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Anyone had a set of CMI's with any age on them? I have a friend who was thinking of buying some, but we were told by a guy they have a bad habit of cracking...He said even the new ones with the cool callar crack? Thanks!:confused: :confused:
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first i'm hearing of that I though it was really old stellings you stay away from?
I know the navy uses the CMI tube tops for the SEAL boats so i would think they are pretty tough. |
Never heard a problem with CMI's. I had a set for 5yrs. Like Haveit said, the worst problem was that rope gasket.
When I sold the boat they still looked great. I have heard of problems with Stellings and Bassett however. DAVE |
I bought a set of older CMI's for installation over the offseason.
Who knows what the BEST material is for the rope seals? I hear folks mention fiberglass rope. What about some of the new teflon impregnated shaft log packing material? I guess its gotta be pyrex or some other heat resistant stuff, eh? Comments? |
My CMIs are 8 years old, with 300+ hours. No problem except that I can't keep the silent choice working.
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I've never had good luck with the fiberglass rope seals, they always leaked after a few hours. I think it is the heat. I found some graphite rope at MSC, one day I'll give that a try.
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I've already tried the graphite rope. The only thing it does is cause the engine compartment to turn black and put a "dust" all over everything when they start to leak.
Just my experiance. DAVE |
CMI will sell you the ropes, give them a call.
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baja bailey,
I aquired several sets of the Navy Seal Tube tops. Some had pin hole leaks and I had them welded up. I cut the uppper tubes to make them fit my 25' Convincer with narrow exhaust outlets.. Since then I have reused the bottoms and bought new uppers for my 28' Checkmate. As for the rope seals, I have had very good luck with the furnace door type of packing. I use a smaller dia of rope.. about 3/8" and the trick is to wrap the rope about the pipe several times and pack it into the clamp.. I did this the last time and I have no leaks.. the ones they sell need to be sealed at the ends. If you wrap four or five times.. there are no ends to seal... I would buy CMI's again in a heart beat. You are advised to psi check them for any type of leaks before paying for them.. good luck dick |
I have all you guys beat!!!
6 years on my CMI headers 610 hours 3 sets of rope seals no cracks gotta love'em would absolutely buy them!!! Dan |
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