Packing Gland

[kjg1951]

How in the heck does one adjust the packing gland. It is located under the engine and out of arms reach .. I have a 1994 28T albin... Any suggestions ???? thank you
Kevin G

[Pitou]

Crawl on in and be sure to have someone aboard to pull you out if necessary!

[kjg1951]

Crawl right in ???? there has to be a better way .... and whiule i am down there if i can get in there how does one know when the gland needs to be replaced and how to do it ??? There has top be a few others that have a packing gland out there !!!!! thank s

[DougSea]

I had ours (on the 28) checked by the marina. They pulled the starboard deck box and climbed on in. They just tightened it so I don't have any record of the packing size, although I'm pretty sure I saw some posts here that mention it. Did you try searching?

I do know that I was able to get my hands down there when I was checking it out. I'm 6'2". It wasn't easy, but is doable.

[joe.baar]

Use the search function on this forum for "gland", "packing" and "stuffing". There are many posts about it and a lot of them mention the cramped working space. I had to clear out almost everything not fastened down under the deck on the port side of the cockpit so the mechanic could stretch out, feet aft, next to the engine. Once he was down there, not too much problem unscrewing the jam nut and packing nut, extracting the old packing and putting in new. The actual work probably took an hour. There is a tool similar to a corkscrew they used to extract the old packing.