<div dir="ltr">Or just turn a plastic cylindrical spacer and epoxy it in?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:30 AM, hank pronk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif"><span>Can you weld a plug in the seat opening and then machine it to the right size. You can also lay some weld in the opening and machine that to the right siz<var></var>e. It sucks but it is a quick fix.</span></div>
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</div><font face="Arial"><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">From:</span></b> swaters <<a href="mailto:swaters@waters-ks.com" target="_blank">swaters@waters-ks.com</a>><div class="im"><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br>
</div><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 10, 2013 8:10:11 PM<div class="im"><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fwd: Help<br></div></font></div>
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<div>I currently have thre of those US seals. The problem is it is a OD of 1.5" and is to small to fit the collar. I am thinking of some how building a insert that will make the US seal fit. Other than that, I believe I am out of options. </div>
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<div>Scott Waters</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:75%;COLOR:#575757">Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone</div></div><br>Jon Wallace <<a href="mailto:jonw@psubs.org" target="_blank">jonw@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<div><br>Yes, that one plan in particular is pretty nasty. It's a Crane 8B3, not 883. The exact wording is as follows:<br><br>Crane 8B3 Seal (see Crane DWG CF-SP-44204)<br>or US Seal PS 309 (see DWG K350-025-3)<br>
<br>The 600 required the same seal (8B3) but they are not manufactured anymore. I contacted Crane back when I removed the K600 motors because it was pretty obvious they were going to have to be replaced and they were more than willing to manufacture an exact duplicate for $1800 per seal. The replacement is an 8-1 which was going to cost $1000 per seal. That's one reason I scrapped the existing motor configuration and decided on fixed minn-kota thrusters. I purchased four 101# thrust minn-kotas for less than the price of one Crane mechanical seal.<br>
<br>You have another option with the K350 however, US Seal PS-309 (150psi) and they are cheap, between $50-100.<br><cite><a rel="nofollow">http://</a></cite><cite>www.<b>usseal</b><a href="http://mfg.com/pdfs/" target="_blank">mfg.com/pdfs/</a><b>US</b>_<b>Seal</b>_Mfg_Catalog_2012.pdf</cite><br>
I couldn't use the 309 because I needed a rating of 300+ psi but the 309 at 150psi will theoretically get you close to max dive depth.<br><br>Jon<br><br><br>On 9/10/2013 2:33 PM, swaters wrote:<br></div>
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<div>It is a type 883, .875 shaft seal -J CRANE Packing Co. </div>
<div>I think that is right but the kitteredge blue prints are so hard to read after being copied over and over.</div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Scott Waters</div><br></blockquote><br></div></div><br></div></div><div class="im">_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br>
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