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BTDT
Joined: 07 Jan 2011 Posts: 322 City/Region: Grand Lake Oklahoma
State or Province: OK
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: C- Lark Wine Down
Photos: C-Lark
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 11:42 am Post subject: |
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Phillips 66 one gallon 5606 @ $33 dollars on Amazon. Same design can I use to buy when I was flying helicopters. _________________ John & Vicki Clark
C-Lark Wine Down
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8553 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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OK, on removal of the cap on the steering column, no hydraulic fluid was visible at all! We used a sandwich bag with a tiny hole cut in the corner, a technique Patty used to use for cake frosting (back when we ate cake!). Filled to within 1/8" of bottom of cap, put cap back in, rotated steering wheel all the way to the left, then all the way to the right. Removed cap and slowly rotated steering wheel - the oil level fluctuated slightly but not to where it appeared we needed to add more fluid. No weeping detected on either end of the steering rod. Steering feels better as well. This will become a regular weekly maintenance check! Thanks all! _________________
DAYDREAM - CD25 Cruiser
CRABBY LOU - CD16 Angler (sold 2020)
Pat & Patty Anderson, C-Brat #62!
http://daydreamsloop.blogspot.com
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BTDT
Joined: 07 Jan 2011 Posts: 322 City/Region: Grand Lake Oklahoma
State or Province: OK
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: C- Lark Wine Down
Photos: C-Lark
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Pat,
FWIW i encountered a similar issue on my Tomcat. I could not find evidence of a leak but after several months I finally ran a white paper towel under the steering box behind the bulkhead below where the all the wiring is located. An O'ring just behind the steering wheel was seeping. I contacted SeaStar and they were fantastic to work with |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20812 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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BTDT wrote: | Phillips 66 one gallon 5606 @ $33 dollars on Amazon. Same design can I use to buy when I was flying helicopters. |
Same that I purchased --with shipping and fees comes to a little over $40. _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
KA6PKB
Home port: Pensacola FL |
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journey on
Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 3595 City/Region: Valley Centre
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: journey on
Photos: Journey On
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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"SeaStar Hydraulic Steering Fluid is purchased, ouch, $26 for a quart!" Actually priceless when you're out touring and that solves your problem. So Pat got a bargain
Phillips 66 one gallon 5606 @ $33 dollars on Amazon. Great buy only when you know you're going to need it. In an emergency, when you can't wait several days, it's worth zero.
I buy the gallon and carry a pint on the boat; so don't get on me. Pat didn't and solved the immediate problem well.
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20812 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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However several of us, have been advocating buying the fluid ahead of time in bulk for years, and carrying at least a quart of fluid. I have given as much fluid to others in need, as using it my self. Just good planing is having fluid aboard and considering this as a routing maintenance issues.
Good "Save" by Pat, using the baggie, instead of paying for the official filler! |
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journey on
Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 3595 City/Region: Valley Centre
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: journey on
Photos: Journey On
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Bob, that's a good plan. Hope we all benefit from it.
As an additional item of information, Mil-H-83282 is the replacement for Mil-H-5606. It's fire retardant, among other improvement. Still dyed red, mixes directly with Mil-H-5606.
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Will-C
Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2476 City/Region: Temple
State or Province: PA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 23 Venture
Vessel Name: Will-C
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4550 City/Region: Madison
State or Province: WI
C-Dory Year: 2009
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Traveler
Photos: C-Traveler and Midnight-Flyer
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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If you have an airport near you with an FBO (Fixed Base Operator, in layman's terms, a puddle jumper shop ) you can probably buy the gallon can's of the fluid from their maintenance shop and save yourself the shipping fee with Amazon! Colby |
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