You
have 
a foundry in your basement or something? :) I am considering putting a bow  
roller in, and carrying a CQR. The bottoms where we sail vary from hard
packed  
sand to very loose mud. I have to take another look at the design in the  
Maintainance Manual.
 
Wandering in one of 3 really good used gear consignment shops we have here  
last spring, I found a pair of bronze bow chocks that get set into the toe 
rail;  they were painted with battle ship gray, and one was a little bent,
but 
both  salvageable. I found them too late to ship last season before launch,
but a 
 winter project is to fit them.
 
The dinghy rode down a following wave and splintered our stern toe rail,  
which on our boat, an old A 30, is suspended above the deck an inch or  so
on 
teak pads. It was checked badly already, and I should have replaced  it last

year. Now I have another winter project. Getting the remains of the old
piece off 
was a challenge, as all of the bolts were bent. Lots of trips  into the
stern 
lazarette.............
 
I know the boats originaly had the batteries in the bilge; how many A 30's  
still have that configuration? The previous owner moved them up to where the

gas  tank had been in the stbd cockpit locker, after he moved the fuel tank 
above the  stuffing box. I am thinking of moving the batteries back to where
the 
design  shows them, as these boats are so sensitive to weight aft with those

fine  waterlines aft. Any thoughts anyone? (one of the first things I did on

Stargazer  was to remove that fuel tank, and put a vertical 12 gallon in the
port 
cockpit  locker. There was no access to the stuffing box with the fuel tank 
there.)
 
I've got plenty of other projects down below this winter as well. We made
do 
without a water tank and sink up to now; changing that this winter.
Finishing 
 updating the wiring, upgrading the chainplate bolts, and, more.....
 
What a day today here in SE Mass; warm, sunny, but beautiful fall  colors.
 
Be well,
Lee
Stargazer #255
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