HeatherAlyssa
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2017
- Messages
- 217
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Heather Alyssa
- Vessel Make
- Mainship 350/390
Hello all. First off I hope everyone is staying warm and doing well during our little winter snow storm.
Now for the trawler questions. I have a few projects coming up that I would like to prep for. To successfully do the job, I was wondering if anyone had the answer to a few questions. My first project includes replacing the rudder shaft packing for my Mainship 350/390. It had a slight steady leak last season even after tightening. Now that it's out of the water, I'd like to replace the packing. Does anyone have a step by step process for doing this or pictures so I can see how it's done? I replaced the prop shaft stuffing box packing last season with the GTU brand graphite flax. That seemed to work well but I'm not sure if the process is the same, and which nuts I loosen.
My second question deals with the batteries. My Mainship 350/390 has two 8D batteries. One on the left, and one on the right. Does anyone know which one is the Engine Start Battery and which one is the House battery?
Thanks in advance.
Alex Cadiz
Heather Alyssa
Mainship 350/390
Solomons, MD.
Now for the trawler questions. I have a few projects coming up that I would like to prep for. To successfully do the job, I was wondering if anyone had the answer to a few questions. My first project includes replacing the rudder shaft packing for my Mainship 350/390. It had a slight steady leak last season even after tightening. Now that it's out of the water, I'd like to replace the packing. Does anyone have a step by step process for doing this or pictures so I can see how it's done? I replaced the prop shaft stuffing box packing last season with the GTU brand graphite flax. That seemed to work well but I'm not sure if the process is the same, and which nuts I loosen.
My second question deals with the batteries. My Mainship 350/390 has two 8D batteries. One on the left, and one on the right. Does anyone know which one is the Engine Start Battery and which one is the House battery?
Thanks in advance.
Alex Cadiz
Heather Alyssa
Mainship 350/390
Solomons, MD.