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http://www.westerbeke.com/parts/manuals.cfm?mID=105 "Jon Klapper" wrote in message ... I've done a little further research and now find that there are TWO zinc's. The parts kit for the 30 has two different zincs. And I can't even find the first one. My heat exchanger is on the port side of the engine and the only place the zinc could be would be the port side of the heat exchanger. I must be stupid........... On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 22:09:08 -0400, "Jeff Morris" wrote: My recollection from some years ago is that it was on the port side of the heat exchanger. This was on an engine that had a "V-drive" so the heat exchanger was on the forward side, above the flywheel. The zinc was a "pencil" that from the outside looked like a brass hex bolt, maybe 5/8 inch. When I found it with no zinc left (after owning the boat a few years) I was freaked and pulled the endcap off looking for pieces, but found none. After that I checked the zinc every year. BTW, I recently pulled out the heat exchangers on my 5 year old Yanmars and found both were partially clogged with eel grass - the engines run a much cooler now! "Jon Klapper" wrote in message ... Stupid Manual!!!! It says to replace the zinc in the heat exchanger every year. The $#!!$ thing probably hasn't been replaced in ten years and I can't find it. The box of junk and odd parts that came with the boat have two different size bronze plugs with zinc rods cast into them. They obviously screw in somewhere but I'll be damned if I can find them. One old plug with a corroded zinc has a bit of red paint on it and looks like its on the outside somewhere. Is it possible its inside the heat exchanger? Should I pull the endcap?? Should I just sink the damned boat and collect the insurance? Anybody got a clue???? |
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