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Looking for good method to pack long term spare parts on long
term
cruise - like a spare alternator, starter, diesel injector
pump,
expensive things.

What I'm thinking is a very heavy gauge individual bags -
something
like almost 1/8" thick. Taped up with the clear packing tape
that's
about 2" wide. You need to be able to see what's inside.

My stuff's all stored in plastic boxes, wrapped in oiled paper
first, with bubble wrap to stop pieces rattling around inside the
box and a bag of desiccant. The box lids are a good but not
perfect seal - bit like big Tupperware - so I've greased them
with lanolin. Gaskets are stored under a sheet of ply in a
locker - sort of false floor - in plastic sheet.

System has lasted 8 years. I do an annual clean out, re-drying
the desiccant in a fry pan. Each box's contents are marked on the
lid with a a w'proof marking pen.

I've used one alternator, one fuel lift pump, one salt water
pump, two shafts and four seals for the salt pump, one exhaust
water injection elbow, all 4 injecters and lots of their washers
(bad fuel, not caught in time - I had to wait for the injector
pump to be shipped!). I used to carry three years worth of
filters and impellers, but now I'm in civilised waters so that
matters less.

JimB