New Hoses for W58

[Hull152_Patrick]

Some of my hoses are leaking a bit, definitely something I want to replace ASAP. I’m curious is this a simple thing (seems like it) or is this something that’s easiest to let a mechanic with special tools do? I assume the hoses need to be fabricated and can’t be bought off the shelf.

Arrows in this pic point to the ones I’m referring to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepplaya/5934359143/

And while I’m at it… why not replace every hose… thoughts?

Thanks,
-p

Owners no more...
Thanks Dawn and Patrick!

[kalinowski]

Aloha Patrick: I had a place in Wisconsin manufacture the contorted metal tubes that run the cooling water on the back of the engine. No one in the Islands had the machinery to handle pipe this size. They did a tremendous job cheaply! They also fabricate for collector cars, etc. I’ll get their contact info for you if you’re interested.

Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama (#135)
Ko Olina, O’ahu

[skipmac]

Hi Patrick,

I ordered a remote dual oil filter for my W58 and it came with cut to length flexible hose and fittings to assemble onto the ends. I assume this type of system would work with replacing the standard oil hoses.

Since the hoses came with a kit not sure where to get the hoses separate from the rest of the parts but they do not look like custom parts made just for the filter.

Skip

[quent]

Hello Patrick-
Oil heat exchanger hoses. I assume that you are leaking oil. We replaced these hoses on Clairebuoyant. They did not leak yet, but looked terrible.
The Westerbeke dealer replaced the hoses, reusing the threaded ends which saved a few bucks. Probably most auto parts stores or shops could do this.
You might want to remove and inspect the oil filter bracket assembly and the heat exchanger while you are at it, requires a gasket for the former, and replacing the engine coolant for the latter.
Quent
Clairebuoyant, #132

[cstewart]

I just had to replace an injector line and from the information I got from guys on this forum, I found a great diesel shop that made it up and while I was at it, I had them make all three of my oil lines that were old, original and leaky. Just as I was told and later found out, there are no new parts for the W60. I gave the dealer the part numbers and he simply said “discontinued”. It may be different for the W58, though. The company was D&W Diesel Shop in Albany, NY, but they have offices in Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, Auburn NY (where they made up the injector lines, ferruls and nuts), Worchester MA, and Mid-Atlantic (?) (888.858.1188). The cost for the injector line, three oil lines and an emergency injector line (a high pressure flexible metal hose with proper fittings) was $261.46.

[Hull152_Patrick]

@kalinowski wrote:

Aloha Patrick: I had a place in Wisconsin manufacture the contorted metal tubes that run the cooling water on the back of the engine. No one in the Islands had the machinery to handle pipe this size. They did a tremendous job cheaply! They also fabricate for collector cars, etc. I’ll get their contact info for you if you’re interested.

Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama (#135)
Ko Olina, O’ahu

That would be a great contact to have, please do share!

Here is a pic of my new hoses installed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepplaya/5938042863/in/photostream

The longer metal ends meant the routing had to change, but I actually like they way they are routed MUCH better than the old hoses which were very contorted.

-p

Owners no more...
Thanks Dawn and Patrick!

[Hull152_Patrick]

@Patrick_DeepPlaya wrote:

Here is a pic of my new hoses installed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepplaya/5938042863/in/photostream

The longer metal ends meant the routing had to change, but I actually like they way they are routed MUCH better than the old hoses which were very contorted.

-p

I meant to include the specifics on the hoses. These were for a W58.

Gates Hose
Z8C5D-8RMIX-8RMIX-29
Z8C5D-8RMIX-8RMIX-24

That’s a Gates Z8C5D hose with 8RMIX fittings on each end . One is 29″ and the other 24″ in length.

-p

Owners no more...
Thanks Dawn and Patrick!

[cstewart]

Patrick: mine had the longer neck fittings too so I just had them build it out using the same tip-to-tip length. One hose ended up about 2″ longer so I had to tweak the engine fitting so it would screw in at a different angle.

I wonder how difficult it would be to survey all owners and see how many are still running the original Westerbeke power plants.

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