View Full Version : ? for Ssltare owners
Bravura88
04-20-2013, 10:07 PM
Had stringers and floor redone and now putting engine back in. How close to the hull does the pan sit to the hull when in? I don't think I have more than an 1/8th of an inch maybe less between the back of the pan and hull. Is this normal for the Saltare? Thx
Salty87
04-21-2013, 09:14 AM
sounds about right. i've never measured but i can't get a finger between the pan and hull.
Bravura88
04-21-2013, 05:56 PM
Thanks for the reply Salty! Got her bolted down and aligned today and I kept doing the cardboard test (piece of a package box to slide between pan & hull) to make sure I still had clearance. Don't know how much space between them but its not much! Thx again!
TitanTn
04-21-2013, 09:24 PM
sounds about right. i've never measured but i can't get a finger between the pan and hull.
Same here.
sybrmike
04-21-2013, 10:26 PM
Yep, it's tight. I was having a fit trying to align mine after the rebuild & finally found the engine was resting on a screw hose clamp I had put on the pan drain hose. fortunately, replacing the screw clamp with a spring clamp was all the clearance I needed (and had).
wotan2525
04-22-2013, 11:38 AM
My oil drain plug would sit on the floor of the boat -- this was before I hammered an indent into the oil pan so that I could fit in a hydraulic fitting for a remote drain.
And then -- when that hit the bottom of the hull and eventually broke the fitting, I welded that hole shut and added a bung to the side of the oil pan for the drain.
So... it's VERY tight to the hull of the boat when installed.
jasun
04-23-2013, 07:52 AM
Great question and answers. I will be there in about a month!
Bravura88
04-23-2013, 06:09 PM
No doubt its tight. I was running into the same problem with the oil drain plug hitting the hull! Thx for the replays guys makes me feel better thatsomethung wasn't screwed up in the build!
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.5 Copyright © 2024 vBulletin Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.