http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/ CHB boat owners and interested parties Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:16:20 GMT Jim Van Eimeren http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17158 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17158 Peter, A few years back I re-built my raw water pump and it started leaking again not long after. Maybe my replacement seals were not quite correct like Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:04:37 GMT Jim Van Eimeren http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17157 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17157 Mitch, I mentioned the lazarette (aft storage space) as I've heard some of our members have small fuel tanks located back there to the port & starboard of the Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:15:36 GMT jack oerlemans http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17156 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17156 Hi Rick:  There is a guy in North Van, (we call him Freddy Freeze) He will build a refrigeration compressor for your old fridge. I do not know the cost, Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:54:21 GMT Peter/Beth Sanderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17155 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17155 Stu...here is the website. the address will take you to the conversion page. for your information I removed the cabinet behind the steering position in our Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:53:15 GMT Rockhound http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17154 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17154 Thanks Peter - that's another option! Regards, Rick Hudson "Raincoast Gypsy" PT-38 Sidney, BC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:51:43 GMT Rockhound http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17153 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17153 I don't often reply to myself, but since posting that message early this evening I have, after several months of website surfing, found an exact fridge Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:14:36 GMT Stuart M Bonderow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17152 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17152 Peter, could you please post the link so I can file it for future upgrades? Thanks, Capt. Stuart Bonderow M/V Roseé Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:57:27 GMT Peter/Beth Sanderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17151 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17151 Rick....I built a new top loading fridge/freezer using a novacool compressor and cold plates. This gives us the storage capacity for extended cruising Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:32:34 GMT Rockhound http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17150 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17150 Had a great summer this year - 7 straight weeks on the boat and we got as far north as Bella Bella. But (there's always a but) it became apparent the fridge is Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:21:12 GMT Mike's Mail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17149 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17149 Peter, I ordered new seals (both the water end and the oil end) for my raw water pump 2 years ago and they fit like a glove. I do not know of the conflict you Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:10:43 GMT Bucks2@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17148 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17148 The best resource I know is American Diesel. Bob will be able to talk you thru the entire sequence. I presume you already know about the coupling problem and Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:52:31 GMT Mitch Schroeder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17147 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17147 Negative, they put the holding tank starboard side in the saloon.\ All four fuel tanks below deck in the engine compartment. Barb and Mitch Downtown Marina Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:49:41 GMT Mitch Schroeder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17146 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17146 Thanks again Jack, Had my fuel polished last year along with opening up the steel tanks and physicly having them cleaned out.I hope with keeping the tanks Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:41:54 GMT Peter/Beth Sanderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17145 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17145 I pulled the raw water pump from the boat the other day to do a rebuild on it because it has been dripping seawater all year into the bilge. Not a big deal to Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:41:45 GMT Mitch Schroeder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17144 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHB/message/17144 Hello and thanks for the responce, Yes 4 steel tanks as per the original owner, no belly tank below the motor thank god have heard to many nightmares about