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Hello,

One of my rope clutches wont stay open when you push back the the rope clutch.  You have to manually push and hold the tab all the way down to keep it open. I have looked all over the rope clutch and no brand name or any lables on it what so ever.  Checked my manuals and looked on this forum, cant find anything.  They are blackish grey colour, Almost a gun metal finish. Any suggestions? Its at mkII, 2003.

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Hello Everyone,

After this years launch I noticed some water forward and aft of the rudder stock/shaft in the lower indents on of the hull.   Right where the rudder skeg is.  I see that some others have had similar issues, but im still unsure what to do... Last year I found a crack along the skeg, on the outside of the hull just forward of the rudder.  I put some west systems epoxy along the crack.  I can see a drip build up approx. every 45 secs. just on the very aft part of the skeg where it joins the rudder stock/shaft.  I believe the water is coming from somewhere higher and the drip builds and final drips at that location. Also water pools rear of the rudder shaft in the indentation.  I know the water is not coming from the rudder packing gland, I have already tightened those bolts.  Very hard to tell the exact location of the leak because of the access. Water tank in the way.

Any recommendations?  Whats the fix?  Do I put the boat on the hard and deal with it right away? Or is this something that could wait till the fall?

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I have fuel/oil leaking at the injector going into the block.  Should I just try and tighten the injector? Looked at the schematics online, looks like there is a gasket. Should I replace that?  Anyone have experience working on the injectors?

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Mike

Hello,
Im a new owner of the catalina 34. And never have had a heat exchanger.  Sorry if this seems really basic question...  Anyways I have done a coolant flush. To get the old coolant out of the hose that runs through the hot water heater, I connected a garden hose and flushed the coolant with fresh water.  Now I would like to flush that fresh water out, before I add the coolant and "burp" the air out of the system.  Is it easiest to get the water out when I bleed the air?  I have read how to bleed the system on the forum.  Still kind of confused. 
Thanks!