NO MORE WATER IN THE BILGE ! Installing a dripless Shaft Seal 

Awesome good luck hope it goes smoothly!

Thanks Mark! I mean I didn’t have to remove it I do regular maintenance through the cubby doors and it isn’t too bad but I’m glad I took it apart to get a good look at everything otherwise I wouldn’t have found chafed exhaust hose!

I have the same PYI shaft seal on my Pearson 33-2 running a Yanmar 2GM20 diesel. it's been operating reliably since it was installed in 2007. if you like the maintenance hassle of a traditional stuffing box, you should stick with that.

@@j.saavedra1502 My PSS seal on my Contessa 26 I bought two months ago is drip drip dripping. I burped her and because I was on a mooring I went"Shit " as water flooded out. I was thinking, "Oh my god why can't I just change to an old stuffing box so I could fix her while on water." Now, I got her back and breathed a sigh of relief when the water stopped and the dripping got lower, it worked that was good, but through the night I woke every time the bilge pump went off , she went off about eight times a day. Now, I must mention, there was no solar on the boat when I bought her and the battery was showing 11.30 so she was dead and I had to leave my pretty contessa for another three weeks before I would be back on board. So, I bought a new battery ,a deep cycle and a trickle solar panel. Ok she should be fine. . According to PSS I need to use a bit of rag and or 8oo sandpaper to clean the surfaces. Ok so I am going to do that this weekend, but I am going to put her on the hard for antifouling and I am going to put on the maintenance kit that Pss sells where the rubber puts pressure back on the seal. Ok, so how do I know which one to get? Ok so measure the shaft diameter and the other diameter is that it?, and can I do this on the water as I wont be on the hard until october 2022? I mean it's a little scary . I remember Tania who sailed around the world in her contessa fixed her stuffing box on water in mid flight. (I mean is there a serial number to find what kit to get or do I have to take an inaccurate mm size when leaning into my engine... Your video was a little godsend in some ways. Reading Tom Davi's reply just made me get more nervous.

Hi Matthew I warmed up my coupling and the shaft was quite cold as it was early spring which helped. I lined up the shaft in the coupler and then use a wood block from outside on the end of the shaft and bashed it with a rubber mallet and tap it into place! I did small taps and went back and forth to make sure the key hole lined up.

@@LandandSeawithKee Did you have a machinist measure the inside diameter of the coupler against the diameter of the shaft? Or did you just reuse the coupler because it all seemed snug? I am assuming you haven't had any issues to date.

Hi John I had someone recommend using a socket and some bolts on a Catalina Facebook forum so don’t have any specific links but it was pretty straight forward. Spray some PB blaster or other kind of penetrating oil around shaft. Use good quality fine threaded stainless steel bolts and go around tightening in a circle!

@@keannarink9412 thanks so much! Bit daunting, but let's see how it goes...if nothing else, I find taking things apart, a great way to learn how everything works. And a great way to break things, of course 😅

On most sailboats this is just a vent led above the water line to burb air out. On powerboats this needs to be connected to a water source for cooling.

Thanks :) such a nice upgrade from the leaky stuffing box!

Pay attention, Steve.

@@williamturner1517 haha Steve was the one always looking out the window at school dreaming.