"This is not really a crusader
"This is not really a crusader question but I wanted to tap into the knowledge base here for some advise. Had my 1977 32ft uniflite on the hard, while she was dry I took the opportunity to re-pack both stuffing tubes. I took her out yesterday for the first time since she has been back in the water. I back off on the adjustment as much as I thought would be prudent and took her out. As soon as we cleared the marina I got into the engine compartment to make the adjustments while the shafts were turning. By the time I got down there I had some water coming from both shafts and I had wax (or whatever the stuffing is impregnated with) dripping from both shafts. I check the temp of the fittings and both were running very hot (around 115 to 125 deg). I could not seem to get them adjusted to allow enough water to cool them down without it being way to much. I finally got both running at around 110deg with a drip every couple of seconds. But I have about 2 tablespoons full of wax material that has dripped from the shafts. Question are they to hot? Is it normal to loose some of the wax when first starting? or did I blow it from the start? Please, any advice would be most helpful."
"This is not really a crusader question but I wanted to tap into the knowledge base here for some advise. Had my 1977 32ft uniflite on the hard, while she was dry I took the opportunity to re-pack both stuffing tubes. I took her out yesterday for the first time since she has been back in the water. I back off on the adjustment as much as I thought would be prudent and took her out. As soon as we cleared the marina I got into the engine compartment to make the adjustments while the shafts were turning. By the time I got down there I had some water coming from both shafts and I had wax (or whatever the stuffing is impregnated with) dripping from both shafts. I check the temp of the fittings and both were running very hot (around 115 to 125 deg). I could not seem to get them adjusted to allow enough water to cool them down without it being way to much. I finally got both running at around 110deg with a drip every couple of seconds. But I have about 2 tablespoons full of wax material that has dripped from the shafts. Question are they to hot? Is it normal to loose some of the wax when first starting? or did I blow it from the start? Please, any advice would be most helpful."
