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Jere Lull

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I have been wondering about this for years. Many people tell me they
have to keep their battery on a charger in order to allow their bilge
pump to run cuz their shaft packing drips so much. Huh? They cant
tighten it? My old S2 (at 20 yrs) dripped maybe every 10 secs under
way and almost nothing at the dock. When I had her out a couple yrws
ago, I figgered it was prob time to replace the packing so I dismantled
the packing assmbly and found it was really in good shape. I replaced
it anyway with some new synthetic and lubed it with synthetic grease
stuff and it leaks less than before. Even after running it for 31
hours it is cool.
Am I doing something right or doing something wrong? How come so many
other people need to use a charger on shore power for this?

Don't fish for compliments ;-)

(but you're right.)

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