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Mary Ann Hernandez
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- Profile Type:
- Sailor
- Homeport:
- Fort Lauderedale
- About Me:
- I'm new to this wonderful world of water and love every minute. Looking forward to the day i retire and just go!!
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- Home
- Destinations visited:
- Florida waters, Bahamas, BVI, Trinadad
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sam added a discussion to the group Beneteau 40 & 43
Yanmar 4JH4AE raw water pump wear plate
I recently changed the wear plate on the raw water pump on the Yanmar. I have about 1675 hours on the engine and the plate showed significant scaring and wear. It was an easy change-out. After removing the impeller the plate simply sits behind it and is easily removed with a dental pick/ bearing pick/ or toothpick. I also added the Speedseal Life cover. Nice device.The wear plate made a difference. Upon startup after an impeller change before changing the wear plate out, I would sometimes need…See More
Mike Brown replied to sam's discussion Engine hour meter whacky in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Larry, that's two of us that wishes you had posted your fix sooner. I just paid over $300 for a new tach, and that was at wholesale cost. I sent a note to James Taylor telling him about your LCD screen fix. Hopefully it works for him as…"
Larry Witty replied to sam's discussion Engine hour meter whacky in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Should have posted my fix earlier. I had the same problem with the tach on my 323 before I bought the 43. I was able to get the hour meter to work on the 323 by following the processes out on the web about cleaning the silicon & the ribbon…"
Mike Brown replied to sam's discussion Engine hour meter whacky in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"After trying all the fixes I finally bit the bullet and replaced the entire tach unit. Other than needing to adjust the tachometer for correct engine speed it was an easy repair.
Mike"
Luis Vieira de Sa replied to sam's discussion Engine hour meter whacky in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Hello Jo,
I read the referred to fixes in the other forums and it was strange what people said. For me it looks like a bad contact in the connector as you say. I wrote my experience above (2015) and I must say that came to the previous state that…"
Jo replied to sam's discussion Engine hour meter whacky in the group Beneteau 40 & 43"Hi to everyone, before doing anything that can ruin your tachometer, please try this first that worked for me after having tried everything read on the internet about this problem. I had the same problem with my tachometer/hour meter (yanmar) and…"
Jo joined CAN DRAC's groupBeneteau 40 & 43
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You should check out this site more often and join the Female sailors group. We have some good discussions there. I've also posted lots of photos on my page of my 30 years of cruising experience. Check them out.
How does that sound?
The best way to contact me is at miamisailor1@cs.com.
I hope to hear from you.Dave